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Rituals of Surgery
Richard SelzerSelzer's first collection of short stories (originally published in 1974) weaves together the fantastic and grotesque with surgical precision.
Raising the Dead
Richard SelzerThis tale of survival remains unsentimental as Selzer grounds what was surely a terrifying experience in humor, emphasized by use of third person narrative.
Mortal Lessons: Notes on the Art of Surgery
Richard SelzerIn this collection of nineteen unforgettable essays, Dr. Selzer describes unsparingly the surgeon’s art.
Taking the World in for Repairs
Richard SelzerA collection of a dozen short stories, essays, and memoirs originally published in 1986, and now available in trade paperback. Richard Selzer retired as a surgeon in 1984 to write about his profession.
What One Man Said to Another: Talks with Richard Selzer
Peter Josyph" The sparkling wit, profound insight, and unique poetic vision that characterize works such as Raising the Dead, Taking the World in for Repairs, Mortal Lessons, and all of Selzer's writing are present in every one of these lively ...
Letters to a Best Friend
Richard SelzerRichard Selzer / Peter Josyph 2009 All rights reserved Printed in the United States of America No part of this book may be used or reproduced in any manner whatsoever without written permission. No part of this book may be stored in a ...
Diary
Richard SelzerFollowing the success of such books as "Confessions of a Knife" and "The" "Doctor Stories," Selzer's diary entries recount life lived in the shadow of both achievement and disappointment.
Charles Johnson in Context
Linda F. SelzerKing: The Photobiography of Martin Luther King, Jr. New York: Viking, 2000. Jones, Ken. The New Social Face of Buddhism: An Approach to Political and Social Activism. Somerville, Mass.: Wisdom Publications, 2003. Jones, Marlene. " Moving ...
Midnight Amethyst
Linda AustinLinda Austin. Linda Austin Copyright © 2014 by Linda Austin. Library of Congress Control.
Letters to a Young Doctor
Richard SelzerA timeless collection by the “best of the writing surgeons” (Chicago Tribune). With a Preface written by the Author especially for this edition.
Linda's Summer Kitchen
Linda McCartneyTaking 100 recipes from Linda's Kitchen, this vegetarian cookbook presents lighter dishes for warm summer days and al fresco dining. The seasonal selection is illustrated throughout.
Confessions of a knife
Richard SelzerMerging art and religion with science, these largely autobiographical essays delve deeply into the emotional territory of medicine commonly avoided by other writers.
The Oxford Handbook of Animal Studies
PreviewLinda Kalof, Professor of Sociology and Director of the Animal Studies Program Linda Kalof ... Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Names: Kalof, Linda, editor. Title: The Oxford handbook of animal studies / [edited by] Linda ...
Proceedings of the ... Representative Assembly
National Education Association of the United States. Representative AssemblyI would like to yield to Linda Bacon at Mike 2. President Chase: Microphone 2, Linda Bacon. Linda Bacon (Florida): Thank you, President Chase. Linda Bacon from Florida, speaking for the delegation. Delegates, this item is simple and it helps ...
Imagine a woman and other tales
Richard SelzerStories of sweetness and light these are not; but those with a taste for the truly suspenseful and horrific need to go no farther than these investment, disturbing tales by a master of the genre.
He Knows Your Name: How One Abandoned Baby Inspired Me to ...
Linda ZnachkoWhen the evening news reported a dead baby abandoned in a local dumpster, Linda Znachko's comfortable life changed. She was suddenly convicted—-God was asking her to provide a dignified burial for this tiny lost child. Linda said yes.
The End of Men: And the Rise of Women
Hanna RosinLinda Coughlin, Ellen Wingard, and Keith Hollihan (San Francisco: JosseyBass, 2005), p. xxi. ... Economist Linda Babcock hit upon a fairly simple explanation: Linda Babcock and Sara Laschever, Women Don't Ask: Negotiation and the ...
The Ladies of Low Arvie: Living the Farming Dream
Linda WatsonBeginning with their struggle to move not just themselves and their belongings, but Linda's redoubtable ninety-year-old mother, two-hundred miles north, The Ladies of Low Arvie chronicles Richard and Linda's journey to fulfill their dream.
West Virginia Libraries
More editionsUSE Linda Scott DeRosier, banquet keynote speaker and author of Creeker By Patsy Stephenson • Library Associate Marshal University For a first time goer, I loved it. I enjoyed the author on Thursday, Linda Scott DeRosier (Creeker). Linda is ...
Beyond Belief: Theoaesthetics or Just Old-Time Religion?
PreviewLinda. Montano. and. the. Tensions. of. Monasticism. Karen Gonzalez Rice ... “ convent life” to monasticism. 3. Linda M. Montano, Letters from Linda M. Montano , ed. 25 Linda Montano and the Tensions of Monasticism —Karen Gonzalez Rice •
Linda Page's Healthy Healing: A Guide to Self-Healing for ...
Linda PageLong before natural foods and herbal formulas became a "chic," widely accepted method for healing, Linda Page was sharing her extensive knowledge with those who dared to listen. Through what some would call an accident of fate but she ...
Richard Selzer and the rhetoric of surgery
Charles M. AndersonThe works Anderson examines are "Jonah and the Whale" (an important early short story) and the first three essays in Mortal Lessons.
Teaching Religion and Healing
PreviewLinda L. Barnes, Inés Talamantez. readers the same fulfillment ... Barnes, Linda 1991 "Healing" as a Theme in Teaching the Study of Religion in a Liberal Arts Setting. In Tracing ... Linda H. Connor and Geoffrey Samuel, pp. 3-21. Westport, CT: ...
The Hollywood Reporter
More editionsLinda Schreyer. Connie Sellecca Director „ Paul Schneider Writers Diana Gould, Linda Schreyer Story Connie Sellecca. Linda Schreyer Director erf photography Charles Minsky Music Billy (jodenherg Editor Michael Polakow Cast: Connie ...
Murder in the Mile High City
Linda WommackIn Murder in the Mile High City: The First 100 Years, author Linda Wommack, aided by fellow writer and researcher Linda Jones, describes forty-two of riveting murder cases that made headlines during Denver s first century .
Death Dance
Linda FairsteinOnce again Linda Fairstein uses her experience as Manhattan's leading DA to create a tantalyzing web of intrigue, betrayal and murder.
The Concussion Crisis: Anatomy of a Silent Epidemic
Linda CarrollAnatomy of a Silent Epidemic Linda Carroll, David Rosner. Simon & Schuster 1230 Avenue of the Americas New York, NY 10020 Copyright © 2011 by Linda Carroll and David Rosner All rights reserved, including the right to reproduce this ...
A Richard Selzer Reader: Blood and Ink
PreviewBlood and Ink Kevin Kerrane. Richard politely agreed, and the student pulled out a notebook. “OK,” the young man said, “my first question is: Who are you?” I walked away in exasperation. “Who are you?” confirmed a stereotype of TV reporters ...
Kill and Tell: A Novel
Linda HowardFamily secrets and murder converge in this captivating and suspenseful romance from New York Times bestselling author Linda Howard.
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