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  Heaven Is for Real

  A Little Boy's Astounding Story of His Trip to Heaven and Back

  by Todd Burpo

  A young boy emerges from life-saving surgery with remarkable stories of his visit to heaven.Heaven Is for Real is the absolutely 100% true story of the four-year old son of a small town Nebraska pastor who during emergency surgery slips from consciousness and enters heaven. He survives and begins talking about being able to look down and see the doctor operating and his dad praying in the waiting room.... (more)
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  Weekends at Bellevue

  by Julie Holland

  Julie Holland thought she knew what crazy was. Then she came to Bellevue. New York City’s Bellevue Hospital, the oldest public hospital in the United States, has a tradition of “serving the underserved” that dates back to 1736. For nine eventful years, Dr. Holland was the weekend physician in charge of Bellevue’s psychiatric emergency room, a one-woman front line charged with assessing and treating some of the... (more)
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  Doctor on Trial

  by Henry Denker

  A young doctor and lawyer struggle together to save their reputations in a hysterical malpractice case initiated by a powerful tycoon whose daughter died in a chaotic emergency room. 20,000 first printing. $15,000 ad/promo.
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  Saving Troy: A Year with Firefighters and Paramedics in a Battered City

  by William B. Patrick

  "Saving Troy" is a compelling and unique chronicle of a year with professional firefighters and paramedics in a down-at-the-heels, rust-belt city. The author takes us not only inside the action but to the dramatic core of every call he re-creates for us -- so close you can almost hear the heart monitor's buzz.
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  The Emergency Room: Lives Saved and Lost - Doctors Tell Their Stories

  by Dan Sachs

  At turns hair-raising and hilarious, a unique collection of thirty dramatic, true stories of doctors coping with crises in the emergency room includes pieces by such professional writers as Ethan Canin, Perry Klass, and Richard Selzer.
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  The Healthcare Fix: Universal Insurance for All Americans

  by Laurence J. Kotlikoff

  The shocking statistic is that forty-seven million Americans have no health insurance. When uninsured Americans go to the emergency room for treatment, however, they do receive care—and a bill. Many hospitals now require uninsured patients to put their treatment on a credit card—which can saddle a low-income household with unpayably high balances that can lead to personal bankruptcy. Why don't these people just... (more)
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  Freakonomics: Book 2

  Super Freakonomics

  Global Cooling, Patriotic Prostitutes and Why Suicide Bombers Should Buy Life Insurance

  by Steven D. Levitt

  Steven D. Levitt is a professor of economics at the University of Chicago and the recipient of the John Bates Clark medal, awarded to the most influential economist under the age of forty.