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  Coma

  by Robin Cook, Jerry Bledsoe

  Still considered one of the best of the genre, Coma propelled Robin Cook to the top of his field and earned him a reputation as the "master of the medical thriller" ( New York Times ). Now readers have another chance to discover this classic masterwork of nightmarish possibility.
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  Brain

  by Robin Cook

  Two doctors place their lives in jeopardy to find out why a young woman died on the operating table-and had her brain secretly removed. "Absorbing...provocative." ( Houston Chronicle )
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  In the Land of Invisible Women

  A Female Doctor's Journey in the Saudi Kingdom

  by Qanta Ahmed

  "In this stunningly written book, a Western trained Muslim doctor brings alive what it means for a woman to live in the Saudi Kingdom. I've rarely experienced so vividly the shunning and shaming, racism and anti-Semitism, but the surprise is how Dr. Ahmed also finds tenderness at the tattered edges of extremism, and a life-changing pilgrimage back to her Muslim faith." - Gail Sheehy The decisions that change your... (more)
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  Virgin River: Book 11

  Moonlight Road

  by Robyn Carr

  With her beloved younger siblings settled and happy, Erin Foley has empty nest syndrome. At age thirty-five. So she's hitting the pause button on her life and holing up in a secluded (but totally upgraded—she's not into roughing it) cabin near Virgin River. Erin is planning on getting to know herself…not the shaggy-haired mountain man she meets. In fact, beneath his faded fatigues and bushy beard, Aiden Riordan is... (more)
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  Found Money

  by James Grippando

  A young woman finds $200,000 in cash in a cardboard box delivered to her door. A man inherits a fortune from a father who died "penniless." Amy Parkens and Ryan Duffy have never met, but they are about to, as each discovers that found money can be a godsend--or a nightmare. Amy Parkens is a struggling single mother forced to abandon a career in astronomy for a practical computer job. She feels condemned to long... (more)
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  Body of Work

  Meditations on Mortality from the Human Anatomy Lab

  by Christine Montross

  A hauntingly moving memoir of the relationship between a cadaver named Eve and the first-year medical student who cuts her open. Christine Montross was a nervous first-year medical student, standing outside the anatomy lab on her first day of class, preparing herself for what was to come. Entering a room with stainless-steel tables topped by corpses in body bags is shocking no matter how long you've prepared... (more)
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  Jack Stapleton/Laurie Montgomery: Book 7

  Critical

  by Robin Cook

  Angela Dawson, M.D., appears to have it all: at the age of thirty-seven, she owns a fabulous New York City apartment, a stunning seaside house on Nantucket, and enjoys the perks of her prosperous lifestyle. But her climb to the top was rough, marked by a troubled childhood, a failed marriage, and the devastating blow of bankruptcy as a primary-care internist. Painfully aware of the role of economics in modern... (more)
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  Dear and Glorious Physician

  by Taylor Caldwell

  The story of St. Luke is rich in detail and paints a picture of a man who sought an answer to the trials of life. His seaarching eventually brought him to ancient Israel. Thoroughly researched and forty years in the writing, this novel is both a spiritual journey and a personal story of the man who became a "dear and glorious physician" two thousand years ago. It brings to life the history and flavor of a time... (more)
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  QB VII

  by Leon Uris

  A beloved doctor, who has devoted years to working with the poorest elements of society, is accused of having experimented on inmates in the Nazi concentration camps. He sues for libel and the case goes to court.--familyeducation.com
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  Healing Hearts

  A Memoir of a Female Heart Surgeon

  by Kathy Magliato

  An inspiring, surprising, and deeply informative memoir of the high-stakes life of a female heart surgeon.   Dr. Kathy Magliato is one of fewer than a dozen female heart surgeons practicing in the world today. She is also a member of an even more exclusive group—those surgeons who perform heart transplants. Healing Hearts is the story of the making of a surgeon who also calls herself a wife and mother. Dr.... (more)
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  Driving on the Rim

  by Thomas McGuane

  From one of America’s most acclaimed literary figures (“an important as well as brilliant novelist”— The New York Times Book Review ) a major new novel that hilariously takes the pulse of our times. The unforgettable voyager of this dark comic journey is I. B. “Berl” Pickett, M.D., the die of whose uncharmed life was probably cast as soon as his mother got the bright idea to name him after Irving Berlin. The... (more)
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  Exiles

  by Cary Groner

  Opening the door to a Nepal few Westerners have encountered, Exiles is the story of an American volunteer doctor and his teenage daughter whose lives are irrevocably changed when they move to Kathmandu and find themselves in the midst of civil war. Fleeing the messy dissolution of his marriage, cardiologist Peter Scanlon decides to take a risk and move with his seventeen-year-old daughter, Alex, to Kathmandu,... (more)
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  A Life in Medicine: A Literary Anthology

  by Robert Coles, Randy Testa, Joseph D'Donnell

  A stirring collection of stories, poems, and essays on all aspects of the medical profession, from the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of the "Children of Crisis" series. A century of unprecedented scientific advances has left the medical profession facing profound ethical and procedural crises, as doctors, nurses, hospice workers, psychiatrists, and others involved in the healing arts struggle to keep up with the... (more)
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  Scot Harvath: Book 8

  The Apostle

  by Brad Thor

  Every politician has a secret. And when the daughter of a politically-connected family is kidnapped abroad, America's new president will agree to anything - even a deadly and ill-advised rescue plan - in order to keep his secret hidden. Master of suspense and #1 New York Times bestselling author Brad Thor returns with his most riveting international thriller yet. A new administration and a new approach to... (more)
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  Pioneer Doctor

  The Story of a Woman's Work

  by Mari Grana

  When Mollie Babcock stepped off the train in Salt Lake City, Utah, in 1890, she knew she had to start a new life. She'd left her husband and their medical practice in Iowa, and with only a few hundred dollars in her pocket and a great deal of pride, she set out to find a new position as a physician. She was offered a job as doctor to the miners at Bannack, Montana, and thus began her epic adventures in the Rocky... (more)
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  The Tennis Partner

  by Abraham Verghese

  When Abraham Verghese, a physician whose marriage is unraveling, relocates to El Paso, Texas, he hopes to make a fresh start as a staff member at the county hospital.There he meets David Smith, a medical student recovering from drug addition, and the two men begin a tennis ritual that allows them to shed their inhibitions and find security in the sport they love and with each other. This friendship between doctor... (more)
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  Magnificent Obsession

  by Lloyd C. Douglas

  When Robert Merrick's life is saved at the expense of the life of an eccentric but adored surgeon, the carefree playboy is forced to reevaluate his own path. Merrick embarks on a course of anonymous philanthropy, inspired by reading the doctor's private papers. An engaging and dramatic story of personal redemption and private sacrifice, this spiritual tale has served as an inspiration for both the stage and... (more)
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  Mindbend

  by Robin Cook

  A gigantic drug firm has offered an aspiring young doctor a lucrative job that will help support his pregnant wife. It could make their dreams come true-or their nightmares...
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  Jack Stapleton/Laurie Montgomery: Book 6

  Crisis

  by Robin Cook

  When Dr. Craig Bowman is served with a summons for medical malpractice, he's shocked, enraged, and more than a little humiliated. A devoted physician who works continuously in the service of others, he endured grueling years of training and is now a partner in an exclusive concierge medical practice. No longer forced to see more and more patients while spending less and less time with each one just to keep his... (more)
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  Cole Family: Book 1

  The Physician

  by Noah Gordon

  In the 11th century, Rob Cole left poor, disease-ridden London to make his way across the land, hustling, juggling, peddling cures to the sick—and discovering the mystical ways of healing. It was on his travels that he found his own very real gift for healing—a gift that urged him on to become a doctor. So all consuming was his dream, that he made the perilous, unheard-of journey to Persia, to its Arab... (more)