For readers of Atul Gawande, Andrew Solomon, and Anne Lamott, a profoundly moving, exquisitely observed memoir by a young neurosurgeon faced with a terminal cancer diagnosis who attempts to answer the question What makes a life worth...
Neurosurgeons
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Author:Kalanithi, PaulSummary: - Author:Carr, RobynSummary:
Between the urban bustle of Denver and the high-stress environment of a career in neurosurgery, Maggie Sullivan has hit a wall. When an emergency high-risk procedure results in the death of a teenager, Maggie finds herself in the middle...
- Author:Kempley, RitaSummary:
Dystopian sci-fi thriller with darkly comic shading set in the New York Archipelago in 2120. After hurricane Adolph turns New York City into Big Apple Sauce, the good life goes on and on and on for one-percenters like Margaret Hughes....
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Author:Ian McEwanSummary:A successful, happily married neurosurgeon, Henry Perowne is drawn into a confrontation with Baxter, a small-time thug, following a minor motor vehicle accident on the way to his regular squash game, an encounter that has savage...
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Author:Petersen, Myrna L.Summary:From his humble beginning in India, Dr. Krishna Kumar has achieved international renown as a neurosurgeon. He is the recipient of the Order of Canada, the highest civilian honour that his adopted country has to offer.
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Author:Calmes, MarySummary:Weber Yates ha sempre sognato di diventare un professionista del rodeo, ma si ritrova a lavorare come garzone in un ranch in Texas. La sua unica relazione è con un uomo completamente diverso da lui, così al di fuori della sua portata...
- Author:Alexander, EbenSummary:
Near-death experiences, or NDEs, are controversial. Thousands of people have had them, but many in the scientific community have argued that they are impossible. Dr. Eben Alexander was one of those people. A highly trained neurosurgeon...
- Author:Dev, SonaliSummary:
A family building a life in a new land. A man who has never felt at home anywhere. And a choice to be made between the two. Dr. Trisha Raje is San Francisco's most acclaimed neurosurgeon. But that's not enough for her...
- Author:Hoover, ColleenSummary:
In this "brave and heartbreaking novel that digs its claws into you and doesn't let go, long after you've finished it" (Anna Todd, New York Times bestselling author) from the #1 New York Times bestselling author of...
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Author:Calmes, MarySummary:Weber Yates's dreams of stardom are about to be reduced to a ranch hand’s job in Texas, and his one relationship is with a guy so far out of his league he might as well be on the moon. Or at least in San Francisco, where Weber stops to...
