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Point of balance Point of balance Juan Gomez-Jurado "In this superbly written, nail-biting thriller, a top neurosurgeon is forced to choose between ending the life of the most important person in America or guaranteeing his own daughter's horrifying d… OL17895341W
Web of deceit Web of deceit Peter Conway "When prominent neurosurgeon Richard Kershaw is found dead in his house on a Sunday afternoon, his friends and family are shocked. Handsome and charismatic, the husband of an aristocrat and the fathe… OL17923519W
Ben Carson Ben Carson Ben Carson The chief of pediatric neurosurgery at Johns Hopkins University Hospital tells about his life and some of his notable cases. OL1933958W
Admissions Admissions Henry Marsh Traces the author's post-retirement work as a surgeon and teacher in such remote areas as Nepal and Ukraine, illuminating the challenges of working in difficult regions and finding purposeful work af… OL19724317W
Proof of heaven Proof of heaven Eben Alexander Thousands of people have had near-death experiences, but scientists argue that they are impossible. Dr. Eben Alexander, a highly trained neurosurgeon, was one of them. Then his own brain was attacked… OL19966280W
Trauma Trauma Michael Palmer "Dr. Carrie Bryant's four years as a neurosurgical resident at White Memorial Hospital have earned her the respect and admiration from peers and staff alike. When given the chance of performing her f… OL19999552W
Trauma Trauma Michael Palmer After two neurosurgeries go horribly wrong, Dr. Carrie Bryant quits her residency and moves back home where her younger brother, Adam, a combat vet suffering from debilitating PTSD, also lives. Then… OL20008379W
Past lives Past lives Ken McClure When a patient wakes up after a tumour removal operation and displays a severe change in personality, the resident psychiatrist is perplexed - until Hartman's tumour is diagnosed, a rare condition th… OL24291022W
Walking out on the boys Walking out on the boys Frances K. Conley In May 1991, Frances K. Conley, the first female tenured professor of neurosurgery in the country, made headline news when she resigned from Stanford University to protest the medical school's unabas… OL2742798W
The patient The patient Michael Palmer As taken from the author's website at http://www.michaelpalmerbooks.com: Neurosurgeon Jessie Copeland works at the very frontier of neurosurgery, developing technology that could revolutionize th… OL36360W
Along came Zoe Along came Zoe Janice Macdonald Zoe McCann doesn't care much for doctors.... Especially eminent neurosurgeons who are too busy to attend to their patients. Like Dr. Phillip Barry, who wasn't available the night Jenny, the daughter … OL5688985W
To Protect The Child To Protect The Child Anna DeStefano Gorgeous men were like chocolate... Delicious and mostly bad for you. At least that's what single mother Lily thought. Especially when Nick moved in next door. After her divorce, Lily wanted nothing … OL5814069W
The scalpel and the soul The scalpel and the soul Allan J. Hamilton A Harvard-educated neurosurgeon reveals his experiences-in and out of the operating room-with apparitions, angels, exorcism, and after-death survival, and shares the lessons he learned. A young burn … OL9889709W