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A riotously funny and deeply insightful adventure through capitalism, the medical industry, family, love, war and wedding planning - from an electrically entertaining new voice. Meet Veblen: a passionate defender of the anticonsumerist views of her namesake, the iconoclastic economist Thorstein Veblen.

From Michael Baden (former New York City chief medical examiner, chief forensic pathologist for the New York State Police and for the U.S. Congress investigations into the assassinations of President John F. Kennedy and Martin Luther King, Jr., and host of the hit HBO series Autopsy) and Linda...

When Clara Winter left her rural Adirondack Mountain town for college, she never looked back. Her mother, Tamar, a fiercely independent but loving woman who raised Clara on her own, all but pushed her out the door, forcing Clara to build a new life for herself, far from her roots, far from her high-school boyfriend, and far from the life she had known. Now more than a decade has passed, and Clara, a successful writer, has been summoned home.

A lavishly enriched blood supply piques Dr. Danny Tilson's interest as he performs a routine surgery on Varg Dagmar's brain. He soon discovers that it's not just his patient's cranial anatomy that's remarkable, but his superlative mental capabilities as well.

Reverend Lucas Wheelan is a killer - but now, he becomes even darker and more complex. His anger and, ultimately, fear drives him on to ever more evil acts. But even death cannot prevent his murder victim, Helen, from tracking him down to exact her revenge. Helen has reincarnated as Jenny Barrett, a theatre and intensive care nurse....

When advertising executive Erica Whittaker is diagnosed with terminal cancer, western medicine fails her. The only hope left for her to survive is controversial healer Arpan. She locates the man whose touch could heal her, but finds he has retired from the limelight and refuses to treat her. Erica, consumed by stage four pancreatic cancer, is desperate and desperate people are no longer logical nor are they willing to take no for an answer.

Death at Brier Hospital is routine and provides the perfect opportunity to murder and get away with it. Jacob Weizman, a physician, and his wife, Lola, a psychotherapist, are Holocaust survivors and need no proof of evil in this world. Jacob and Lola are unique protagonists. They're octogenarians who take the fear out of getting old. Their intelligence, competence, humor, and sense of history make them appealing in a world that too often disdains the aged.

Jack first suspects something's not right when stable cardiac patients start dying. The press learns about the fatal trend, and the beleaguered doctor feels the heat until the plot against him is uncovered. Simon Lagrange, not yet done, has an even more ruthless plot in mind this time - one that threatens both Jack's life and his reputation. Jack must rely on his nurse Kate to uncover Simon's connection and stop the plot before more die.

What if a single strain of bacteria were responsible for over 300 diseases affecting Americans today, including: Multiple sclerosis, fibromyalgia, Lou Gehrig's disease, Alzheimer's, and chronic fatigue syndrome? And what if the federal government were responsible for the outbreak of these bacteria? Connecticut State Police Detective Taylor Marshall is contending with an all-boys' club at work. When she is assigned a homicide case involving a retired government scientist she is determined to solve it..

When medical malpractice leads to violent revenge, Irish-style.... Kieran Kelly's world turns upside down when his wife's health is devastated by an epidural in childbirth. Incensed by damning evidence of medical and pharmaceutical misconduct, the tormented former IRA hit man plots revenge against those he deems responsible, including a government that doesn't seem to care. Kelly's quest brings him face-to-face with an alcoholic physician, an altruistic scientist, and a corrupt government minister.

Dr. Jack Hastings had what he considered a satisfying life as a critical care and pulmonary physician, wanting only the personal satisfaction of a life well lived, and the knowledge that he had made a difference in the lives of his patients. But fate can have other ideas. In Jack's case, that came in the form of a groundless malpractice suit. He knew all too well what such a suit could do - he'd seen it happen far too often to his fellow physicians. To make matters worse, the attorney handling the suit was the worst of his kind.

Butler is a womanizer, with no scruples about how he wins cases or conducts his private life. This case is assigned to the court of a female judge, with whom Butler had a short, secret love affair while both were in law school. She should recuse herself from the case, but does not, believing that no one knows of the affair. Later, a witness lies under oath and is exposed, resulting in the jury awarding a huge sum to the plaintiff. He celebrates by bedding his beautiful young associate....

Dr. Jack Norris arrives at work one day to find out his best friend, Dr. John Connor, was gunned down by a patient gone mad. While helping the police uncover the reason for this calamity, Jack uncovers a ring of mass murders who will stop at nothing to become rich and famous, even if it means killing innocent lives.

Paramedic Anneliese Ashmore wants nothing more than to move on - past her sister's death and the turbulence of her budding relationship with Dr. Jared Monroe - toward normalcy, acceptance, and maybe even marriage. But nothing is ever that easy. When two corpses connected to her sister's murder surface, their familiar manner of death begs the question whether the deaths are the wrapping up of unfinished business or an act of revenge.

Sebastian Bergstrom was the young star goaltender for the Boston Bruins, the franchise player who was going to return the legendary hockey team to greatness. That's until he suddenly collapsed during a game, launching a contentious and complicated medical investigation that culminated in Sebby's triumphant return to the ice. But a few months later, Sebby went down again - this time for good. His death touched off a malpractice suit against the Harvard cardiologist who cleared him to play.

Fatal Score is a debut novel about big data, the future of medicine, the pain of loss, and the power of redemption. A few years from now, health care is rationed using HealthScore. When Joe Mayfield’s wife’s score is slashed, his frantic search to save her makes him a target of Phoenix, set to skim billions at the cost of thousands of lives.

When forced to make a decision between family and morality, Dr. John Clark turns his life upside down. No matter which direction he turns, someone is going to die. In this book, you will find the true value of life and the true strength of a father. Waste not, what is so readily available.

Vanessa is lying in a hospital room in a coma. She is surrounded by her children, her grandchildren, and her great-grandchildren. Days pass. Nothing changes. Eventually, her grandchildren stop coming and stop bringing her great-grandchildren. Only Vanessa's children remain in vigil at her bedside. Vanessa dreams about her life as two-year old Cream Puff. As she dreams, her body conveys her dreams to her children. We join Cream Puff as she begins this dream. Then we get to witness a great transformation.

The Trauma ICU of a Level 1 trauma center is the setting for this thought-provoking novel, which reveals the ruthlessness of medical education and practice. James Fleming recounts a day in the life of a resident in emergency medicine at an urban teaching hospital. The novel's title, which translates loosely as I thirst, echoes the Christ of St. John. Tengo Sed's protagonist, however, known only as Hovercraft because he is always around, always feeling on edge, is not a savior but a hapless resident with a tendency toward mysticism.

A New York story, a dark comedy, Balls tells of the thirty-year-old Henry Schiller, a songwriter and lounge-player, in love with a woman far younger and more musically gifted than himself, one with her eye on other men and the rise of her own career, whose crisis deepens when he discovers he has testicular cancer.