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Fragile Lives

A Heart Surgeon's Stories of Life and Death on the Operating Table

Stephen Westaby

A memoir from a heart surgeon who took all the chances, ignored the rules and pushed the boundaries to make heart surgery what it is today. Details some of his most remarkable cases, such as 'the pulseless man', a tiny baby who silently suffered multiple heart attacks, and a man whose life was powered by a battery for eight years

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ISBN: 9780008196769
Pagina's: 320
Verschenen: 01-01-2017
NUR: 681

Druk: 1
Uitvoering: Hardback
Taal: Engels
Uitgever: HARPER COLLINS PUBLISHERS

Women in Rock Memoirs

Women in Rock Memoirs vindicates the role of women in rock music. The chapters examine memoirs written by women in rock from 2010 onwards to explore how the artists narrate their life experiences and difficulties they had to overcome, not only as musicians but as women.

Lyndon Baines Johnson

This book is the definitive short biography of Lyndon B. Johnson, especially his most important Great Society laws and his involvement in the Vietnam War, by a master presidential biographer.

Leopold Von Ranke

Leopold von Ranke endeavoured to understand political order within its own historical context. To understand the nature of historical phenomena, such as an institution or an idea, one had to consider its historical development and the changes it underwent over a period of time.

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