Medical Books


Tomorrow to Be Brave: A Memoir of the Only Woman Ever to Serve in the French Foreign LegionTomorrow to Be Brave: A Memoir of the Only Woman Ever to Serve in the French Foreign Legion
Best Price: $14.47
It was early spring 1942, and under the pitiless sky of the Libyan desert the climax of the...
More, Now, Again: A Memoir of AddictionMore, Now, Again: A Memoir of Addiction
Best Price: $1.78
While I didn't see this book as anything close to approaching inspirational literature, it...
Hyper-chondriac: One Man's Quest to Hurry Up and Calm DownHyper-chondriac: One Man's Quest to Hurry Up and Calm Down
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Between his honest and touching recollection of what life was like for him growing up and the...
Healing Hearts: A Memoir of a Female Heart SurgeonHealing Hearts: A Memoir of a Female Heart Surgeon
Best Price: $3.15
"Healing Hearts" is Dr. Kathy Magliato's account of her life as one of the few...
Heart Matters: A Memoir of a Female Heart SurgeonHeart Matters: A Memoir of a Female Heart Surgeon
Best Price: $3.84
Whatever value this book might have had is lost among the authors egomaniacal rantings about...


Fields and Pastures New: My First Year As a Country Vet (G K Hall Large Print Book Series)Fields and Pastures New: My First Year As a Country Vet (G K Hall Large Print Book Series)
In 1963, just three years out of veterinary school, Dr. John McCormack moved his wife and kids...
Seeking The Light: The Lives of Phillips and Ruth Lee Thygeson, Pioneers in the Prevention of BlindnessSeeking The Light: The Lives of Phillips and Ruth Lee Thygeson, Pioneers in the Prevention of Blindness
Best Price: $45.00
Phillips and Ruth Lee Thygeson were pioneers in medical research on external diseases of the...
A Child of Sanitariums: A Memoir of Tuberculosis Survival and Lifelong DisabilityA Child of Sanitariums: A Memoir of Tuberculosis Survival and Lifelong Disability
Best Price: $29.95
This dramatic memoir recounts one woman's experience with skeletal tuberculosis, which she...
Making Medical History: The Life and Times of Henry E. SigeristMaking Medical History: The Life and Times of Henry E. Sigerist
Best Price: $42.50
In the first half of this century, Henry Ernest Sigerist was widely regarded as the world's...
Schweitzer: A BiographySchweitzer: A Biography
Best Price: $12.00
This is a fine biography of one of the greatest humanitarians of the twentieth century. During...


At the Forest's Edge: Memoir of a Physician-NaturalistAt the Forest's Edge: Memoir of a Physician-Naturalist
Best Price: $195.11
"David Hellyer - physician, naturalist, world traveler, horseman, boxing enthusiast, and...
Sisters in Arms: British Army Nurses Tell Their StorySisters in Arms: British Army Nurses Tell Their Story
Best Price: $60.10
Fantastic book, just what I hoped it would be, for my cousin, an avid reader and American nurse...
Recovering Bodies: Illness, Disability, and Life Writing (Wisconsin Studies in Autobiography)Recovering Bodies: Illness, Disability, and Life Writing (Wisconsin Studies in Autobiography)
Best Price: $20.00
This is a provocative look at writing by and about people with illness or disability in...
R D Laing: Creative DestroyerR D Laing: Creative Destroyer
`I really liked this book a lot. It is so bitty, so easy to dip into. I found so many quotes I...
On the Far Side of Liglig MountainOn the Far Side of Liglig Mountain
Best Price: $12.11
After reading Dr Hales first book - Don't let the goats eat the loquat trees, I couldn't...

Baby DriverBaby Driver
Best Price: $22.99
The images of a strange life float along in this autobiographical novel, by Jan Kerouac,...
The Shaking Woman or A History of My NervesThe Shaking Woman or A History of My Nerves
Best Price: $24.96
The Anatomist: A True Story of Gray's AnatomyThe Anatomist: A True Story of Gray's Anatomy
Best Price: $4.99
The Anatomist. Bill Hayes. New York: Ballentine Press, 2008. Pp. 250 For those who do not...
A Measure of My Days: The Journal of a Country DoctorA Measure of My Days: The Journal of a Country Doctor
Best Price: $64.99
I had some spare time and was browsing through Amazon when I ran across this book. I have owned...
Race and Excellence: My Dialogue with Chester PierceRace and Excellence: My Dialogue with Chester Pierce
Best Price: $27.99
Chester Pierce was born in 1927; by 1952 he was a graduate of the Harvard Medical School. He...

Oliver Wendell Holmes: Physician and Man of LettersOliver Wendell Holmes: Physician and Man of Letters
Best Price: $16.44
Oliver Wendell Holmes: Physician and Man of Letters is an anthology of essays by learned authors...
Anatomy of a Kidnapping: A Doctor's StoryAnatomy of a Kidnapping: A Doctor's Story
Best Price: $12.99
Four hours. That was the amount of time between looking down the barrel of a gun and finding...
COUNTY: Life, Death and Politics at Chicago's Public HospitalCOUNTY: Life, Death and Politics at Chicago's Public Hospital
Best Price: $15.75
The Chicago Sun Times, December 26, 2011   " Must Read Book of 2012: Public...
The Barefoot VeterinarianThe Barefoot Veterinarian
Best Price: $10.96
This book is a real gem! It's like reading a letter from a good friend. Dr. Boldrick's...
Seeds of Hope: A Physician's Personal Triumph Over Prostate CancerSeeds of Hope: A Physician's Personal Triumph Over Prostate Cancer
Best Price: $10.00
This is an essential source of information if you are diagnosed with prostate cancer. This has...

Love Her As She Is: Lessons From a Daughter Stolen by AddictionsLove Her As She Is: Lessons From a Daughter Stolen by Addictions
After reading this very inspirational book it gave me renewed hope that someday my daughter will...
Sometimes It Makes You WonderSometimes It Makes You Wonder
Best Price: $5.00
Fifteen stories sharing the joys and wonders in the life of a country veterinarian.
Healing PresenceHealing Presence
Best Price: $11.80
Paperback edition of Rev. Dr. Joanna J. Seibert's incredible book Healing Presence, where...
In Service to American Pharmacy: The Professional Life of William Procter Jr. (History Amer Science & Technol)In Service to American Pharmacy: The Professional Life of William Procter Jr. (History Amer Science & Technol)
Best Price: $15.00
Because of its extensive bibliography and excellent index, this biography of William Procter,...
White House DoctorWhite House Doctor
Best Price: $8.49
White House Doctor by Dr. Burton Smith is a poorly written, sophomoric account of the...

The Mind is Not the Heart: Recollections of a Woman PhysicianThe Mind is Not the Heart: Recollections of a Woman Physician
Best Price: $4.95
Available for the first time in paperback, Eva Salber's The Mind Is Not the Heart ...
The Man Behind the Mask: Journey of an Orthopaedic SurgeonThe Man Behind the Mask: Journey of an Orthopaedic Surgeon
Best Price: $23.00
What a pleasure to read Tom's book. Tom tells it like it is. The bad and the good of his...
Seasons of Grief & Grace: A Sister's Story of AIDSSeasons of Grief & Grace: A Sister's Story of AIDS
Best Price: $10.00
I live in Lubbock, Texas, where much of this story takes place, and I happen to know some of the...
Medical Aphorisms: Treatises 6-9 (The Medical Works of Moses Maimonides)Medical Aphorisms: Treatises 6-9 (The Medical Works of Moses Maimonides)
Best Price: $32.04
Maimonides, one of the most celebrated rabbis in the history of Judaism, was a prolific author...
Enabling LivesEnabling Lives
Best Price: $40.62
Enabling Lives provides a look at the disability civil rights movement through an intimate...

The Closest of StrangersThe Closest of Strangers
Best Price: $8.96
This is a must have for those whom practice medicine with God in mind
One Man's OdysseyOne Man's Odyssey
Best Price: $10.16
After the death of his daughter, Vicki, Ian Pearce embarks upon an amazing journey into the...
I'm Not Good Enough: Dealing with Bi-polar DisorderI'm Not Good Enough: Dealing with Bi-polar Disorder
Best Price: $17.80
The King's Speech: How One Man Saved the British MonarchyThe King's Speech: How One Man Saved the British Monarchy
Best Price: $47.19
Based on the recently discovered diaries of Lionel Logue, The King's Speech recounts an...
FROM BOMBS TO BABIES: A MemoirFROM BOMBS TO BABIES: A Memoir
Best Price: $14.89
This book is a personal reflection on the choices we make in our lives and how they affect our...

FingerprintsFingerprints
Best Price: $10.70
This is the best novel I've read in years. I love the plot and how well written it is. This...
Death: Living To Talk About ItDeath: Living To Talk About It
Best Price: $24.63
I know, I know, how do you trust the review by the child of the author? You just have to. If...
Labrador Doctor: My Life with the Grenfell MissionLabrador Doctor: My Life with the Grenfell Mission
Driving dog teams through the icy heart of a northern winter, bracing against the flimsy...
Anderson Ruffin Abbott (Canadian Medical Lives)Anderson Ruffin Abbott (Canadian Medical Lives)
Best Price: $41.99
Anderson Ruffin Abbott is a name unfamiliar to many Canadians, but a man of great importance to...
Sigmund FreudSigmund Freud
Best Price: $7.98
I read this book many years ago. Good info about Frued . Read it and bought it because you cant...

Dear World- A Suicide LetterDear World- A Suicide Letter
Best Price: $7.47
I purchased a copy of the book, "Dear World: A Suicide Letter" as I was...
DocDoc
Best Price: $34.98
This is a wonderful heart filled story of what it was like being a doctor when you had very...
Virus Hunter: Thirty Years of Battling Hot Viruses Around the WorldVirus Hunter: Thirty Years of Battling Hot Viruses Around the World
Best Price: $3.46
This book is an exciting look into the professional and private life of a particular...
Six Months in Sudan: A Young Doctor in a War-torn VillageSix Months in Sudan: A Young Doctor in a War-torn Village
Best Price: $16.45
"A rare window on the inner life of an aid worker, on what it means to be a humanitarian...
Quitting the Nairobi TrioQuitting the Nairobi Trio
Best Price: $3.33
A mad book by a level head. Jim Knipfel gives you a ground zero tour of a locked down psych ward...

Under the Eye of the ClockUnder the Eye of the Clock
A book originally published in 1987 about a handicapped child, Joseph Meehan. It tells of...
Raising the Dead: A Doctor Encounters the MiraculousRaising the Dead: A Doctor Encounters the Miraculous
Best Price: $4.94
As a spirit filled christian who believes in the actual Word of God I cannot believe many...
A Life That Matters: The Legacy of Terri Schiavo -- A Lesson for Us AllA Life That Matters: The Legacy of Terri Schiavo -- A Lesson for Us All
Best Price: $0.01
I hate trying to assign stars to a book like this. It's a very controversial topic, and one...
What I Learned in Medical School: Personal Stories of Young DoctorsWhat I Learned in Medical School: Personal Stories of Young Doctors
Best Price: $6.00
Brilliant! As an immigrant, a person of color, and an economically unprivileged individual, I...
House on Fire: The Fight to Eradicate Smallpox (California/Milbank Books on Health and the Public)House on Fire: The Fight to Eradicate Smallpox (California/Milbank Books on Health and the Public)
Best Price: $17.00
I've read four books on the smallpox eradication campaign, probably the greatest triumph in...

Le comte Agénor de Gasparin (French Edition)Le comte Agénor de Gasparin (French Edition)
Best Price: $15.99
This Elibron Classics book is a facsimile reprint of a 1879 edition by J. Bonhoure et Cie, Paris.
Mémoires d'un bourgeois de Paris comprenant la fin de l'Empire, la Restauration, la Monarchie de Juillet, la République jusqu'au rétablissement de l'Empire: Tome 4 (French Edition)Mémoires d'un bourgeois de Paris comprenant la fin de l'Empire, la Restauration, la Monarchie de Juillet, la République jusqu'au rétablissement de l'Empire: Tome 4 (French Edition)
Best Price: $17.99
This Elibron Classics book is a facsimile reprint of a 1857 edition published in Paris.
Nursing Theories and Nursing PracticeNursing Theories and Nursing Practice
Best Price: $3.50
...explores nursing theories and their use in nursing practice...many theory chapters written...
Milton H Erickson (Key Figures in Counselling and Psychotherapy series)Milton H Erickson (Key Figures in Counselling and Psychotherapy series)
Best Price: $121.00
`Zeig and Munion have provided us with a lucid insight into the life and work of a 20th century...
EbolaEbola
Best Price: $11.91
Ebola, by William T. Close, M.D., is a moderately dramatized account of the first outbreak of...

Purkinje's Vision: The Dawning of NeurosciencePurkinje's Vision: The Dawning of Neuroscience
Best Price: $40.80
The life of Jan Evangelista Purkinje (1787-1869) has fascinated students from many disciplines....
Medical Biographies: The Ailments of Thirty-Three Famous PersonsMedical Biographies: The Ailments of Thirty-Three Famous Persons
Best Price: $53.00
Stranger in the Village of the Sick: A Memoir of Cancer, Sorcery, and HealingStranger in the Village of the Sick: A Memoir of Cancer, Sorcery, and Healing
Best Price: $66.72
"Stranger in the Village of the Sick" is a memoir by anthropologist Paul Stoller about...
Singular Intimacies: Becoming a Doctor at BellevueSingular Intimacies: Becoming a Doctor at Bellevue
Best Price: $8.58
Singular Intimacies If you have ever wondered what medical training is like, if you have ever...
Bettering the Health of the People: W. Reece Berryhill, the UNC School of Medicine, and the North Carolina Good Health MovementBettering the Health of the People: W. Reece Berryhill, the UNC School of Medicine, and the North Carolina Good Health Movement
Best Price: $25.23
W. Reece Berryhill, M.D., (1900-1979) was the founding dean from 1941 to 1964 of the...

One Blood: The Death and Resurrection of Charles R. DrewOne Blood: The Death and Resurrection of Charles R. Drew
Best Price: $22.95
This is an excellent story on both Charles Drew and the power of myth in the African American...
A Change in LifeA Change in Life
Best Price: $10.10
A Change in Life is a personal, intimate look at one woman s journey through the heartbreak of...
The Drive At 35: The Long Road to Beating Cystic FibrosisThe Drive At 35: The Long Road to Beating Cystic Fibrosis
Best Price: $8.64
This is the inspiring account of Andy Lipman's life with cystic fibrosis and the candid...
The AmazingThe Amazing
Best Price: $12.99
Many people say that there are no modern day miracles. Obviously, those people have never met...
Shadowboxing: One Man's Inspiring Battle With Stroke RecoveryShadowboxing: One Man's Inspiring Battle With Stroke Recovery
Best Price: $16.00
By turns heroic and self-deprecating, folksy and eloquent, the author's conversational prose...

As Normal as Possible: A Breast Cancer StoryAs Normal as Possible: A Breast Cancer Story
Best Price: $15.06
As Normal as Possible is the story of breast cancer from a caregiver's perspective. Ray Hall...
It Could Be Worse: The Social and Medical Adventures of a Young Doctor Traveling to AfricaIt Could Be Worse: The Social and Medical Adventures of a Young Doctor Traveling to Africa
Best Price: $11.45
Anyone considering doing a trip to Africa (whether for business of pleasure) should definately...
A Hero of Donegal, Dr. William SmythA Hero of Donegal, Dr. William Smyth
Best Price: $13.68
This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free...
Radar Man: A Personal History of StealthRadar Man: A Personal History of Stealth
Best Price: $30.03
During the 1950s, the United States and the Soviet Union teetered on the brink of nuclear...
Shades of Life: Sublime Joy Is in LivingShades of Life: Sublime Joy Is in Living
Best Price: $17.96
"Shades of Joy : Sublime Joy Is In Living" is an inspirational true story of how...

I'm Not Good Enough: Dealing with Bi-polar DisorderI'm Not Good Enough: Dealing with Bi-polar Disorder
Best Price: $17.80
The King's Speech: How One Man Saved the British MonarchyThe King's Speech: How One Man Saved the British Monarchy
Best Price: $47.19
Based on the recently discovered diaries of Lionel Logue, The King's Speech recounts an...
FROM BOMBS TO BABIES: A MemoirFROM BOMBS TO BABIES: A Memoir
Best Price: $14.89
This book is a personal reflection on the choices we make in our lives and how they affect our...
FingerprintsFingerprints
Best Price: $10.70
This is the best novel I've read in years. I love the plot and how well written it is. This...
Death: Living To Talk About ItDeath: Living To Talk About It
Best Price: $24.63
I know, I know, how do you trust the review by the child of the author? You just have to. If...

Labrador Doctor: My Life with the Grenfell MissionLabrador Doctor: My Life with the Grenfell Mission
Driving dog teams through the icy heart of a northern winter, bracing against the flimsy...
Anderson Ruffin Abbott (Canadian Medical Lives)Anderson Ruffin Abbott (Canadian Medical Lives)
Best Price: $41.99
Anderson Ruffin Abbott is a name unfamiliar to many Canadians, but a man of great importance to...
Sigmund FreudSigmund Freud
Best Price: $7.98
I read this book many years ago. Good info about Frued . Read it and bought it because you cant...
Dear World- A Suicide LetterDear World- A Suicide Letter
Best Price: $7.47
I purchased a copy of the book, "Dear World: A Suicide Letter" as I was...
DocDoc
Best Price: $34.98
This is a wonderful heart filled story of what it was like being a doctor when you had very...

All Creatures Great and SmallAll Creatures Great and SmallBAGHDAD ER: Fifteen MinutesBAGHDAD ER: Fifteen Minutes
Best Price: $13.24
This is a great view from an ER physician's perspective; it has some interesting cases, but...
Angel's Legacy: A journey of life through an angel's heartAngel's Legacy: A journey of life through an angel's heart
Best Price: $1.30
Susan Farr-Fahncke, well-known writer and editor, has written an endearing, emotional,...
Just Say Thank You: A Real Life Story of a New York City Emergency Medical TechnicianJust Say Thank You: A Real Life Story of a New York City Emergency Medical Technician
Best Price: $14.39
As a former paramedic, I've read just about every book written about the experience of those...
Lifeliner: The Judy Taylor StoryLifeliner: The Judy Taylor Story
Best Price: $11.25
Reviewed by Paige Lovitt for Reader Views (2/08) "Lifeliner" tells the courageous...

Greed, Deception and Burnout: Healthcare Issues as Seen through the Eyes of a Registered NurseGreed, Deception and Burnout: Healthcare Issues as Seen through the Eyes of a Registered Nurse
Best Price: $10.55
First off, I am not the type to just sit down and read a book. In fact if I read one book a...
A Tiger's Hide: Recollections of a foreign surgeon in the U.S.A Tiger's Hide: Recollections of a foreign surgeon in the U.S.
Best Price: $27.83
What would you do with a second life? That?s the question that Channing S. Jun, a young medical...
Doctors and Discoveries: Lives That Created Today's MedicineDoctors and Discoveries: Lives That Created Today's Medicine
Best Price: $4.90
I am always on the look out for decent books that can be used to teach students about phenomenal...
Foot Doctor to the WorldFoot Doctor to the World
This is the fascinating and inspirational story of the life and struggle of Dr. William M....
Cancer on Five Dollars a Day (chemo not included): How Humor Got Me Through the Toughest Journey of My LifeCancer on Five Dollars a Day (chemo not included): How Humor Got Me Through the Toughest Journey of My Life
Best Price: $0.82
A friend of mine gave me this book after going through treatment for Non-Hodgkins Lymphoma. I...
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