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"Hospital Sketches" by Louisa May Alcott stands as a poignant testament to the human spirit amidst the turmoil of the American Civil War. This slim yet powerful volume encapsulates Alcott's firsthand experiences as a nurse, weaving together a collection of vivid narratives that offer an unfiltered glimpse into the stark realities of wartime hospitals and the resilient souls who inhabited them.
In this autobiographical work, Alcott paints a vivid...
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The epic story of war and medicine from the award-winning author of North Woods and The Piano Tuner is "a dream of a novel...part mystery, part war story, part romance" (Anthony Doerr, author of All the Light We Cannot See).
Vienna, 1914. Lucius is a twenty-two-year-old medical student when World War I explodes across Europe. Enraptured by romantic tales of battlefield surgery,...
Vienna, 1914. Lucius is a twenty-two-year-old medical student when World War I explodes across Europe. Enraptured by romantic tales of battlefield surgery,...
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In the tradition of Alan Furst, the #1 international bestselling author of the Department Q series delivers his first stand-alone novel, a psychological thriller set in World War II Nazi Germany and 1970s England.
British pilots James Teasdale and Bryan Young have been chosen to conduct a special photo-reconnaissance mission near Dresden, Germany. Intelligence believes the Nazis are building new factories that could turn the tide of the...
British pilots James Teasdale and Bryan Young have been chosen to conduct a special photo-reconnaissance mission near Dresden, Germany. Intelligence believes the Nazis are building new factories that could turn the tide of the...
9) Elyse
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Gravitas Ventures
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English
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Memory and hallucination intertwine to expose a history of trauma, revealing Elyse is Catatonic and institutionalized in a State Hospital.
11) The warden
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The Warden makes an excellent introduction to Trollope's work. It tells of a dispute that arises between the Church of England and reformers. The Reverend Harding is the warden of small home providing quarters for 12 retired, impoverished workers. The facility is provided for by a trust set up by its founder over 200 years ago. Income off the land provides income for the maintenance of the home and a living for the warden, who is a gentle,
...12) Stella Maris
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Passenger novels volume 2
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English
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NEW YORK TIMES BEST SELLER • The second volume of The Passenger series, from The Pulitzer Prize–winning author of The Road • An intimate portrait of grief and longing, as a young woman in a psychiatric facility seeks to understand her own existence.
"The richest and strongest work of McCarthy’s career…An achievement greater than Blood Meridian…or…The...
"The richest and strongest work of McCarthy’s career…An achievement greater than Blood Meridian…or…The...
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Its 1936 when orphaned thirteen-year-old Evalina Toussaint is admitted to Highland Hospital in Asheville, North Carolina, a mental institution known for its innovative treatments for nervous disorders and addictions. Taken under the wing of the hospital's most notable patient, Zelda Fitzgerald, Evalina witnesses the cascading events leading up to the tragic fire of 1948 that killed nine women in a locked ward, Zelda among them.
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From Philip K. Dick, the Hugo Award—winning author of The Man in the High Castle and Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? the basis for the film Blade Runner Clans of the Alphane Moon explores the meaning of mental illness through the actions of people with clinical disorders and those of the doctors tasked with curing them.
For years, the third moon in the Alphane system was used as a psychiatric hospital. But when war broke out between Earth...
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Universal
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[2020]
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English
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Inspired by the oldest public hospital in America, this unique medical drama follows the brilliant and charming Dr. Max Goodwin, the institution's newest medical director, who sets out to tear up the bureaucracy and provide exceptional care. How can he help? Not taking "no" for an answer. Dr. Goodwin must disrupt the status quo and prove he will stop at nothing to breathe new life into this understaffed, underfunded, and underappreciated hospital....
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Universal Studios Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2019]
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English
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Inspired by the oldest public hospital in America, this unique medical drama follows the brilliant and charming Dr. Max Goodwin, the institution's newest medical director, who sets out to tear up the bureaucracy and provide exceptional care. How can he help? Not taking 'no' for an answer. Dr. Goodwin must disrupt the status quo and prove he will stop at nothing to breathe new life into this understaffed, underfunded, and underappreciated hospital....
17) Foreign body
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A series of unexplained deaths in foreign hospitals sends Jennifer Hernandez, an idealistic UCLA medical student, on a desperate search for answers about her grandmother's sudden death. With the discovery of other unexplained deaths followed by hasty cremations, Jennifer reaches out to her mentor, New York City medical examiner Dr. Laurie Montgomery, who has her own deep connection to Jennifer's grandmother.
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Scribner
Pub. Date
2010
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English
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It is 1947 and Dr. Harrison, chief psychiatrist at the private asylum Shadowbrook, is treating a mysterious patient, Bertram, who has voluntarily come to the hospital. As treatment of Bertram progresses, Dr. Harrison begins to lose control of his objectivity and makes questionable decisions that may lead to self-destruction.
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Cupcake diaries volume 15
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Simon Spotlight
Pub. Date
[2013?]
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English
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The Cupcake Club girls spoil Emma's brother Jake in the hospital with cupcakes and little gifts but can Emma get over fears to help him.
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