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  • Open Heart

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

    by Stephen Westaby ...
    In gripping prose, one of the world's leading cardiac surgeons lays bare both the wonder and the horror of a life spent a heartbeat away from deathWhen Stephen Westaby witnessed a patient die on the table during open-heart surgery for the first time, he was struck by the quiet, determined way the surgeons walked away. As he soon understood, this detachment is a crucial survival strategy in a ... Read more

    $17.99 USD

    Also available as: Audiobook

    Also available as: Audiobook

  • The Trauma Chronicles

    by Stephen Westaby ...
    Ever wondered what it's like to hold a human heart in your hands?This book takes you on a riveting journey through the life and career of Stephen Westaby, a world-renowned heart surgeon. From his humble beginnings to his tireless pursuit of perfection, Westaby's story is one of resilience, determination, and an unyielding commitment to saving lives.Can Westaby maintain his relentless drive in the ... Read more

    $16.19 USD

  • Surgeons, Saints and Psychopaths

    The Epic History of Heart Surgery

    by Stephen Westaby ...
    This account of the heroic efforts to operate meaningfully within the deformed heart constitutes one of the greatest stories ever told. The surgeons were deemed psychopaths, the body count enormous. Yet with persistence and innovation those surgeons and their heart-lung machines ultimately triumphed. Professor Stephen Westaby trained with, then worked alongside, these pioneers on both sides of the ... Read more

    $71.99 USD

  • Stentless Bioprostheses

    Edited by Stephen Westaby, Hans A Huysmans, Tirone E David ...
    This text is divided into seven sections covering the applications, uses, effects and designs of stentless bioprostheses. The three opening chapters describe the paediatric applications of stentless bioprostheses, with reference to aortic valve replacement and right ventricular outflow tract reconstruction Chapters in the second section discuss the ... Read more

    $54.95 USD

  • The Failing Right Heart

    Edited by Kyriakos Anastasiadis, Stephen Westaby, Polychronis Antonitsis ...
    Series series Medicine (R0)
    This book provides an up-to-date and comprehensive overview of the etiology, diagnosis and treatment of conditions affecting the structure and function of the right heart, comprising the right atrium, right ventricle, tricuspid valve and pulmonary circulation. Anatomy and physiology of the right heart, etiology and role of imaging of right heart failure, as well as treatment options, from ... Read more

    $80.09 USD

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    Open Heart

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

    by Stephen Westaby ...
    Narrated by Gordon Griffin ...

    Unabridged

    10 hours 27 min

    In gripping prose, one of the world's leading cardiac surgeons lays bare both the wonder and the horror of a life spent a heartbeat away from deathWhen Stephen Westaby witnessed a patient die on the table during open-heart surgery for the first time, he was struck by the quiet, determined way the surgeons walked away. As he soon understood, this detachment is a crucial survival strategy in a ... Read more

    $27.99 USD

    Also available as: eBook

    Also available as: eBook

  • Audiobook

    The Trauma Chronicles

    by Dr Stephen Westaby ...
    Narrated by Gordon Griffin ...

    Unabridged

    9 hours 20 min

    'Never, never, never give in'. Winston Churchill's famous quotation best sums up the life of Stephen Westaby, the world-leading cardiothoracic surgeon. This book chronicles the triumphs and failures of his surgical life, the lives saved and extended, the innovations he developed (such as artificial hearts) and his research discoveries. Having spent his childhood in the backstreets of a northern ... Read more

    $24.99 USD

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    The Kind Worth Killing

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    Narrated by Johnny Heller, Karen White, Kathleen Early, Keith Szarabajka ...

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    This full cast recording features the talents of Johnny Heller, Karen White, Kathleen Early, and Keith Szarabajka!A devious tale of psychological suspense so irresistible that it prompts Entertainment Weekly to ask, “Is The Kind Worth Killing the next Gone Girl?” From one of the hottest new thriller writers, Peter Swanson, a name you may not know yet (but soon will), this is his breakout novel in ... Read more

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    Mr. Mercedes

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    by Stephen King ...
    Narrated by Will Patton ...

    Unabridged

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    WINNER of the EDGAR AWARD for BEST NOVEL and #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER!In a high-suspense race against time, three of the most unlikely heroes Stephen King has ever created try to stop a lone killer from murdering thousands. “Mr. Mercedes is a rich, resonant, exceptionally readable accomplishment by a man who can write in whatever genre he chooses” (The Washington Post).The stolen Mercedes ... Read more

    $29.99 USD

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    The Conjoined

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    by Jen Sookfong Lee ...
    Narrated by Sabryn Rock ...

    Unabridged

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    On a sunny May morning, social worker Jessica Campbell sorts through her mother’s belongings after her recent funeral. In the basement, she makes a shocking discovery — two dead girls curled into the bottom of her mother’s chest freezers. She remembers a pair of foster children who lived with the family in 1988: Casey and Jamie Cheng — troubled, beautiful, and wild teenaged sisters from Vancouver ... Read more

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    Everything I Never Told You

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    by Celeste Ng ...
    Narrated by Cassandra Campbell ...

    Unabridged

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    **A New York Times Book Review Notable Book of the Year • A New York Times Book Review Editors' Choice • Winner of the Alex Award and the Massachusetts Book Award • Named a Best Book of the Year by NPR, San Francisco Chronicle, Entertainment Weekly, The Huffington Post, BuzzFeed, Grantland Booklist, St. Louis Post-Dispatch, Shelf Awareness, Book Riot, School Library Journal, Bust... ... Read more

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