Medical

Spanning the years 1900 to 1977, The Covenant of Water is set in Kerala, on South India’s Malabar Coast, and follows three generations of a family that suffers a peculiar affliction: in every generation, at least one person dies by drowning—and in Kerala, water is everywhere....

Newlyweds Tricia and Ethan are searching for the house of their dreams. But when they visit the remote manor that once belonged to Dr. Adrienne Hale, a renowned psychiatrist who vanished without a trace four years earlier, a violent winter storm traps them at the estate....

In this medical thriller, three female doctors struggle to survive in a San Francisco hospital's “boy's club,” as they encounter the challenges of the medical profession, a murder charge, and a deadly wager....

Celia de Gray makes inroads as the first saleswoman for Felding-Roth Pharmaceutical Company, but uncovers scandals....

When Heather McKinley dreamed of becoming a doctor, she imagined curing sick kids and sporting pink stethoscopes. She never anticipated the sleepless nights, grueling exams, and endless labs. And she certainly never knew that her medical school earned the nickname Dead Med.

As Charly struggles to recover from her brain injury, she begins to realize that the events of that fateful night are trapped in the damaged right side of her brain. Now, she must put the jigsaw pieces together to discover the identity of the man who tried to kill her....

Der junge kalifornische Paläontologe Levine ist von der Idee besessen, dass die Dinosaurier gar nicht ausgestorben sind...

When Dr. Craig Bowman is served with a summons for medical malpractice, he's shocked, enraged, and more than a little humiliated....

Medical student Amy Brenner is spending the night on a locked psychiatric ward. Amy has been dreading her evening working on Ward D, the hospital’s inpatient mental health unit....

A successful entrepreneur in the mushroom industry, Jaakko Kaunismaa is a man in his prime. At just 37 years of age, he is shocked when his doctor tells him that he's dying....

This set contains books seven to nine in the gripping, fast-paced crime fiction series featuring DCI Whitney Walker and forensic psychologist Dr. Georgina Cavendish: Ritual Demise, Mortal Remains, and Silent Graves....

Barry Laverty, M.B., can barely find the village of Ballybucklebo on a map when he first sets out to seek gainful employment there, but already he knows that there is nowhere he would rather live than in the emerald hills and dales of Northern Ireland....

இன்றைக்கு செயற்கை கருத்தரிப்பு நிலையங்கள் எக்கச்சக்கமாக நாட்டில் பெருகி இருக்கின்றன....

A blazingly inventive near-future thriller from the best-selling, Hugo Award-winning John Scalzi....

The complete classic 1960s comedy about a newly qualified young doctor and his two best friends, Taffy Evans and Tony Benskin, stars Richard Briers....

New York City medical examiners Laurie Montgomery and Jack Stapleton return in this stunning novel from the “master of the medical thriller” (New York Times)—a ripped-from-the-headlines tale of an innovative doctor’s dangerous downward spiral.

In Marbella, Spain, Dr. Kate Warner awakens to a horrifying reality: the human race stands on the brink of extinction....

Bristol detective DS George Cross, champion of the outsider, the voiceless and the dispossessed. DS George Cross can be rude, difficult and awkward with people. But his unfailing logic and dogged pursuit of the truth means his conviction rate is the best on the force....

She’s got a great job at a VA Hospital, an adorable daughter, and a loving husband. Then Jane discovers that Dr. Ryan Reilly is the VA’s newest vascular surgeon. Dr. Ryan Reilly, a.k.a. sexy surgeon, a.k.a. the biggest jerk she ever loved....

Young and idealistic, he is full of enthusiasm when he first arrives in the small mining village of Drineffy, where he is to work as assistant to the elderly Dr Page....

Newly minted doctor Jane McGill is in hell. Not literally, of course. But between her drug addict patients, sleepless nights on call, and battling wits with the sadistic yet charming Sexy Surgeon, Jane can’t imagine an afterlife much worse than her first month of internship at County Hospital.

Something terrible has happened in the snowbound village of Kingdom Come, Wyoming, where 12 eerily identical houses stand dark and abandoned....

Before my world came crashing down, I had it all. The successful career I dreamed of. The beautiful red-brick home where I could relax in front of the fire. The handsome, devoted husband whose blue eyes and charming smile always made me feel safe....

Anthony Spencer is egotistical, proud of being a self-made business success at the peak of his game, even though the cost of winning was painfully high....

In Atlanta, Dr. Peyton Shaw is awakened by the phone call she has dreaded for years. As the CDC's leading epidemiologist, she's among the first responders to outbreaks....

Doctor Frances Brakespeare continues to settle into her new life in rural Somerset at Orchard Cottage Hospital, striving to improve the medical treatments on offer to the community. After successfully establishing a mother and baby clinic, Frances is determined to move with the times and add family planning advice to her roster – but are the residents of Norton Dene ready for such progress or will she face opposition?

Lorsque le tueur en série qui lui a échappé toute sa vie refait surface à Los Angeles, l'agent Scott Houston est prêt à tout pour le piéger, même à enfreindre les règles du FBI. Pour obtenir des informations sensibles, il sait exactement à qui s'adresser : l'Agence 32/1, spécialisée dans l'identification de personnes disparues, dirigée par la séduisante Jayne Hall et sa meilleure amie Steelie Lander. Mais la requête de Scott a des répercussions inattendues sur la vie des deux femmes : il les entraîne malgré lui dans une dangereuse aventure à travers les États-Unis.

Camilo Escobedo, un competente neurólogo que ha llegado a ser ingresado en un psiquiátrico, nos traslada en primera persona su increíble lucha contra la enfermedad a la que precisamente dedicaba su investigación. "Las defensas" es, en realidad, una novela basada en la historia de superación de Domingo Escudero, científico que enfermó de lo mismo que estaba estudiando, la autoinmunidad, encefalitis NMDA, cuyos trastornos son parecidos a los del brote psicótico o la bipolaridad.

Julia Menken lleva trabajando como experta en comportamiento en casos de asesinatos cerrados o sin resolver en la Unidad Nacional de Zoetermeer los últimos tres años. Ahora su jefe la reclama para que colabore en un caso que se prevé escabroso desde el comienzo: el horroroso asesinato de un niño de catorce años en Arnhem, cuyo cadáver han encontrado mutilado. En la escena del crimen se encuentra cara a cara con el fiscal Marteen Brouwer, quien le recuerda por qué ha estado trabajando en casos fríos todo este tiempo.

Inside the grand walls of Edinburgh's nineteenth-century scientific institutions, anatomists began to map the secrets of the human body in order to discover new medical innovations. But to the horror of the local population, a shortage of bodies soon led to the gruesome act of graveyard bodysnatching, a heartless crime that would soon spread like a disease throughout the city. And when stealing cadavers turns to murder, Burke & Hare became two of the most notorious serial killers of their time.

Von den Abenteuern eines vergesslichen Mannes. Daniel Koch ist sportlich, freundlich und fühlt sich topfit. Dass er manchmal Sachen vergisst, kümmert ihn nicht, das passiert ja jedem mal. Dann aber sagt ihm seine Ärztin, dass er Alzheimer hat und der Verlauf der Erkrankung nicht aufzuhalten sei. Und tatsächlich, Daniel driftet sehr rasch immer mehr aus der Realität ab.

Gdy sprawiedliwość jest bezsilna, pozostaje tylko zemsta.. Przed siedzibą ONZ w Nowym Jorku omyłkowo zostaje zastrzelony starszy mężczyzna. Prawnik Tom Byrne jedzie z polecenia ONZ do Londynu, aby porozumieć się z córką zmarłego, Rebeką i uniknąć skandalu. Okazuje się, że jej ojciec nie był zwykłym turystą, ale członkiem żydowskiej organizacji wymierzającej sprawiedliwość faszystowskim zbrodniarzom wojennym. Wynikiem jej działania są setki niewyjaśnionych zgonów na całym świecie.

Mikor határoztam el, hogy állatorvos leszek? Még a percre is pontosan emlékszem. Tizenhárom éves voltam, olvastam egy cikket a fiúknak ajánlott pályákról és úgy éreztem, ez való nekem. Szerettem a kutyákat és a macskákat, az irodai munka pedig egyáltalán nem vonzott. Szinte láttam magam előtt, ahogy a házi kedvenceket a saját állatkórházamban gyógyítom. Hogy a csudába történhetett hát, hogy itt ülök egy yorkshire-i dombon ingujjban, gumicsizmában és enyhe tehénszagom van?

El nuevo acelerador, de Herbert George Wells es un cuento sobre los efectos de una droga capaz de llevar al corazón a 1000 latidos por minuto, a fin de acelerar el metabolismo y aprovechar el tiempo por la aceleración del pensamiento y movimiento humanos.

Gdy znika mała dziewczynka, trzeba sprawdzić wszystkie ślady. Pewnej nocy ranny detektyw Vincent Ruiz zostaje wylo- wiony z Tamizy. Niestety, stracil pamięć i dopiero psycho- log pomoże mu złożyć w sensowną całość rozproszone wspomnienia, Jednym z nich jest historia uprowadzonej trzy lata wcześniej Mickey Carlyle. Dziewczynki nie odna- leziono, dochodzenie zostało zakończone, do więzienia tratii człowiek skazany w procesie poszłakowym, Ruiz jednak wierzy, ze dziecko żyje, i uważa, że natychmiast trzeba wanowić śledztwo.

After neurosurgeon Caro Soames-Watkins’ career has gone down in flames, she receives a strange job offer from Nobel Prize-winning scientist Sam Watkins, a great uncle she barely knows, and desperation overcomes any suspicions. Watkins’ mysterious medical facility conducts research into the nature of consciousness, reality, and life after death. Two obstacles stand in his way: an intel leak and his failing body may not last long enough for the tech to be ready. As danger mounts, Caro finds more than she bargained for: murder, love, and a deep disturbing look into the nature of reality.

Доктор Вера – повесть о молодом хирурге Вере Трешниковой, решившей остаться вместе со своими пациентами в оккупированном Верхневолжске. Город находится под обстрелами, и раненых в палатах прибавляется, а медикаментов и еды становится все меньше. К тому же Вера рискует каждый день, укрывая в стенах больницы раненых солдат, тем самым нарушая установленные оккупационными властями законы... Главный герой повести "Анюта" капитан Владимир Мечетный вспоминает, как его при форсировании Одера свела судьба с санинструктором Анютой.

Over four decades in public safety, Alex encounters a changing America, where veterans are left to rot on streets, women are welcome in dangerous fields but abusers still walk free, and service providers are subjected to intense public scrutiny while being denied the resources they need. After moving from bustling Boston to small town Vermont, Alex discovers an escalating feud between emergency operators and must decide which to protect: their community, or their legacy.

Stephen Englehart, an Armed Forces medical examiner. dedicates his life to bringing peace to the families of fallen soldiers. Tagged as one of the best, he’s able to spot forensic clues others miss. But when the body of a US Marine, supposedly burned beyond recognition, shows up with hardly a scratch, even Stephen is stumped. Were the bodies switched? Then, in the middle of the autopsy, the impossible happens.

Sie existieren seit Beginn der Menschheit und prägen das Leben bis heute. Drogen versprechen das Paradies, sie zeigen dir den Himmel, sie lassen dich nie mehr los.