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1) Dietland
Author
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
A fresh and provocative debut novel about a reclusive young woman saving up for weight loss surgery when she gets drawn into a shadowy feminist guerilla group called "Jennifer"--equal parts Bridget Jones's Diary and Fight Club. --Provided by publisher.
Author
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
Offers a glimpse into the big picture of the various stages and types of breast reconstruction using stories and photos of real women. It offers a true picture of what breast reconstruction entails, and offers hope to those facing it. This is a book to help women with a variety of issues surrounding their choices, with powerful insights from women who have been there. --Amazon.com
Author
Series
Of monsters and men volume 1
Language
English
Description
Enchanting Regency-era gothic romance intertwined with inspiration from Mary Shelley's Frankenstein. England, 1815. Travel writer Amelia Balfour's dream of touring Egypt is halted when she receives news of a revolutionary new surgery for her grotesquely disfigured brother, Colin. This could change everything, and it does,in the worst possible way. Surgeon Graham Lambert has suspicions about the doctor he's gone into practice with, but he can't stop...
4) Host
Author
Pub. Date
2015
Language
English
Description
Devastated by the death of her boyfriend after a routine surgery, fourth-year medical student Lynn Pierce investigates the accident and discovers a string of suspicious deaths at the hospital.
Author
Publisher
Scribner
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
"From a renowned surgeon and historian with five decades of experience comes a remarkable history of surgery's development-spanning the Stone Age to the present day-blending meticulous medical studies with lively and skillful storytelling. There are not many events in life that can be as simultaneously life-frightening and life-saving as a surgical operation. Yet, in America, tens-of-millions of major surgical procedures are performed annually but...
Author
Publisher
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Pub. Date
[2017]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 7.7 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
Description
"In this title, readers learn the stories of animals that are both benefitting from and helping out the world of prosthetic science - covering all species, situations, and science backgrounds. From the high-tech science of 3D printing, to inflatables, totoy wheels, this title has it all, including visits with subjects who are accessible for interviews and photography. INSPIRING is a perfect fit for animal lovers and science enthusiasts alike."--
Author
Language
English
Description
"In this beautiful, close-to-the bone account, Jennifer Grey takes readers on a vivid tour of the experiences that have shaped her, from her childhood as the daughter of Broadway and film legend Joel Grey, to the surprise hit with Patrick Swayze that made her America's sweetheart, to her inspiring season eleven win on ABC's Dancing with the Stars. Throughout this intimate narrative, Grey richly evokes places and times that were defining for a generation--from...
Author
Publisher
an imprint of Capstone Editions
Pub. Date
[2019]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Karl is an Abyssinian ground hornbill with a special challenge. His lower bill had broken off and made eating difficult. Karl did a great job of adapting and finding new ways to eat, but he wasn't getting all the food he needed. His zookeepers at the National Zoo and friends at the Smithsonian Institute wanted to help. Could an old bird skeleton and a 3-D printer give Karl a new beak? Karl's new adventure was about to begin!
13) A different me
Author
Publisher
Albert Whitman & Company
Pub. Date
2014.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 8
Language
English
Description
"High schooler Allie, who has long wanted to get plastic surgery, becomes online friends with two other girls who share her obsession"--Provided by publisher.
14) The Danish girl
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
Inspired by the true story of Danish painter Einar Wegener and his California-born wife, this tender portrait of a marriage asks: what do you do when someone you love wants to change? It starts with a question, a simple favor asked of a husband by his wife on an afternoon chilled by the Baltic wind while both are painting in their studio. Her portrait model has cancelled; would he slip into a pair of women's shoes and stockings for a few moments
...15) Cone cat
Author
Publisher
Owlkids Books
Pub. Date
2020.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.3 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
"One day Jeremy the cat wakes up at the vet to find a cone has been fastened around his neck. It bends his whiskers and bungles his super-cat sense. After attempting several fruitless escape maneuvers, he dejectedly accepts his new role: he is Cone Cat now. But when by a happy accident he discovers that his cone is perfect for tipping the breakfast bowl so that the milk and cereal pours right into his mouth (and stores leftovers for later), he realizes...
Author
Publisher
Little, Brown and Company
Pub. Date
2015
Language
English
Description
The Man Who Touched His Own Heart tells the raucous, gory, mesmerizing story of the heart, from the first "explorers" who dug up cadavers and plumbed their hearts' chambers, through the first heart surgeries --which had to be completed in three minutes before death arrived-- to heart transplants and the latest medical efforts to prolong our hearts' lives, almost defying nature in the process. Thought of as the seat of our soul, then as a mysteriously...
18) The eye
Publisher
Lionsgate
Pub. Date
2008
Language
English
Description
After a corneal transplant allows Sydney to see again after many years, she begins to have disturbing visions and tries to track down the source of her new eyes.
Author
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Formats
Description
It is often said that the best things in life come in small packages--anyone in search of proof need look no further than the stories in this collection: brief, utterly engaging tales that offer lasting surprise and delight. From the original Greek financial crisis, when the profligate Gods of Olympus were punished by Odin and the other Norse Gods for their unchecked spending, to a handy unintended benefit of cosmetic surgery; from Pope Ron, the first...
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