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The blockbuster bestseller that kickstarted a new genre--the medical thriller--is now available in trade paperback for the first time. They called it "minor surgery," but Nancy Greenly, Sean Berman and a dozen others--all admitted to Boston Memorial Hospital for routine procedures--were victims...

When Carl awakens from a coma after being attacked on a subway train, life around him feels unfamiliar, even strange. He arrives at his best friend's house without remembering how he got there; he seems to be having an affair with his secretary, which is pleasant but surprising. He starts to notice distortions in his experience, strange leaps in his perception of time. Is he truly reacting with the outside world, he wonders, or might he be terribly mistaken? 

കുറ്റകൃത്യങ്ങളുടെ കാര്യകാരണബന്ധം തിരയുന്നതിലൂടെ, മനുഷ്യമനോഭാവങ്ങളുടെ...

After a life-altering accident, Stan falls into a coma, becoming lost in a mysterious realm. While his body heals, his ethereal form must fight to escape an otherworldly prison. And he’s not alone – there’s something hunting him from the shadows. Meanwhile, his wife, Liz, juggles their three children as a haunting presence invades their home, unaware of Stan’s struggle. Could she be the key to his survival? Serafine didn’t know becoming Stan’s nurse would force her to face her own haunting past.

Belle Sutton is a little lost these days. She has a stalled career, a New York apartment she can’t afford, and her sister, Lexie, is more estranged with each passing year. Belle’s one true consolation is her beloved grandmother, who’s powered through her own broken family ties with a tenacious zest for life and a passion for cooking. But when her grandmother suddenly passes away, a grieving Belle feels her only connection to the past is gone forever.

Now available: the complete Coma Girl daily serial! From the international best-selling author of Stop the Wedding! and the Body Movers mystery series comes a story of family drama, suspense, comedy, and romance. In Coma Girl, a victim of a tragic event lies in a hospital bed, at the mercy of friends and relatives who think she can't hear them. But she so can. This version of Coma Girl contains the complete daily serial, six months of entries. Don't miss out on this laugh-out-loud, fun story everyone else is talking about!

The #1 New York Times bestselling account of a neurosurgeon's own near-death experience—for readers of 7 Lessons from Heaven. Thousands of people have had near-death experiences, but scientists have argued that they are impossible. Dr. Eben Alexander was one of those scientists. A highly...

She wakes from a coma to a husband she’s told she loves. So why does her entire life feel like a lie? Six weeks after a horrific accident, Megan opens her eyes in a deserted hospital wing with no memory of her past — only the man who claims to be her husband. Eli is patient. Charming. Perfect. Too perfect. He shows photos, documents, messages proving their life together. He says they’re building a dream house by the river. That they wanted a fresh start. But she has no friends or family to corroborate his story. Is he her husband at all, or a husband with secrets? Every nurse avoids ...

The #1 New York Times bestseller and “frightening” (The New York Times) thriller from master storyteller Stephen King about a clairvoyant man who must weigh his options when he sees the terrible future awaiting mankind. When Johnny Smith was six years old, head trauma caused by a bad...

Este libro es una invitación a dejar de "comerte el coco" y a recuperar el control sobre tu mente. Escrito en un estilo accesible y directo, explora los mecanismos del pensamiento excesivo a través de casos reales y ofrece diez psicosoluciones prácticas para entender y enfrentarse a las trampas de la mente desde una visión estratégica, así como diez frases antídoto que te ayudarán a impulsar un proceso de transformación.

There are many miles from the business school and basketball court at the University of Southern California to 50 million viewers for the final episode of a TV show called Magnum P.I. Tom Selleck has lived every one of those miles in his own iconoclastic and joyful way. Frank, funny and...

Coupland's iconic novels brought to life in two full-cast adaptations: In this adaptation by Theo Toksvig-Stewart, Douglas Coupland's brilliantly funny novel Microserfs takes a microscope to working culture in the early days of the tech boom. Perhaps one of Coupland's most iconic novels, Girlfriend in a Coma begins in December 1979 when 17-year-old Karen unexpectedly falls into a deep coma after a teen house party.

Second Life By Errin Stowell Grayson Shaw built an empire on control. Billionaire. Visionary. Relentless dealmaker. At sixty-five, he still believes the rules of risk, leverage, and victory apply everywhere—even on a mountain. He’s wrong. A catastrophic skiing accident leaves Grayson’s body shattered and his mind trapped in a silent coma. Doctors call it “no evidence of consciousness.” Machines keep him breathing. The world assumes the man who dominated boardrooms across continents is gone. But Grayson is still here. Somehow, impossibly, his consciousness can slip into the bodies ...

Comanche: A warrior race of people with a history longer than sand has passed through the hourglass of time. The nation's economy, like that of other Plains Indian tribes, was based primarily on the buffalo; they were hunters and warriors of the first degree. They warred with everyone. By the middle of the 18th century, they had taken up horse breeding and had herds numbering in the thousands. Their name, given to them by the Ute Indians from their word komantsi, which means enemy.

Michael Crichton, the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Jurassic Park, returns to the world of paleontology in this recently discovered novel a thrilling adventure set in the Wild West during the golden age of fossil hunting. The year is 1876. Warring Indian tribes still populate...

Examines the experiences of those who have survived comas Demonstrates how a key element of the brain is switched off by coma-inducing sedatives, allowing the mind to break free from the body Shares proven alternatives to medically-induced coma that are safer for treating critically...

“[B]y writing My Magnolia Summer, a novel of low country food, family drama, and just the right amount of romance, Victoria Benton Frank shows that she is the rightful heir to the crown of summertime storytellers. Her mother would be so proud.” — Ann Patchett Escape to the South Carolina...

Nikki Maxwell’s favorite fairy tales get dork-tastic twists in this eighth installment of the #1 New York Times bestselling Dork Diaries series! After a bump on the head in gym class on April Fool’s Day, Nikki has a wild dream in which she, her BFFs Chloe and Zoey, her crush Brandon, and...

The music stopped, the room eptied, and Baxter Richardson opened his eyes for the first time in months. He should have died from his involuntary plunge off a cliff. But he's alive, and mortal danger remains. Familiar enemies stalk him. New ones hover close at hand.

From the award-winning author of Flux comes “an endearing novel about second chances” (The Washington Post), with wise insights into love, family, and the art of sushi. “Wise and poignant [with] mouthwatering descriptions of food . . . I Leave It Up to You is about finding—or...