Mankind's battle to stay alive is the greatest of all subjects. This brief, witty and unusual book by Britain's greatest medical historian compresses into a tiny span a lifetime spent thinking about m
A hilarious, horrible, laugh-out-loud story about the Blood and Guts Cafe from the Tiara Club authorHank can't work out where all his customers have gone. They usually wait in line for miles for a tas
The prize-nominated author of How to Clone the Perfect Blonde documents surgical practices from key moments in history, providing coverage of such topics as Robert Liston's 32nd amputation, Joseph Lis
Today, astonishing surgical breakthroughs are making limb transplants, face transplants, and a host of other previously un dreamed of operations possible. But getting here has not been a simple story
Jamey lived in the locked room. Twice a day the Persian slave trader came in and taught her to be a whore. Otherwise there was nothing. Once day she found a pencil stub and scrap of paper in a forgot
Trusted by his troops and feared by the enemy, General George Patton was one of America's most dynamic--and controversial--war commanders.Alden Hatch's biography traces Patton's life from
A masterpiece of surrealist fiction, steeped in controversy upon its first publication in 1984, Blood and Guts in High School is the book that established Kathy Acker as the preeminent voice of post-p
An eminently readable, entertaining romp through the history of our vain and valiant efforts to heal ourselves. Mankind's battle to stay alive and healthy for as long as possible is our oldest, most
