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With Care
by Jodi Picoult
Picoult
delivers another captivating family drama, flavored with her
trademark blend of medicine, law and love. Happily married Charlotte
and Sean O'Keefe look forward to their second child who they pray
will be as healthy as their other daughter. At the hospital, during
a nasty storm, Charlotte gives birth, but knows something is wrong. |
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Cutting
for Stone
by Abraham Verghese
Verghese
uses his own life and experiences in a magnificent, sweeping novel
that moves from India to Ethiopia to a hospital in New York City
over decades and generations. Sister Mary Joseph Praise, a devout
young nun, leaves the south Indian state of Kerala in 1947 for a
missionary post in Yemen. During the difficult sea voyage, she saves
the life of an English doctor bound for Ethiopia, Thomas Stone, who
becomes a key player in her destiny when they meet up again at
Missing Hospital in Addis Ababa.
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Wired
for War: The Robotics Revolution and Conflict in the 21st Century
by P.W. Singer
Robotics
promises to be the most comprehensive instrument of change in war
since the introduction of gunpowder. Beginning with a brief and
useful survey of robotics, Singer discusses its military
applications during WWII, the arming and autonomy of robots at the
turn of the century, and the broad influence of robotics on
near-future battlefields.
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