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Ward No. 6 by Anton Chekhov
Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsAll the story takes place in an old, dark, dusty sanatorium in a small town. Different people who suffers from different mental problems which are considered mad in society. It analyzes what goes under their surface and what made them the way they are... -
![The Highly Unreliable Account of the History of a Madhouse by Ayfer Tunç]()
The Highly Unreliable Account of the History of a Madhouse by Ayfer Tunç
Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsThe novel opens in a provincial mental health hospital on the morning of the 14th February 2007 and comes to a cataclysmic end several hours later Lacklustre guest speaker (‘Love: Self-sacrifice? Or Self-preservation?’) Ülkü Birinci fails to impress the Medical Director, whose plans to write the history of the hospital are destined to remain stillborn... -
![The Stories of John Cheever by John Cheever]()
The Stories of John Cheever by John Cheever
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsHere are sixty-one stories that chronicle the lives of what has been called "the greatest generation." From the early wonder and disillusionment of city life in "The Enormous Radio" to the surprising discoveries and common mysteries of suburbia in "The Housebreaker of Shady Hill" and "The Swimmer," Cheever tells us everything we need to know about "the pain and sweetness of life...Categorized as:
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![A Treatise on Shelling Beans by Wiesław Myśliwski]()
A Treatise on Shelling Beans by Wiesław Myśliwski
Rated: 4.31 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsOur narrator, a retired musician, receives a visit from an enigmatic stranger who inspires him to share the story of his long and stormy life... -
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![Los renglones torcidos de Dios by Luca de Tena, Luca de Tena]()
Los renglones torcidos de Dios by Luca de Tena, Luca de Tena
Rated: 4.19 of 5 stars · 26 ratingsthis book is from Andres Bello... -
![The Essential Tales of Chekhov by Anton Chekhov]()
The Essential Tales of Chekhov by Anton Chekhov
Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsOf the two hundred stories that Anton Chekhov wrote, the twenty stories that appear in this extraordinary collection were personally chosen by Richard Ford--an accomplished storyteller in his own right. Included are the familiar masterpieces--"The Kiss," "The Darling," and "The Lady with the Dog"--as well as several brilliant lesser-known tales such as "A Blunder," "Hush!," and "Champagne...Categorized as:
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![Evil: Finding St. Germaine by Judith Lucci]()
Evil: Finding St. Germaine by Judith Lucci
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsFor Fans of Robin Cook, Tess Gerritsen, Patricia Cornwell, Michael Palmer Alex returns to Wyndley Farm, her childhood home in Virginia, to await the birth of her baby. An urgent call from Crescent City Medical Center compels her to return to New Orleans to investigate cruel, questionable incidents and heinous patient deaths...Categorized as:
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![The Time Machine/The Invisible Man by H.G. Wells]()
The Time Machine/The Invisible Man by H.G. Wells
Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars · 32 ratingsThe Time Machine and The Invisible Man, by H. G. Wells, is part of the Barnes & Noble Classics series, which offers quality editions at affordable prices to the student and the general reader, including new scholarship, thoughtful design, and pages of carefully crafted extras... -
![The Vegas Accident: An Age Gap Surprise Pregnancy Romance (Forbidden Temptations) by Sofia T Summers]()
The Vegas Accident: An Age Gap Surprise Pregnancy Romance (Forbidden Temptations) by Sofia T Summers
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsIt’s hard to keep an accidental marriage a secret when you end up pregnant.Yes, we were stupid in Vegas.But the stupidity didn’t just end there.It continued after the trip was over and Luke became my temporary roommate.Luke… as in my brother’s best friend.As in my new husband.My accidental husband.Did I say baby daddy yet?Luke is way older than me.Basically, he’s everything he shouldn’t be... -
![She's Not Sorry by Mary Kubica]()
She's Not Sorry by Mary Kubica
Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsAn ICU nurse accidentally uncovers a patient’s frightening past in this chilling thriller from the New York Times bestselling author of Local Woman Missing and Just the Nicest Couple.Meghan Michaels is trying to find balance between being a single mom to a teenage daughter and working as a full time nurse...Categorized as:
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![The Fifth Sally by Daniel Keyes]()
The Fifth Sally by Daniel Keyes
Rated: 4.07 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsSally Porter is a drab waitress, divorcee, and loner in the great city. But, though she is unaware of it, she is also four other, quite different people: Nola, the cold independent artist who has a studio in Greenwich Village; Derry, the happy-go-lucky tomboy; Bella, the sexpot with a talent for singing and dancing; and finally Jinx, the hate- filled killer... -
![Rock Springs by Richard Ford]()
Rock Springs by Richard Ford
Rated: 4.06 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsIn these ten stories, Ford mines literary gold from the wind-scrubbed landscape of the American West--and from the guarded hopes and gnawing loneliness of the people who live there. Rock Springs is a masterpiece of taut narration, cleanly chiseled prose, and empathy so generous that it feels like a kind of grace...Categorized as:
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![White Walls: Collected Stories by Tatyana Tolstaya]()
White Walls: Collected Stories by Tatyana Tolstaya
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsTatyana Tolstaya's short stories — with their unpredictable fairy-tale plots, appealingly eccentric characters, and stylistic abundance and flair — established her in the 1980s as one of modern Russia's finest writers. Since then her work has been translated throughout the world. Edna O'Brien has called Tolstaya "an enchantress." Anita Desai has spoken of her work's "richness and ardent life...Categorized as:
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![First Do No Evil by Carey Baldwin]()
First Do No Evil by Carey Baldwin
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsBella: It's a lifesaving vaccine with one deadly side effect—murder. There’s a killer lurking in Dr. Skylar Novak’s family tree—the gene for breast cancer. That's why her brilliant brother invented the Bella vaccine. But even if the miracle drug protects her from the cancer that took her mother's life, it can't save Sky from the flesh and bone evil stalking her in secret... -
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![Scouting for the Reaper by Jacob M. Appel]()
Scouting for the Reaper by Jacob M. Appel
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsEach of the characters in Scouting for the Reaper faces an unanticipated challenge: transporting a truckload of penguins across the country, arranging a proper Jewish burial for the remains of Gregor Samsa, selling tombstones dressed as a Girl Scout. These stories explore the domestic and professional adventures of people in over their heads, while leavening their struggles with humor.Jacob M... -
![Farewell to the Sea: A Novel of Cuba by Reinaldo Arenas]()
Farewell to the Sea: A Novel of Cuba by Reinaldo Arenas
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsIn this brilliant, apocalyptic vision of Castro's Cuba, we meet a young couple who leave the dreariness of Havana and spend six days at a small seaside retreat, where they hope to recapture the desire and carefree spirit that once united them... -
![The Grump's Girl Friday: A Secret Pregnancy Romance (Forbidden Temptations) by Sofia T Summers]()
The Grump's Girl Friday: A Secret Pregnancy Romance (Forbidden Temptations) by Sofia T Summers
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsI needed to be only what he had hired me to be.His assistant. Not his savior.Not his girlfriend.And definitely not the mother of his child. And yet... there I was. Eric was a total nightmare.Much older than me, rich AF, refused to settle down.Despite his mother threatening to deny him his inheritance.He didn’t care about things that didn’t serve him.And for that, I hated him... -
![The Hospital by Leslie Wolfe]()
The Hospital by Leslie Wolfe
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsWhen I wake up, I know three things. My name is Emma. Someone tried to kill me. And I can’t remember who. When I blink, my eyelashes brush against scratchy cloth. My fingers twitch, numb and distant. In the distance, sirens wail. I’m in the hospital. I should be safe here, but I know I’m not... -
![Autumn in Peking by Boris Vian]()
Autumn in Peking by Boris Vian
Rated: 3.94 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsBoris Vian was a jack of all trades - although unfortunately his name was Boris and "Boris of all trades" never took off as a turn of phrase. But nevertheless Vian was a great songwriter, playwright, singer, jazz critic and, of course novelist so it should have been Boris instead of Jack... -
![The Woman with the Bouquet by Éric-Emmanuel Schmitt, Alison Anderson]()
The Woman with the Bouquet by Éric-Emmanuel Schmitt, Alison Anderson
Rated: 3.94 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsIn his new collection of stories, Eric-Emmanuel Schmitt, author of The Most Beautiful Book in the World, probes the paradox that the events that shape our lives are often the stuff of dreams, yet nonetheless true. Humor, tenderness, irony and exquisite writing have always been the hallmarks of Schmitt’s work. Here, he adds a pinch of philosophy...Categorized as:
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![Sundog by Jim Harrison]()
Sundog by Jim Harrison
Rated: 3.92 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsA “feisty, passionate novel” (Newsday) from a writer whose “storytelling instincts are nearly flawless” (The New York Times). The New York Times–bestselling author of thirty-nine books of fiction, non-fiction, and poetry including Legends of the Fall, Dalva, and Returning to Earth, Jim Harrison was one of our most beloved and acclaimed writers, adored by both readers and critics... -
![Girl in the Mirror by Mary Alice Monroe]()
Girl in the Mirror by Mary Alice Monroe
Rated: 3.92 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsCharlotte Godowski is the classic shy ugly duckling who transforms herself into an unparalleled beauty--achieving fame, fortune, friends and a man she loves--with the help of plastic surgery. But when her body starts to reject the silicone implants that have sculpted her looks, and her life is at stake, Charlotte wonders if she'll lose everything she has by returning to her old self... -
![The Existence Of Amy by Lana Grace Riva]()
The Existence Of Amy by Lana Grace Riva
Rated: 3.90 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsAmy has a normal life. That is, if you were to go by a definition of 'no obvious indicators of peculiarity', and you didn't know her very well. She has good friends, a good job, a nice enough home. This normality, however, is precariously plastered on top of a different life. A life that is Amy's real life. The only one her brain will let her lead... -
![Knowledge of Hell by António Lobo Antunes]()
Knowledge of Hell by António Lobo Antunes
Rated: 3.83 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsLike his creator, the narrator of this novel is a psychiatrist who loathes psychiatry, a veteran of the despised 1970s colonial war waged by Portugal against Angola, a survivor of a failed marriage, and a man seeking meaning in an uncaring and venal society... -
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![La coscienza di Zeno. Senilità. Una vita by Italo Svevo]()
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![House of God, The by Samuel Shem]()
House of God, The by Samuel Shem
Rated: 3.88 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsNow a classic! The hilarious novel of the healing arts that reveals everything your doctor never wanted you to know. Six eager interns -- they saw themselves as modern saviors-to-be. They came from the top of their medical school class to the bottom of the hospital staff to serve a year in the time-honored tradition, racing to answer the flash of on-duty call lights and nubile nurses... -
![Franky Furbo by William Wharton]()
Franky Furbo by William Wharton
Rated: 3.80 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsThe award-winning author of Birdy, Dad, and Tidings offers readers a special gift in this story about a love that passes understanding. 13 line drawings... -
![The Patient's List by James Caine]()
The Patient's List by James Caine
Rated: 3.88 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsThe new patient whispered a list of names. One by one they're each dying.Rina Kent was the new hot shot psychiatrist at Holy Saints ward. She also recently married the love of her life, who's also a doctor at the same hospital. Rina felt on top of the world, until one of her patients committed suicide.Rina knows it was her fault.A year later, her marriage has already gone down in flames... -
![Ghosted by J.E. Rowney]()
Ghosted by J.E. Rowney
Rated: 3.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsViolet and Zoe are best friends, joined at the hip...until Zoe vanishes. Meanwhile Violet tries to juggle a new relationship and a demanding job as a midwife, where she meets a mum-to-be who faces her own unexpected challenges. Who can Violet turn to to help her to find out what lies behind Zoe’s disappearance?This is a story with twists and turns. A story of friendship. A story of trust... -
![Nocturnes for the King of Naples by Edmund White, Garth Greenwell]()
Nocturnes for the King of Naples by Edmund White, Garth Greenwell
Rated: 3.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThe letters of a seducer to the great love of his life, a sensual tour-de-force by “the paterfamilias of queer literature” ( New York Times )“Can’t sleep tonight. Was lying in bed reading the biography of a great man whose genius deserted him . . . The genius who deserted me was you...Categorized as:
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![Faust by Ivan Turgenev, Simon Callow]()
Faust by Ivan Turgenev, Simon Callow
Rated: 3.84 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsThis is a translation of this masterpiece by the author of 'Fathers and Sons' and 'A Noblemen's Nest'. Written in just a few days in 1856, Faust describes the elusive nature of love... -
![Nothing Lasts Forever by Sidney Sheldon]()
Nothing Lasts Forever by Sidney Sheldon
Rated: 3.82 of 5 stars · 28 ratingsLibrarian's note: There is an Alternate Cover Edition for this edition of this book here.Three young doctors-their hopes, their dreams, their unexpected desires... Dr. Paige Taylor: She swore it was euthanasia, but when Paige inherited a million dollars from a patient, the D.A. called it murder. Dr... -
![The Behavior of Love by Virginia Reeves]()
The Behavior of Love by Virginia Reeves
Rated: 3.70 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsAn incredibly compulsive, poignant exploration of marriage, lust, and ambition from one of America's great young literary talents, the Man-Booker Prize longlisted author of Work Like Any Other .Doctor Ed Malinowski believes he has realized most of his dreams...Categorized as:
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![Slow Homecoming by Peter Handke]()
Slow Homecoming by Peter Handke
Rated: 3.63 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsProvocative, romantic, and restlessly exploratory, Peter Handke is one of the great writers of our time. Slow Homecoming, originally published in the late 1970s, is central to his achievement and to the powerful influence he has exercised on other writers, chief among them W.G. Sebald...Categorized as:
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![The Truth by Naomi Joy]()
The Truth by Naomi Joy
Rated: 3.63 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsPerfect wife. Perfect life. Perfect crime.Anthony is not the man everyone believes him to be. And Emelia is not the woman he wants her to be.Theirs was a whirlwind romance, Anthony was the doting boyfriend, the charismatic and successful career man who swept her off her feet. But now Emelia is trapped in a marriage of dark secrets and obsession...Categorized as:
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![Second Star to the Right by Deborah Hautzig]()
Second Star to the Right by Deborah Hautzig
Rated: 3.71 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsOn the face of it, Leslie is a healthy, well-adjusted 14-year-old girl. She should be happy, yet she's not. If only she were thinner. But "thinking thin" becomes a dangerous obsession and Leslie's weight drops to five stone, threatening to destroy her and the whole fabric of her family life...Categorized as:
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![The Man of Feeling by Javier Marías]()
The Man of Feeling by Javier Marías
Rated: 3.71 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsA story of love and memory from "the most subtle and gifted writer in contemporary Spanish literature" ( The Boston Globe) and the award-winning, international bestselling author of The Infatuations . On a train journey from Paris to Madrid a young opera singer becomes fascinated by those in his a middle-aged businessman, his alluring wife, and their male traveling companion...Categorized as:
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![The Planetarium by Nathalie Sarraute, Maria Jolas]()
The Planetarium by Nathalie Sarraute, Maria Jolas
Rated: 3.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsA young writer has his heart set on his aunt's large apartment. With this seemingly simple conceit, the characters of The Planetarium are set in orbit and a galaxy of argument, resentment, and bitterness erupts. Telling the story from various points of view, Sarraute focuses below the surface, on the emotional lives of the characters in a way that surpasses even Virginia Woolf... -
![Dead Med by Freida McFadden, Patricia Santomasso]()
Dead Med by Freida McFadden, Patricia Santomasso
Rated: 3.81 of 5 stars · 36 ratingsFrom #1 New York Times bestselling author Freida McFadden comes an electrifying medical thriller, Dead Med, originally published as Suicide Med."All I can think about is how pathetic it would be to die in the anatomy lab. The last thing I want is to become one of the dead bodies."When Heather McKinley dreamed of becoming a doctor, she imagined curing sick kids and sporting pink stethoscopes... -
![The Memory Artists by Jeffrey Moore]()
The Memory Artists by Jeffrey Moore
Rated: 3.67 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsWinner of the Canadian Authors Association Award for Best NovelNoel Burun has synesthesia and hypermnesia: he sees words in vibrant explosions of colors and shapes, which collide and commingle to form a memory so bitingly perfect that he can remember everything, from the 1001 stories of The Arabian Nights to the color of his bib as a toddler... -
![Rock, Paper, Scissors and Other Stories by Maxim Osipov]()
Rock, Paper, Scissors and Other Stories by Maxim Osipov
Rated: 3.60 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsThe first English-language collection of a contemporary Russian master of the short story.Maxim Osipov, who lives and practices medicine in a town ninety miles outside Moscow, is one of Russia’s best contemporary writers. In the tradition of Anton Chekhov and William Carlos Williams, he draws on his experiences in medicine to write stories of great subtlety and striking insight... -
![Die Welle - Der Roman zum Film by Kerstin Winter, Peter Thorwarth]()
Die Welle - Der Roman zum Film by Kerstin Winter, Peter Thorwarth
Rated: 3.64 of 5 stars · 14 ratings"Ihr meint also, eine Diktatur wäre bei uns heute nicht mehr möglich?" Als es im Geschichtsunterricht um Nationalsozialismus und Rechtsextremismus geht, beschließt der Lehrer Rainer Wenger, ein ungewöhnliches Experiment durchzuführen. Er will seinen Schülern das Gegenteil beweisen und sie zu willenlosen Befehlsempfängern machen. Das Experiment gerät außer Kontrolle ..Categorized as:
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![The Homecoming by Harold Pinter]()
The Homecoming by Harold Pinter
Rated: 3.70 of 5 stars · 20 ratingsIn an old and slightly seedy house in North London there lives a family of men: Max, the aging but still aggressive patriarch; his younger, ineffectual brother Sam; and two of Max's three sons, neither of whom is marriedLenny, a small-time pimp, and Joey, who dreams of success as a boxer... -
![I Know You Do by Georgette Deloriad]()
I Know You Do by Georgette Deloriad
Rated: 3.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsStep into the mind of Georgi, a 40-year-old woman with a combination of debilitating medical conditions that are killing her. But today, she takes back control... Escaping her isolated existence with her abusive husband to board the luxurious ship of a controversial offshore organization, D-LAD... -
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![Exotic Neurotic by Kenneth Jarrett Singleton]()
Exotic Neurotic by Kenneth Jarrett Singleton
Rated: 3.63 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsSYNOPSIS Exotic Neurotic is a book of poetry which involves subject matter such as depression, imbalance within one's personal self, angst, frustration, youthfulness, antisocial behavior, and violence. In addition, many of Exotic Neurotic's thematic properties also pertain to love, illness, death, human anatomy, physical deformities, elimination, birth, and abortion... -
![The War of the Roses by Warren Adler]()
The War of the Roses by Warren Adler
Rated: 3.50 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsWarren Adler is the acclaimed author of 25 novels, published in 30 languages. Two of his books, "The War of the Roses" and "Random Hearts" were made into major motion pictures. He lives in Jackson Hole, Wyoming and New York City. This is the book that became one of the most famous movies about divorce ever produced... -
![Adolphe by Benjamin Constant, Leonard Tancock]()
Adolphe by Benjamin Constant, Leonard Tancock
Rated: 3.57 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsAdolphe is a privileged and refined young man, bored by the stupidity he perceives in the world around him. After a number of meaningless conquests, he at last encounters Ellenore, a beautiful and passionate older woman. Adolphe is enraptured and gradually wears down her resistance to his declarations of love... -
![We Are Monsters by Brian Kirk]()
We Are Monsters by Brian Kirk
Rated: 3.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsSome doctors are sicker than their patients. When a troubled psychiatrist loses funding to perform clinical trials on an experimental cure for schizophrenia, he begins testing it on his asylum's criminally insane, triggering a series of side effects that opens the mind of his hospital's most dangerous patient, setting his inner demons free... -
![A Field Within: A Psychological Medical Thriller by T.C. Solomon]()
A Field Within: A Psychological Medical Thriller by T.C. Solomon
Rated: 3.13 of 5 stars · 8 ratings#1 Amazon BestsellerFirst Place - Thriller - Firebird Book AwardsGold Book Award - Literary TitanContent this book contains explicit language. Please visit the author's media kit at tcsolomon.com for a detailed list.★★★★★"Definitely a quick read and a page-turner - I read the whole book in just a couple of sittings. It's a good blend of medical mystery and some supernatural elements .. -
![Monday Mornings by Sanjay Gupta]()
Monday Mornings by Sanjay Gupta
Rated: 3.50 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsEvery time surgeons operate, they're betting their skills are better than the brain tumor, the faulty heart valve, the fractured femur. Sometimes, they're wrong. At Chelsea General, surgeons answer for bad outcomes at the Morbidity and Mortality conference, known as M & M...
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