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King of hearts: the true story of the maverick who pioneered open-heart surgery
By G. Wayne Miller. 2000
Discusses the life and work of Dr. C. Walton Lillehei, who helped develop open-heart surgery while working for the University…
Hospital in Minneapolis. For his initial attempts during the 1950s, Lillehei devised a cross-circulation technique--hooking the patient up to another human's circulatory system. Describes many of his early cases. 2000Hedy & her amazing invention (Amazing Women)
By Jan Wahl, Morgana Wallace. 2019
Covers the pioneering scientific work and inspiring courage of Hedy Lamarr, the famous Hollywood actress who fought against old-fashioned parents,…
a domineering husband, prejudice, and stereotypes to become an accomplished inventor whose work helped pave the way for many of the communications technologies we enjoy today. For grades 2-4. 2019John Brunner
By Jad Smith. 2012
Under his own name and numerous pseudonyms, John Brunner (1934-1995) was one of the most prolific and influential science fiction…
authors of the late twentieth century. During his exemplary career, the British author wrote with a stamina matched by only a few other great science fiction writers and with a literary quality of even fewer, importing modernist techniques into his novels and stories and probing every major theme of his generation: robotics, racism, drugs, space exploration, technological warfare, and ecology. In this first intensive review of Brunner's life and works, Jad Smith carefully demonstrates how Brunner's much-neglected early fiction laid the foundation for his classic Stand on Zanzibar and other major works such as The Jagged Orbit, The Sheep Look Up, and The Shockwave Rider. Making extensive use of Brunner's letters, columns, speeches, and interviews published in fanzines, Smith approaches Brunner in the context of markets and trends that affected many writers of the time, including Brunner's uneasy association with the "New Wave" of science fiction in the 1960s and '70s. This landmark study shows how Brunner's attempts to cross-fertilize the American pulp tradition with British scientific romance complicated the distinctions between genre and mainstream fiction and between hard and soft science fiction and helped carve out space for emerging modes such as cyberpunk, slipstream, and biopunk.Mi vida sexual a escondidas en Japón: A True Story (The Iridium Series #3)
By Neel Wain. 2019
Una historia realmente inédita de sexo en Japón. Fue escrito por un hombre que fue a Japón después de la…
escuela y vivió allí durante veinte años, hasta hace unos trece años. Es una historia basada en la vida real de sus aventuras sexuales durante aquellos años. Realmente fascinante y perspicaz.Srilaaji: The Gilded Life and Longings of a Marwari Goodwife
By Ms Shobhaa De. 2020
The untamed, incandescent and battle-ready Srilaa grows up in her wealthy Marwari family&’s palatial house in Calcutta. After suffering her…
first heartbreak at the hands of a potential suitor, she is married and packed off to Bombay to live with her new husband. There she experiences womanhood and confronts her sexual curiosities, misgivings and desires, but continues to hope daringly and love fearlessly—refusing to live her life by the unrealistic standards society often sets on unconventional women. The young and vivacious Srilaa slowly but assuredly becomes the inimitable Srilaaji! And each time life starts crumbling around her, she manages to pick herself up … and from the ashes of an uncertain life, a phoenix rises. Told with Shobhaa De&’s matchless blend of candour, humour and seductive earthiness, Srilaaji captures the soul of an indomitable spirit. A book that simmers and erupts at will, and presents us with one of the most unforgettable protagonists in years – the utterly delicious Srilaaji.This is Me, Jack Vance
By Jack Vance. 2009
Jack Vance has long been one of the most influential, admired and imitated writers in science fiction and fantasy literature,…
the award-winning author of such widely acclaimed works as The Dying Earth, the Lyonesse trilogy, the adventures of Cugel the Clever, the Demon Princes series, and many other masterful tales set among the stars, in exotic fantasy realms or on our own Earth.For much of his career, Vance has also been one of the field's most private writers, an author who preferred to let his work speak for him. Now, at last, to coincide with the release of the tribute anthology Songs of the Dying Earth, Jack gives us this intimate and fascinating glimpse into his rich and eventful life, and a valuable insight into how he went about practicing his craft.For fans of the Grand Master's work, these memoirs are something to be treasured.Time and Chance: An Autobiography
By L. Sprague DeCamp. 1992
Time and Chance is the autobiography of Hugo, World Fantasy and SFWA Grand Master Award-winning author, L. Sprague de Camp.…
It is a fascinating insight into a man who began writing in the late 1930's and remained an active voice in the genre up until his death in the last year of the twentieth century, and who was a prime mover in the formation of the fields of Science Fiction and Fantasy as we know them today.This bumper collection of well over one hundred first-person accounts of sexual experiences details the most daring and outrageous liaisons…
the contributors have ever had. Some will amuse you, some may cause a raised eyebrow, and some are downright outrageous, but each and every one is arousing. Categories have been deliberately avoided to seduce readers into each, fresh confession with an open mind, but whatever your kink, you will find it here. Whether you're into good old-fashioned spanking, bondage, solo, foursomes, watersports . . . you'll find it here. Stories include:'Sharing My Wife the Back Way', Martin, Hertfordshire'Getting the Job', Kitty, Los Angeles'College Reunion', Liza, Denver'Seducing My Daughter's Girlfriend' Isabelle, Chicago'You Have the Right to Remain Silent', Kathleen, LiverpoolQuando Soube Que Era Gay
By Eleanor Crewes. 2020
Uma encantadora novela gráfica sobre crescer e encontrar-se a si própria Ellie sempre soube que era diferente. Com uma forte…
veia criativa, gostava de se vestir de preto, era obcecada pela Willow, da série Buffy, a Caçadora de Vampiros, e considerava que sair com rapazes era algo muito confuso. À medida que foi crescendo, os seus medos e a sensação de não se encaixar em lado nenhum tornaram-se cada vez maiores. Desde a primeira comunhão até à primeira namorada, passando por uma espiral de dúvida e negação, Ellie oferece-nos um relato fresco e bem-humorado sobre uma rapariga que encontra o seu próprio caminho. «Uma história encantadora e acessível sobre autoaceitação que qualquer pessoa — especialmente pessoas que se debatem com a sua sexualidade — vai apreciar. Um livro de memórias emocionante e delicioso sobre autodescoberta.»Kirkus Reviews «Transborda de esperança e da alegria que nasce quando alguém está finalmente pronto para se aventurar no mundo.» OprahMag.com «Sincero, divertido e muito empático. Capta perfeitamente todas as constatações confusas, complexas e eufóricas na aceitação da própria sexualidade.» Alice Oseman, autora de Heartstopper «Encantador, emocionante e muito verdadeiro.» David Ebershoff, autor de A Rapariga Dinamarquesa «A novela gráfica de estreia de Eleanor Crewes acompanha a sua identidade queer desde as obsessões juvenis com a Buffy, a Caçadora de Vampiros, passando pelos encontros desconfortáveis com rapazes, e depois com raparigas, enquanto a autora se apercebe de que assumir-se é mais um processo do que um único momento.» Publishers Weekly «Um retrato caloroso, divertido e autêntico dos desafios, angústias e alegrias que chegam com a autodescoberta e o momento de uma pessoa se assumir.»Manhattan Book Review «Neste livro divertido e encantador, Eleanor Crewes identifica os momentos em que percebeu que poderia ser gay, desde a primeira comunhão ao primeiro encontro com uma mulher. A autora descreve a explosão de vida que sentiu quando se assumiu de uma vez por todas — e o arrependimento por ter demorado tanto tempo.» Kate Davies, The Guardian, «Os dez melhores livros sobre assumir que se é gay»