Coma Books

I did not expect much from the book other than its art form and certain erotic ingredients. After reading the whole book, I find the story line quite appealing and it does drive my emotions.

It is a story of early migrants to the United State of America and the story describe the tough environment that one family face. On one side, they were outcasted by their own people, while on the other side they were attacked by native Indians.

If you are looking for more sexual excitement from this book, I would not recommend it. But if you want to inmense yourself in a nice story, then this would be a good book to read.

Manara's art speaks for itself, so no need to go on and on about it. But the stories written by him are usually pointless sex tales. The difference with Indian Summer is that Pratt actually gave him a great story (the struggles of early settlers for survival, and their unpredictable relations with the native indians). Manara expresses the emotions of his characters beautifully through his pencil. For those who like action, there is plenty of that as well. The duo's other book 'El Gaucho' is also a powerful graphic novel. This was a $20 well spent. PS: I've reviewed hundreds of graphic novels at my personal web page. Give it a shot.

erotism for art sake

male character are as good as the females. He should draw both.

I am an anesthesiologist, to use the American neologism coined in referring to that branch of the medical profession that regularly induces coma in the populace. This renewal of a classic in the field has been rendered up to date - for of course imaging has transformed the neurosciences. But as I do not regularly seek medical images of the neural elements of my anesthetized subjects, this book stands as a beacon in the organized clinical interpretation of the widely varying presentation of my unconscious and emerging patients.

If you are working in the field of acute neurology you will finally need this book telling you what you could or should know in unconscious patients. Its a clear "eye-opener" for doctors.

Plum and Posner is a classic book to be read by every doctor atleast once in his/her lifetime. I was fortunate to use the third edition of this book during my postgraduate days and later in practice. Now the fourth edition is even greater to read, expanded, uptodate and remains very clinical as the previous edition. It will be a very valuable addition to those who care for acute neurological patients. There is no other book like this and it will be a classic forever. The neurological community will always remain thankful to the authors for bringing out this new edition.

The publishers have failed us miserably for the fragile binding used. The pages keep coming away as you read the book. It is very unfortunate that they have made this kind of compromise. They should have known that this book is meant for the trenches and not for the coffee table.

I am really enjoyed with this DVD. It is useful for electrodiagnostic technologist and who is going to appear for board exam. This DVD has given visual information as well as audio question and answer for abnormal,normal and normal variants pattern. I strongly recommend for any one who is interested in this field.

R.venkatesan
Electrodiagnostic technologist

This DVD is excellent. It is very easy to use, and has top quality tracings. The format is that the user is presented with an EEG, then on a separate screen an explanation of the pertinent findings is given. I would strongly recommend this for neurophysiology or epilepsy fellow, or neurology resident with an interest in these subspecialties.

I have used the eeg primer,Hopkins atlas and this book ;and by far,this is the better of the 3.The CD was an excellent source to learn.what makes it so flexible is the various formats u can use:either indices,or case wise.plus its interactive too.highly recommend this one for starters like me.

This story of hard choices is etched on the landscape of a
Dakota Territory winter.

Laney is a pioneer wife committed to her invalid husband,
her young daughter, and the son buried in a small grave up
the knoll. Jubal is a lone rider, pursued by Pinkertons,
an outlaw perhaps, a man in search of something worth
dying for.

Their chance meeting - if you believe in chance - can
never be more than a moment in time, but Barre illuminates
the best and worst of human experience by putting his
characters, however briefly, into this crucible.

Laney's description of the stranger who rides up while
she's digging potatoes: "Twin Peacemakers in an oiled
double holster, the butter-colored handle of something
smaller protruding from his belt. Shearling coat with the
collar up, gray wool trousers over the dusted boots and
unroweled spurs. Tooled saddlebags, brass on the buttplate
of his rifle. No farmer, yet something about him that kept
my fear at bay."

That's the kind of character Barre writes so well. As a
die-hard fan of his private eye Wil Hardesty, I see Jubal
as an older, shrewder Wil, weary and disappointed but
always gallant. In the phrase of the day, it's who he is.

WIND ON THE RIVER reminds me of Hamlin Garland's classic
prairie stories "Under the Lion's Paw" and "Turkey Red."
It's 43 pages long, third in Barre's published Christmas
stories, the first two being THE STAR and BETHANY.

Worth buying, worth keeping.

The author has read Shane and can write a lean and hungry story. One of a series of stories set at Christmas time. If you love good writing, get this story.

This is the third in a series of short stories that Richard Barre has written to celebrate the holiday season. There's a common theme of hope against all odds, and the redemption of one person's soul.

In Wind on the River, the protagonist is a woman of the late nineteenth century - she's a pioneer in the midwest, struggling to keep her family together, when a stranger appears. What happens next is beautiful, joyous, sad, haunting, and celebratory.

There's not a single wasted word in this story - or in the series if it comes to that - it's just beautifully written, and a rewarding read.

The author assumes right off that if you are reading this book, you have suffered an enormous tragedy in your life and he sets right out to help you deal with it. He explains medical terminology and hospital politics in a non-threatening and very practical way. He tells you what you CAN do and what you CAN'T do. And he gives you very constructive instructions about how to do the things that you can do. It is a nurturing AND realistic book that makes the process much more concrete and while it can't take the pain away, it does a wonderful job of lifting all the burden from your shoulders.

Professional and personal opinions of this book give the "thumbs up" as a practical reference for rehabilitation.

Mr Neil Brooks, Wellcome Neuroscience Group, University of Glasgow wrote this book has obviously been draughted for families of brain injury.

"It is a clearly written book with some excellent illustrations. It is a book which gives hope," Mr Brooks wrote in his review for the journal Brain Injury, 1989, Vol 3, No 1. "I would recommend this book to any family member of a brain-injured person, as well as those who are interested in the practice of coma stimulation," he concluded.

Dr Keith Andrews, Director of Medical and Research Services, Royal Hospital & Home, London reviewed Dr Freeman's book for the Autumn edition of Clinical Rehabilitation, 1989.

Dr Andrews wrote the book was extremely good and mused many hospitals will soon be under pressure, unable to live up to the proposals for rehabilitation which Dr Freeman addresses in his book.

Dr Clarke, Director of the British Life Insurance Trust for Health Education, London, wrote with praise and a practical proposal for the book in 1988. "It is a really excellent book. We are a registered charity ... and we have been raising money to distribute free of charge Coma Stimulation Kits to hospitals that request them. Dr Clarke proposed the inclusion of Dr Freeman's book in the kits.

Finally, a personal review from Ms Jeanette Moss, Director, The New South Wales Council for Intellectual Disability, Australia. She wrote: "I have spent many hours reading your book and then going back and rereading whole chapters."

Ms Moss further explained her opinion of the book, from her own experiences of brain injury. "The empathy I feel and the memories I will continue to hold close, come from that thread of 'close touching' which flows through every chapter. Not always the physical 'touching'; but the 'touching' from someone who cares and understands; a someone who understands how a family feels, who walks with them through their despair and confusion, through the inadequate crumbs of medical advice, through their frustrations at the coninuing lack of information; how to understand what is happening now, what to do next, what to aim for and look for in the future.

"I so wish your book had been around twenty five years ago when I was a confused and struggling young parent with a son whose intellect was impaired, lacking any of the supports which a parent looks to the medical and rehabilitative services to provide. If that 'close touching' of constructive and informed concern had been around then, what a difference it would have made to one family's future.

"For all families who have a loved one suffering brain injury, your words are a lifeline. For all families with a loved member of the family faced with other disabilities, what you have written can only be encouraging ... your book is a reinforcement of what love and encouragement can achieve."

"Many families continue to struggle with the reluctance or inability of the various professions to provide us with the information we need, given to us in an understandable and deliberate and compassionate way. I hope and trust your book will fall into the hands of every famnily and friend of aa person who is brain injured, and into the wider readership of families of people who are intellectually or physically disabled."

Take a determined CIA agent, a degenerate assassin, a pair of desirable women, a slew of dismembered congressmen, and you'll have yourself a delicious stew of storytelling from WR.PARK in his devilishly conceived thriller, COMA."

--this review by Robert S. Levinson, bestselling author of In the Key of Death, Where the Lies Begin, and Ask a Dead Man

An anonymous voice on the phone calls the shots. The maniacal assassin who loves wet work carries out the assignments. He's systematically murdering members of congress, nine so far. The only evidence found at the grisly scenes is DNA, hair, and fingerprints belonging to CIA operative, Hunter Dougllas. Dougllas is a loose cannon, the unconventional "go-to" guy when international incidents get out of hand. CIA Director Carter Holloway can't believe his best agent has gone rogue and started butchering politicians, but witnesses describe Dougllas in detail, right down to his facial characteristics, hair and eye color. Still, Holloway has good reason to doubt the agent's involvement in the murders. Dougllas just woke up from a well-documented six-month coma.

Months before the murders, a bayou fisherman found Dougllas half-submerged and barely alive in a gator infested swamp. He'd been shot several times, once in the forehead, and left for gator bait. Small town doctors in a nearby hospital keep Dougllas alive, but doubt he'll ever function consciously again. They've underestimated their patient. Dougllas wakes up, fully functional and rambling about the murders. Director Holloway is notified by the local sheriff that their missing agent is alive and talking. Dougllas can describe each murder in vivid detail and insists he was present at all nine murders. But how?

The search for his look-alike assassin is personal for Dougllas. With the help of his partner Samantha Foxx and a couple friends in low places, he figures out why congressmen are being murdered and sets out to protect those remaining on the hit list. The bullet in his head causes blinding headaches, but it also provides frightening dreams and visions into the assassin's world. From Louisiana, to Washington D.C., to India Dougllas trails the predator determined to kill his way to the highest office in America. And that anonymous perpetrator of mayhem? That one came as a complete surprise.

This suspense thriller has everything to keep readers intrigued: a witty, unconventional hero; an exciting plot that delivers non-stop action from beginning to end; a seemingly unstoppable villain; and a couple beautiful women vying to domesticate the loose cannon. This one would make an explosive movie. Think Bourne, or the Bruce Willis version of The Jackal, then multiply by ten and you'll have an idea of what the movie version of COMA would be.

This book was an amazing true story about a young man and his family dealing with a tragic accident which resulted in head injury and a trial that changed thier lives forever. This young man struggled to survive through a 3 month coma and his family struggles to assist him in dealing with his losses. It's such a heartwarming story of a family's love for thier loved one and most important a story of how this young man, Israel, became one of God's miracles.

This is an excellent book. Beautiful lady and great story. This helps stroke patients and is excellent read for CAREGIVERS!

The book makes you, get into the story, and you are feeling like you were the girl. it makes you feel really scared.

This progressive new tape by Iris Barratt, certified clinical hypnotherapist, offers a personal, respectful approach to penetrating the coma barrier. Ms. Barratt gently establishes contact, informing and guiding the unconscious patient to access their own well-spring of autonomic healing systems, for the purpose of positively altering the quality of their own lives. As Dr. Deepak Chopra and other pioneering mind-body healing practitioners assert, serious medical conditions have been greatly impacted by patients activating these inner resources. This tape may trigger a healing response when other therapies have failed to produce desired results.