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1) Raylan
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Raylan Givens thrillers volume 3
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When Federal Marshall Raylan Givens squares off against a known offender, he will warn the man, "If I have to pull my gun I'll shoot to kill." Except this time he finds the offender naked in a bathtub, doped up and missing his kidneys. Raylan knows there's big money in body parts, but by the time he finds out who is making the cuts, he is lying naked in a bathtub himself, Layla, the cool transplant nurse, about to go for his kidneys. It turns out...
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In an imaginary Nigeria, a cunning entrepreneur is selling body parts stolen from Dr Menka's hospital for use in ritualistic practices. Dr Menka shares the grisly news with his oldest college friend, bon viveur, star engineer and Yoruba royal, Duyole Pitan-Payne. The life of every party, Duyole is about to assume a prestigious post at the United Nations in New York, but it now seems that someone is determined that he not make it there. And neither...
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"The Organ Broker is the story of Jack Trayner, an underground black market organ dealer who lives in New York. Over the years, Jack's conscience begins to overcome his resolve for this illicit business. His desire for redemption is fueled by his new-found relationships with a woman named Michelle and a young man named Mark. The Organ Broker represents Jack's confession and attempt at redemption as he tries to save one last innocent patient, and potential...
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McBride trilogy volume 1
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Failed surgeon David McBride is in exile from the surgical community after making a costly error in judgment. Down but not out, he perseveres and is given a second chance to establish a career in surgery. But, as David stands on the threshold of a new life, the malignant underside of his fellow man intervenes. Under the threat of violence, David is forced to perform illegal organ harvests in a makeshift operating room hidden in a dilapidated meatpacking...
5) Pandemia
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El nuevo y explosivo thriller médico del autor superventas del New York Times, Robin Cook. Después de que una mujer joven aparentemente sana colapsa repentinamente en el metro de Nueva York y muere cuando llega al hospital, su caso se atribuye inicialmente a una virulenta cepa de influenza. Es decir, hasta que termina en la mesa de autopsias del Dr. Jack Stapleton, donde Jack descubre algo inquietantemente sospechoso: primero, que la joven ha tenido...
6) Pandemia
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"Przenieś się w świat najnowszych odkryć genetyki, które dają człowiekowi możliwości, o jakich dotychczas nie mógł nawet marzyć. Młoda kobieta traci przytomność w nowojorskim metrze i umiera w karetce wiozącej ją do szpitala. Istnieje podejrzenie, że zmarła była nosicielką niebezpiecznego wirusa. Podczas sekcji zwłok Jack Stapleton odkrywa, że kobieta miała przeszczepione serce, którego DNA, wbrew wszelkiemu prawdopodobieństwu,...
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En una Nigeria imaginaria, pero muy parecida a la real, un grupo de pícaros, predicadores, emprendedores y políticos se ve inmerso en una trama sobre tráfico de miembros humanos robados de un hospital. Y el médico que desvela ese turbio negocio se lo cuenta a su íntimo amigo, el hombre de moda en el país, que está a punto de incorporarse a un puesto importante en las Naciones Unidas. Pero alguien parece dispuesto a defender el secreto, y pronto...
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A gripping film that charts the life of David Matas, a Nobel Peace Prize nominated Canadian civil rights lawyer and his uncovering of what many consider to be the crime of the century: the brutal organ harvesting program in China aimed at the Falun Gong spiritual practice.
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This volume presents current controversial issues surrounding moral issues in America in a debate-style format designed to stimulate student interest and develop critical thinking skills. It contains 30 essays, arranged in pro and con pairs, addressing 15 controversial issues in morality and moral philosophy. Some of the questions that are included here have been in the mainstream of moral philosophy for hundreds (or even thousands) of years and are...
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