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From the Booker Prize-winning author of The Remains of the Day and When We Were Orphans, comes an unforgettable edge-of-your-seat mystery that is at once heartbreakingly tender and morally courageous about what it means to be human. Hailsham seems like a pleasant English boarding school, far from the influences of the city. Its students are well tended and supported, trained in art and literature, and become just the sort of people the world wants...
2) Lone wolf
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English
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When his father and sister are injured in an accident that has rendered his father comatose, estranged son Edward decides to stop his father's life support so that his organs can be donated, a choice his sister urges him to reconsider.
5) Pieces
Author
Pub. Date
[2013]
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Description
Eighteen-year-old Eric deals with the loss of his older brother Duane by meeting three of the seven recipients of Duane's organs a year after his death, and pondering who they are to him, and he to them.
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Pub. Date
[2011]
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English
Description
"Organ donors are, by definition, altruists, and their act is even more generous when they remain anonymous. But altruism doesn't tell the whole story. There are myriad motivations, some subconscious, some conscious, that compel people to donate a part of themselves to someone they don't know. The Organ Donor Experience uncovers the desires, personalities and motivations of Good Samaritan organ donors and reveals much about the process of donating...
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2013.
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English
Description
Lily is excited to participate in the NJ Sharing Network Foundation's 5K race, but first she must learn what the race is about. As Lily gets ready to race, she gains valuable life lessons about family, community, helping others, and the importance of organ and tissue donation.
14) Organ donation
Author
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
"Organ Donation offers an overview of the donation and transplantation process and is written for non-specialists, including people needing a transplanted organ, potential donors and their families, and students considering a career related to organ donation and transplantation. While not intended to replace medical or professional advice, it does offer discussion and clarification of many issues, written for the non-professional, that might be of...
16) Irreplaceable
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English
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On a windy April afternoon, a young woman bicycles along a stretch of Iowa highway, hurrying to get home in time for dinner ... So begins this story about two families whose lives intersect forever in the aftermath of a tragic accident.
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2006.
Language
Russian
Description
From the Booker Prize-winning author of The Remains of the Day and When We Were Orphans, comes an unforgettable edge-of-your-seat mystery that is at once heartbreakingly tender and morally courageous about what it means to be human. Hailsham seems like a pleasant English boarding school, far from the influences of the city. Its students are well tended and supported, trained in art and literature, and become just the sort of people the world wants...
19) Pound of flesh
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
In China to donate his kidney to his dying niece, former black-ops agent Deacon awakes the day before the operation to find he is the latest victim of organ theft. Stitched up and pissed-off, Deacon descends from his opulent hotel in search of his stolen kidney and carves a blood-soaked path through the darkest corners of the city. The clock is ticking for his niece and with each step he loses blood.
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