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Man after His Own Heart : A True Story by Charles Siebert (2005, Trade Paperback)

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Product Identifiers

PublisherCrown Publishing Group, T.H.E.

ISBN-100609802607

ISBN-139780609802601

eBay Product ID (ePID)30898250

Product Key Features

Number of Pages288 Pages

LanguageEnglish

Publication NameMan after His Own Heart : a True Story

Publication Year2005

SubjectSurgery / Transplant, General

TypeTextbook

Subject AreaHealth & Fitness, Science, Medical

AuthorCharles Siebert

FormatTrade Paperback

Dimensions

Item Height0.8 in

Item Weight7.2 Oz

Item Length7.9 in

Item Width5.2 in

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Intended AudienceTrade

TitleLeadingA

Dewey Edition21

Reviews"A fascinating subject-the quest to square the science and poetry of our bodily lives. . . A delight to read, from first page to last." -Michael Pollan, author ofThe Botany of Desire "A mesmerizing book . . . [Siebert] has done prodigious historical research and much resourceful reporting. His book is laced with haunting images and deft unpacking of history and biology." -New York Times Book Review "An unusual mix of genres, and Siebert is the rare writer able to pull it off. . . . He deftly bridges the gap between intellect and emotion-in the process demonstrating what it means to be, in every sense, the author of one's heart." -Discover "A once-in-a-lifetime, humbling odyssey never to be forgotten. A journey into the heart of the luminous mystery of existence." -Deepak Chopra, M.D. "Siebert has forged a unique sort of nonfiction work, one that brims with fascinating digressions . . . narrated in language that is simply marvelous." -BookPage "A vigorously descriptive and analytical blend of memoir, observation, and history. . . . Siebert's far-ranging and involving study of the heart is truly an inquiry into the very essence of life." -Booklist(starred review), "A fascinating subject-the quest to square the science and poetry of our bodily lives. . . A delight to read, from first page to last." -Michael Pollan, author of The Botany of Desire "A mesmerizing book . . . [Siebert] has done prodigious historical research and much resourceful reporting. His book is laced with haunting images and deft unpacking of history and biology." -New York Times Book Review "An unusual mix of genres, and Siebert is the rare writer able to pull it off. . . . He deftly bridges the gap between intellect and emotion-in the process demonstrating what it means to be, in every sense, the author of one's heart." -Discover "A once-in-a-lifetime, humbling odyssey never to be forgotten. A journey into the heart of the luminous mystery of existence." -Deepak Chopra, M.D. "Siebert has forged a unique sort of nonfiction work, one that brims with fascinating digressions . . . narrated in language that is simply marvelous." -BookPage "A vigorously descriptive and analytical blend of memoir, observation, and history. . . . Siebert's far-ranging and involving study of the heart is truly an inquiry into the very essence of life." -Booklist (starred review)

Dewey Decimal617.4/120592

SynopsisOn a rainy December night in 1998, Charles Siebert was given the rare opportunity to accompany a team of surgeons both in the harvesting of a human heart from the body of a young woman who'd recently died, and in the subsequent implantation of that heart into a waiting recipient. Beginning with his harrowing weeklong wait for the harvest call, Siebert weaves a seamless series of reflections about history's obsession with this central and vital organ and about modern science's latest startling discoveries concerning both the heart's biological origins and its long-intuited role in the play of our emotions. The resulting mix is a journey into the literal and ?gurative heart of our being and the previously unexplored ways in which the matter of modern science and timeless metaphor meet.