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At Home Reader March/April 2013
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Byock, Ira The Best Care Possible : a Physician's Quest to Transform Care Through the End of Life A palliative care doctor on the front lines of hospital care illuminates one of the most important and controversial ethical issues of our time on his quest to transform care through the end of life. It is harder to die in this country than ever before. Statistics show that the vast majority of Americans would prefer to die at home, yet many of us spend our last days fearful and in pain in a healthcare system ruled by high-tech procedures and a philosophy to "fight disease and illness at all cost." Dr. Ira Byock, one of the foremost palliative-care physicians in the country, argues that end-of-life care is among the biggest national crises facing us today. In addressing the crisis, politics has trumped reason. Dr. Byock explains that to ensure the best possible care for those we love-and eventually ourselves- we must not only remake our healthcare system, we must also move past our cultural aversion to talking about death and acknowledge the fact of mortality once and for all. Dr. Byock describes what palliative care really is, and-with a doctor's compassion and insight-puts a human face on the issues by telling richly moving, heart-wrenching, and uplifting stories of real people during the most difficult moments in their lives. Byock takes us inside his busy, cutting-edge academic medical center to show what the best care at the end of life can look like and how doctors and nurses can profoundly shape the way families experience loss. Like books by Atul Gawande and Jerome Groopman, The Best Care Possible is a compelling meditation on medicine and ethics told through page-turning, life or death medical drama. It is passionate and timely, and it has the power to lead a new kind of national conversation"--Provided by publisher. 2012 Other formats available |
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Draper, Robert Do Not Ask What Good We Do : Inside the U.S. House of Representatives "[A] revealing and riveting look at the new House of Representatives, elected in the history-making 2010 midterm elections."--Publisher. 2012 Other formats available |
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Edwards, Lisa J. A Dog Named Boo : How One Dog and One Woman Rescued Each Other- and the Lives They Transformed Along the Way Read the story of how one dog and one woman rescued each other, and the lives they transformed along the way. 2012 Other formats available |
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Evans, Rachel Held, 1981- A Year of Biblical Womanhood : How a Liberated Woman Found Herself Sitting On her Roof Covering her Head and Calling her Husband "master" Evans vows to take all of the Bible’s instructions for women as literally as possible for a year. 2012 Other formats available |
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Ferris, Monica Threadbare In this needlecraft novel from author Monica Ferris, Besty gets embroiled in an embroidery mystery. When an elderly homeless woman is found dead on the shore of Lake Minnetonka, she's wearing something that holds the key to her identity but also opens up a mystery. Embroidered on her blouse is her will, in which she bequeaths everything she owns to her niece Emily Hame, a member of the Monday Bunch at Betsy Devonshire's Crewel World needlework shop! Emily's aunt turns out to be the second homeless woman to be found dead under mysterious circumstances. It's up to Betsy to discover the common thread between the deaths, and to determine if a murderer may strike again. 2011 Other formats available |
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Gardiner, Meg. Ransom River Selected as a jury member during a high-profile murder case, Rory reflects on the accident that ended her affair with a longtime friend while gradually realizing her dangerous connection to an unsolved case. 2012 Other formats available |
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Gerritsen, Tess Last to Die : a Novel Visiting sixteen-year-old "Rat" Perkins at isolated Evensong boarding school, Maura Isles is astonished to learn that all of his classmates are survivors of violence and are being instructed in scientific detective skills, a discovery that coincides with Jane Rizzoli's investigation into the murder of a boy's foster family. 2012 Other formats available |
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Gilbert, James R. Minnesota's Outdoor Wonders : Exploring the Wonders of Minnesota Month By Month "Field biologist Jim Gilbert takes a month-by-month approach to the changing Minnesota seasons, emphasizing the beauties that surround us at every phase of the earth's yearly cycle"--Publisher's website. 2012 |
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Gillham, David R. City of Women Hiding her clandestine activities behind the persona of a model Nazi soldier's wife at the height of World War II, Sigrid Schroeder dreams of her former Jewish lover and risks everything to hide a mother and two young children who she believes might be her lover's family. 2012 Other formats available |
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Hart, Carolyn G. What the Cat Saw A woman able to understand the thoughts of cats becomes an unwitting investigator when her sister's co-worker is murdered and the only witness was her beloved feline. 2012 Other formats available |
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Howard, Linda, 1950- Prey : a Novel A local hunting guide witnesses a murder and ends up on the wrong side of a loaded gun. Rival hunters Angie Powell and Dare Callahan must team up to confront thieves and a man-eating bear if they’re going to survive. Filled with excitement, Howard’s new novel is a thrilling, romantic, page-turner. Also available on compact disc, and as an audiobook and eBook download Reviewed by Joanne B., At Home patron 2011 Other formats available |
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Kurlansky, Mark. Birdseye : the Adventures of a Curious Man From the author who gave us "Cod," "Salt," and other informative bestsellers, the first biography of Clarence Birdseye, the eccentric genius inventor whose fast-freezing process revolutionized the food industry and American agriculture. 2012 Other formats available |
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Martin, Nancy, 1953- No Way to Kill a Lady When the three Blackbird sisters show up to claim their deceased aunt's supposedly-fabulous country estate, they find a decayed house and a dead body. 2012 Other formats available |
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Mathis, Ayana The Twelve Tribes of Hattie The story of an African American family held together with a mother's grit and monumental courage. 2012 Other formats available |
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Maxwell, John C., 1947- The 15 Invaluable Laws of Growth : Live Them and Reach Your Potential Are there tried and true principles that are always certain to help a person grow? John Maxwell says the answer is yes. He has been passionate about personal development for over fifty years, and for the first time, he teaches everything he has gleaned about what it takes to reach our potential. This third and final book in John Maxwell's Laws series (following The 21 Irrefutable Laws of Leadership and The 17 Indisputable Laws of Teamwork) will help you become a lifelong learner whose potential keeps increasing and never gets "used up."--Publisher description. 2012 Other formats available |
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McClure, Wendy. The Wilder Life : My Adventures in the Lost World of Little House On the Prairie In this funny and thoughtful guide to a romanticized version of the American expansion west, children's book editor and memoirist McClure (I'm Not the New Me) attempts to recapture her childhood vision of "Laura World" (i.e., the world of Laura Ingalls Wilder and her Little House books about an 1880s pioneer family). 2011 Other formats available |
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Montalva´n, Luis Carlos Until Tuesday : a Wounded Warrior and the Golden Retriever Who Saved Him Captain Montalvan returned home from Iraq having suffered severe stab wounds, a traumatic brain injury and three broken vertebrae. Suffering from PTSD as well as his physical injuries, Montalvan finds life as a civilian overwhelming, taking him to the brink of suicide. And then he meets Tuesday, a dog who struggled to trust or connect with a human being – and their lives become entwined. Also available in large print and as an eBook download Reviewed by Jen L., librarian 2011 Other formats available |
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Moran, Michelle. Madame Tussaud : a Novel of the French Revolution Smart and ambitious, Marie Tussaud has learned the secrets of wax sculpting by working alongside her uncle in their celebrated wax museum, the Salon de Cire. It is 1788, the revolution is about to begin, and her talent may just save her life. Find out how close the Salon de Cire was to French royalty and to the revolutionaries. It’s a very interesting book. Also available on compact disc, and as an audiobook and eBook download Reviewed by Rimma S., At Home patron 2011 Other formats available |
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Patterson, James, 1947- Private Berlin The Berlin office of the world's most renowned investigation firm looks into the disappearance of an agent, Chris Schneider, whose last case involved an unfaithful billionaire, a cheating soccer player and a seedy nightclub owner. 2013 Other formats available |
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Rash, Ron, 1953- The Cove Living deep within a cove in the Appalachians of North Carolina during World War I, Laurel Shelton finally finds the happiness she deserves in Walter, a mysterious stranger who is mute, but their love cannot protect them from a devastating secret. 2012 Other formats available |
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