Michael Palmer Libri

"In Chicago, a pregnant cafeteria worker suffering nothing more than the flu like symtoms begins haemorrhaging from every part of her body. In Boston, a brilliant musician, her face disfigured by an unknown disease, rapidly descends into lethal paranoia. In West Virginia, a miner suddenly goes berserk, causing a cave-in that kills two of his co-workers. Finding the link between these events could prove Fatal Five years ago, internest and emergency specialist Matt Rutledge returned to his West Virginia home to marry his hig-school sweetheart and open a practice. He also had a score to settle. His Father died whilst working for the local mining company, and Matt swore to expose their health and safety violations. When his beloved wife succumbed to an unusual cancer, his campaign became even more bitterly personal. Now he has identified bizarre new incidences of illness - caused he is certain, by the mines careless disposal of toxic chemicals. All he needs is proof."

Memoir. In THE DANISH NOTEBOOK, Michael Palmer sets out to connect the dots -- to discover which images and designs will appear when his reflections (on poetry, on collaboration, on work, on travel) and memories (of chance meetings, of conversations among friends, of books read and movies seen) are set down on paper. The result is part memoir, part correspondence, part travel diary, and part poetic essay. Moving from the streets of Paris and San Francisco to the top of a Hawaiian volcano, it reveals a rare, personal look at one of the most original and influential poets of our time.

A story at Level 5 of a series of children's illustrated ELT readers which are graded at five levels, according to length and complexity of plot. The stories cover a wide variety of genres, and have both British and foreign settings. Dramatized versions are available on cassette.

Toby is eight years old. He had a routine operation. It was fine. Now he's gone home to terror. Months have passed. But Toby still bursts into tortured screams. Because something is very wrong. Toby can remember evey moment of the operation. All the trauma. All the pain. He relives evrey horrifying detail of surgery while he's awake. Now someone must expose the unspeakable truth about this hospital. Or else an innocent child will die. And he won't be the last. The next victim is being wheeled into surgery right now.

Dazzling in its range, exhilarating in its immediacy and grace, a collection that gathers together, from every region of the country and from the past forty years, the poems that continue to shape our imaginations.From Robert Lowell and Elizabeth Bishop, John Ashbery and Adrienne Rich, to Robert Haas and Louise Glück, this anthology takes the full measure of our poetry's daring energies and its tender understandings.Other poets Sylvia PlathJames MerrillAmy clampittJorie GrahamW. S. MerwinCharles SimicAllen GinsbergFrank O'HaraAnne SextonRobert CreeleySharon OldsMary OliverRobert PinskyMark StrandDenise LevertovRichard WilburMay SwensonMichael PalmerMark DotyYusef Komunyakaa

A physician accused of murder. A massive cover-up. An entire nation at risk…In Political Suicide, New York Times bestselling author Michael Palmer once again delivers a stunning page-turner set at the crossroads of politics, the military, and medical science. Dr. Gary McHugh, known around Washington, D.C. as the “society doc,” calls his longtime friend Dr. Lou Welcome in a state of panic. A patient of his, Chairman of the House Armed Services Committee Elias Colston, has been found shot to death in his home—soon after McHugh paid him a visit. Did McHugh kill Colston? He has no recollection of committing a crime because, later that same night, McHugh wrecked his car in an alcoholic stupor. As more facts come to light, Lou has serious doubts about his friend’s innocence. But something about McHugh’s story still doesn’t add up…and soon a shocking truth is revealed.

In the tiny town of Patience, California, newcomer Dr. Abby Dolan has noticed a frightening syndrome among her emergency room patients. It begins with a baffling, seemingly minor set of symptoms, but builds relentlessly until it plunges its victims into insane, murderous rages. As she searches for clues to this deadly mystery, Abby's superiors make it clear her probing is unwelcome. Soon Abby will learn just how high the cost of the truth may be--and how far someone will go to keep a lethal secret. But she may not find the answer until it's too late to save her patients, her career...her life.

“Reinvents the medical thriller.”—Library Journal Dr. Sarah Baldwin races to a Boston hospital with a young woman whose normal labor has suddenly become a matter of life and death. As she struggles to save both mother and baby, she doesn't know that two other women have already died under horrifying identical circumstances. And so begins Sarah's own nightmare, as she learns that the prenatal herbal vitamins she prescribed are the only thing these women have in common. Soon Sarah is fighting to save her career, her reputation—her life. For she's certain there must be some unknown factor linking these women, and as she gets closer to the truth, it becomes clear that someone will do anything—even murder—to keep a devastating secret.

Dr Harry Corbett is on his way to visit his estranged wife, Evie, who is scheduled for surgery the next day, for what he hopes will be a quiet evening of reconciliation. In recent weeks Evie, never quick to share her feelings, has been more closed and distant than ever. But, without warning, he arrives to find her dead in her hospital bed. The police suspect murder, and Corbett is their only suspect... Harry is unprepared for the stunning revelations that follow. Leading a double life, his beautiful wife had uncovered a deadly secret, and when the killer strikes again, Harry is once more the sole suspect. Medically sophisticated, coolly arrogant, moving undetected through a busy urban hospital, it is clear to Harry that the killer, can only be a doctor. But can he stop the killer in his tracks before any more patients receive his lethal silent treatment?

Young, talented, and ambitious, Dr Eric Najarian has all the qualities they're looking for at White Memorial Hospital. What Eric doesn't know is that he's being watched. And judged. An elite clique of medical professionals thinks he has what it takes to join their secret club. All the young doctor has to do is agree to play by their rules. But Eric has already seen too much. A missing body. An unspeakable mutilation. A brutal abduction. It's only the beginning of a terrifyingly evil plot, a sinister plan the group will stop at nothing to hide. And if Eric refuses to become their colleague - he will be their next victim...

An agonizing sports injury did more than end Brian Holbrook's professional football dreams. It left the skilled cardiologist with an addiction to prescription painkillers that eventually cost him his marriage and his license to practice medicine. But now, at thirty-eight, Brian's cleaned up his act, swallowed his pride, and is ready to start over. The prestigious Boston Heart Institute has offered Brian an opportunity to participate in trials of a new drug that could revolutionize medicine. Vasclear may have the power to reverse arteriosclerosis, the number one killer in the civilized world. The initial results are so dazzling Brian pushes to get his own father, who has a dangerous heart condition, into the scheme. But soon Brian is uneasy. Under close scrutiny because of his past, Brian cannot afford to make waves, but the mysterious disappearance of a colleague and deaths of patients on the scheme compels him to ask questions. However, with billions of dollars at stake, questions could cost him his career - and his father's life. For as Brian is beginning to suspect, knowing too much at the Boston Heart Institute is the quickest way to the morgue.

Each of the millions of blood samples drawn at labs around the world is tested for transplant antibodies and catalogued for rapid retrieval. None of the potential organ donors identified through this system is a willing participant

'Has everything - a terrifying plotabreakneck paceavividly drawn characters' John Saul Dr. Kate Bennett is a brilliant young pathologist with a loving husband and a bright future. But her world is about to be turned upside down. At the Omnicenter, a high-tech health facility for women, a strange and puzzling illness has killed two patients - an illness which has no definite cause, let alone a cure. When Kate is called in to investigate the mysterious deaths she uncovers a horrifying secret which certain influential people will stop at nothing to protect. It is a terrible medical discovery which has its roots in one of the greatest evils in the history of humankind. Now her best friend has fallen ill and is exhibiting the same symptoms as the previous victims - Kate must expose the sinister plot before it is too late. However, with powerful enemies and few friends Dr. Bennett's disturbing discovery comes to threaten not only her career, but also her marriage, her sanity and her lifea

Exploring themes of environmental destruction and ongoing conflicts, the poems weave a tapestry of voices that reflect on humanity's challenges. Michael Palmer combines wit and wonder, presenting a unique perspective on our dark times. His work resonates with cultural history, offering a contemplative look at "possible worlds" through the lens of elegy and resistance. Each poem serves as a testament to the resilience of art in the face of despair, inviting readers to engage with both the beauty and the complexity of existence.

At the headquarters of Boston's Eastern Quality Health, the wealthy and powerful CEO is brutally murdered. She is not the first to die - nor the last. A vicious serial killer is on the loose and the victims have one thing in common: they are all high-profile executives in the managed care industry.

The New York Times bestselling author and master of suspense delivers another novel at the crossroads of politics and medicine in this shocker of a thriller.

Left for dead by a hit-and-run driver, Dr Petros Sperelakis' chances of survival are slim. But Petros' daughter Thea refuses to accept that her father might not survive his devastating injuries, even when her brothers insist that treatment be withheld. Having left the complex, money-driven dynamics of traditional medicine years ago, Thea's father's grievous injuries draw her unwillingly back into a world she despises. As she uncovers the secrets surrounding her father's collision, it becomes clear that it was no accident. But without proof, she can dig no deeper. Thea's investigation hits a dead end until one day, her father, the founder of a cutting edge medical centre, opens his eyes and slowly begins to blink a terrifying message. Confronted with a conspiracy that infects the whole of the medical community, Thea soon finds that she is fighting for more than her father's life. She is also fighting for her own...

“A suspenseful page-turner . . . jolts and entertains the reader.”—Mary Higgins Clark Inside Boston Doctors Hospital, patients are dying. In the glare of the operating room, they survive the surgeon's knife. But in the dark, hollow silence of the night, they die. Suddenly, inexplicable, horribly. A tough, bright doctor will risk his career—his very life—to unmask the terrifying mystery. A beautiful and dedicated young nurse unknowingly holds the answer. Together they will discover that no one is safe from . . . the sisterhood “Teriffic . . . a compelling suspense tale.”—Clive Cussler

A story at Level 3 of a series of children's illustrated ELT readers which are graded at five levels, according to length and complexity of plot. The stories cover a wide variety of genres, and have both British and foreign settings. Dramatized versions are available on cassette.

An anthology of twenty-five previously unpublished works includes contributions by such favorite genre authors as Stephen Coontz, Alex Kava, and Karin Slaughter, and a selection of up-and-coming writers.

Michael Palmer's latest novel pits a flawed doctor against a ruthless psychopath, who has made murder his art form.

Michael Palmer tells the story of this remarkable car and the contribution it made to the success of the Morgan Motor Company for half a century.

Scottish engineer Daniel Wilson (1790-1849) helped launch the industrial revolution in France and acquired a major art collection. His daughter, Marguerite (1836-1902), restored the château de Chenonceau, near the Loire Valley. His son, Daniel (1840-1919), close to Marguerite, became an MP, founded a newspaper chain, rose to become a leading republican politician, and married the daughter of President of the Republic Jules Grévy. The younger Daniel Wilson's business activities and news strategies offended many and prompted his involvement in a scandal (the sale of the Legion of Honour decoration) that led to his downfall and that of President Grévy. Wilson's name became and remains synonymous with political corruption. This book is the first to examine the nexus of political and press connections in early republican France from his viewpoint. The struggle for press freedom since the 1789 Revolution culminating in the 1881 Press Law is assessed by considering the stance of Wilson, Grévy, and the leading press magnate Emile de Girardin and other press tycoons. The flamboyant Marguerite, who hosted Gustave Flaubert in Chenonceau and journeyed to India, colours the saga.

This new edition brings together and analyses a wide range of materials dealing with dispute processes and current debates on civil justice. Students of law, social sciences and the humanities, as well as dispute resolution specialists will benefit from this broad, comparative study.

In this outstanding book, originally published in 1997, and subsequently translated into many languages, Michael Palmer presents a detailed and comparative study of the two most famous theories of religion in the history of psychology: those of Freud and Jung.

Poslední lékařský triller Michaela Palmera. Napínavý a šokující triller, který po smrti autora dokončil spisovatelův syn Daniel, sám úspěšný autor několika románů.Doktorka Carrie Bryantová je uznávaná neurochirurgyně v prestižní bostonské nemocnici, ale když se pod drtivým tlakem nezvladatelného množství povinností dopustí chyby a poškodí pacienta, ztratí místo i sebevědomí. Vrací se proto k rodičům a hledá nový životní cíl. Brzy ho objeví v pomoci válečným veteránům, jimž život ničí posttraumatická stresová porucha stejně jako jejímu bratru Adamovi.

Napínavý thriller v němž lékař, kterému umírající pacientka svěřila své tajemství, uniká před všemocnými chapadly mafie. Doktor Corey se snaží zachránit pacientku při náhlé mozkové příhodě. Těsně před smrtí předává žena lékaři klíč a žádá, aby jej odevzdal její dceři. Vzápětí mají o klíč neobyčejný zájem jiní lidé, kteří se jej snaží i za cenu ohrožení života doktora Coreye

Triler tohto majstra napínavého detektívneho románu má napínavý dej z prostredia lekárskej mafie na celom svete a nemorálneho obchodovania s ľudskými orgánmi.

Lékař Gary McHugh, proslulý washingtonský lékař vyšších vrstev, v panice zavolá svému bývalému spolužákovi a příteli Lou Welcomovi. McHugh věří, že bude obviněn z vraždy, kterou nespáchal, a prosí přítele o pomoc při pátrání po skutečném vrahovi. Vzhledem k tomu, že zavražděným je senátor Elias Colston, Lou se při pátrání dostane do nejvyšších vládních i armádních kruhů. Jako by neměl dost svých starostí rozvedeného a zadluženého otce pubertální dcery, ponoří se do odhalování zákulisí záhadných zločinů, kdy mu samotnému půjde o život – ale především půjde i o bezpečí celých Spojených států. Lou najde pomoc pouze u advokátky Sarah Cooperové, jež má za úkol vypracovat McHughovu obhajobu, a postupně ještě u hrstky statečných jedinců, kteří tváří v tvář vládní chobotnici riskují naprosto všechno. Lži v nejvyšších kruzích, patologická ctižádost armádních představitelů a předstíraná slepota zodpovědných členů vlády vedou k celonárodnímu ohrožení. Lou bojuje o vlastní život i o šanci na osobní štěstí, ovšem odmítá se snížit ke kompromisům, takže i na konci knihy zůstane čtenáři v ústech podivná pachuť, že uzavřením případu nic nekončí, ale jen pokračuje…

W.K.Krueger, Bouře na poušti - Cork O´Connor nedávno vyženil syna, který se dostal do velice zlé situace. Navíc není k nalezení. Otčím a matka Rainy se za ním vydávají do Arizony... S.B.Crispellová, Čokoládové snění - Penelopa Daltonová a její maminka dokážou vařit kouzelnou čokoládu. Jenom s nemocí malé Elly si nikdo neví rady. M. Palmer, První rodina - Dospívající presidentův syn je nemocný... a navíc se zdá, že ho chce někdo zavraždit! G.Crocker, Poslední výlet - Čtyři přátelé v jihoafrickém domově pro seniory se rozhodnou, že si zbývající čas užijou podle svého a vypraví se na výlet napříč Afrikou.

Mladý univerzitní učitel Jake Fisher žije napůl, od chvíle, kdy se musel smířit s tím, že jeho osudová láska Natalie se vdala za jiného. Po šesti letech dodržování slibu, že ji nebude vyhledávat, se dozvídá o úmrtí jejího manžela Todda. Na pohřeb se vydává s nadějí, že potká Natalii, ale místo ní vidí jinou ženu. Jake se rozhodne pátrat po Natalie, což ho zavede do nebezpečných situací. V roce 1900 mladá pianistka Catherine Wainwrightová opouští svůj pohodlný život v Ohiu kvůli skandálu a vdává se za ovdovělého Oscara Williamse v Galvestonu. Čelí však nečekaným výzvám, jako je odpor Oscarova syna a nepřátelský postoj hospodyně Nan Ogdenové, zatímco se blíží hurikán. V městečku Kings Ringe se dějí podivné věci, když místní obyvatelé vykazují bizarní chování. Doktor Lou Welcome, přítel vraždícího lékaře, se snaží odhalit pravdu o těchto událostech, zatímco v Bílém domě dostává první dáma znepokojivé vzkazy. Sam Levitt, bývalý právník a znalec vína, se vrací do Marseille na dovolenou se svou láskou Elenou. Zároveň se zaplétá do lukrativního projektu pro milionáře, který vyžaduje nelegální praktiky, ale Sam se na vše dívá s anglosaským humorem.

Svazek obsahuje zkrácené verze čtyř úspěšných románů od renomovaných angloamerických autorů, doplněné stručnými informacemi o jejich tvůrcích. První příběh sleduje amatérského jezdce a právníka Geoffreyho Masona, který se ujme obhajoby kolegy žokeje obviněného z vraždy špičkového dostihového jezdce. Mason zjistí, že důkazy jsou až příliš přesvědčivé a rozhodne se případ přezkoumat. Druhá novela se zaměřuje na přátelství Tully a Kate, které trvá přes třicet let. I když jsou si navzájem protiklady, jejich vztah prochází různými životními etapami až do momentu, kdy se zdá, že se přátelství rozpadá. Třetí příběh se točí kolem osobního lékaře amerického prezidenta, který zmizí, a prezident povolá svého přítele Gabea Singletona na jeho místo. Rychlá pomoc se brzy změní v nebezpečnou situaci, kdy i Singleton začne čelit hrozbám ve Washingtonu. Poslední příběh sleduje profesora Andrewa Strattona, který po rozvodu hledá nový smysl života mezi svéráznými obyvateli drsného anglického Cornwallu, kde se mísí mýty a tradiční "bílé" čarodějnictví.

Román je dílem deseti úspěšných amerických autorů detektivek. Vražda v prominentní rodině ropného magnáta.

Strhujúci lekársky román o pekle, ktoré opakovane prežívajú bývalí pacienti vo svojich návratoch do celkom nevinnej operácie, ktorú pred časom podstúpili a prežívajú ju do najmenších detailov.

Walczą bez wyrzutów sumienia. Ich jedyny cel – zabić. To najbardziej bezlitosny wróg, z jakim kiedykolwiek przyszło nam się mierzyć. Przygotujcie się na przerażającą historię w najnowszym thrillerze medycznym mistrza gatunku! Doktor Lou Welcome zabiera swojego przyjaciela, Capa Duncana, na konferencję w Atlancie. Podczas biegania w górach dochodzi do tragicznego wypadku: Cap doznaje otwartego złamania kości udowej. Lou udziela mu pierwszej pomocy, a w szpitalu chirurdzy ratują nogę, ale rana pooperacyjna zostaje zainfekowana przez mięsożerne bakterie, znane jako Mikrob Sądnego Dnia. Te oporne na wszystkie znane antybiotyki drobnoustroje zaczynają szybko rozprzestrzeniać się. W tym samym czasie w innej miejscowości nastoletnia dziewczyna walczy o życie z powodu tego samego zakażenia. Liczba chorych rośnie, a lekarz odpowiedzialny za walkę z bakteriami zostaje uprowadzony przez Stowarzyszenie Stu Bliźnich, które celowo zakaża pacjentów, aby szantażować rząd. Lou musi zrobić wszystko, by powstrzymać epidemię, ale brakuje mu czasu i sojuszników, a także musi uważać, by samemu nie paść ofiarą tych śmiercionośnych mikrobów. To thriller, który zmieni wasze postrzeganie świata.

Siedemnasty z kolei thriller medyczno-polityczny i jednocześnie pierwszy z cyklu, kt�rego bohaterem jest doktor Lou Welcome. Doktor John Meacham wpada w szał, chwyta za broń i z zimną krwią morduje swojego wsp�lnika, personel medyczny przychodni i dw�ch pacjent�w. Na końcu popełnia samob�jstwo. Wina za to tragiczne zdarzenie spada na doktora Lou Welcome’a, kt�ry lata temu pracował z Meachamem jako terapeuta, gdy ten stracił licencję z powodu uzależnienia od narkotyk�w. Lou wiedział, że John jest świetnym lekarzem i twardo walczył o przywr�cenie mu prawa do wykonywania zawodu. Wybuch niekontrolowanej agresji jest dla Welcome’a� szokujący, ale przede wszystkim kompletnie niezrozumiały. Usiłując rozwikłać zagadkę, Lou wpada na trop spisku, kt�ry zaprowadzi go do os�b zajmujących najwyższe stanowiska w samym Białym Domu

More than 30 of the most critically acclaimed and award-winning authors offer heart-pumping tales of suspense in all its guises. Authors include Lee Child, James Siegel, James Rollins, Eric van Lustbader, F. Paul Wilson and Christopher Reich.

A serial novel featuring contributions by twenty-six masters of suspense follows detective Jon Nunn as he re-opens a ten-year-old case to discover if the wrong person was convicted and put to death for the murder of art curator Christopher Thomas.

Een jonge, veelbelovende vrouwelijke arts komt in grote moeilijkheden als door haar behandelde patiënten plotseling aan een zeldzame ziekte overlijden.

Een vrouwelijke arts in een streekziekenhuis wijt het onvoorspelbare gedrag van haar patiënten aanvankelijk aan een nabijgelegen chemische fabriek.

Een arts wordt beschuldigd van de dood van zijn vrouw op de vooravond van een operatie die ze moest ondergaan.

Een nietsontziende moordenaar maakt jacht op de gezinnen van drie ex-collega's door wie hij zich verraden voelt.

Een jonge vrouw, geholpen door een arts, komt op haar speurtocht naar haar vermiste broer op het spoor van huiveringwekkende medische experimenten.