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Search - Newsweek Condensed Books: Brain Surgeon, The Windsor Story, The Last Hero, Merchant Princes, The Old Patagonian Express

Newsweek Condensed Books Brain Surgeon The Windsor Story The Last Hero Merchant Princes The Old Patagonian Express
Author: Lawrence Shainberg, J. Bryan III, Charles J. V. Murphy, Larry Swindell, Leon Harris, Paul Theroux

Brain Surgeon: An Intimate View of His World by Lawrence Shainberg — Shainberg spent a year at the side of brain surgeon "Dr. James Brockman," as he is called in this book. Brockman is known as "The Boss" around the wards of a major medical center on the East Coast; the world-famous chief of neurosurgery who performs 150 operations a year, chain ... more »smokes three packs of cigarettes a day, and has little respect for the medical bureaucracy. Brain Surgeon is an extraordinary journalistic treatment, an unsparing factual account of the neurosurgeon at work and a powerful human drama far more fascinating and impressive than any medical fiction.

The Windsor Story by J. Bryan III and Charles J. V. Murphy

In their authoritative, entertaining dual biography of Edward VIII and the American woman for whom he sacrificed the crown of England and its Empire, we see the Windsors as they have never been seen before: Wallis as a domineering woman who badgered the King for a bigger title, and the King himself as a slave of love. Their story sweeps the reader up into a saga embracing two world wars, the roaring twenties, the decedent cafe society of the fifties, and a score of personalities.

The Last Hero: A Biography of Gary Cooper by Larry Swindell

His latest film-star biography gives an in-depth portrait of one of America's best loved "good guys," a close-up look at Gary Cooper, both man and myth. Cooper was the foremost American screen hero; a major film actor for over thirty years, beginning with the silents. This first major biography of the hero of High Noon captures the enigmatic essence of filmland's favorite cowboy. His life was like one of the movies in which he invariably "played himself" warmly and winningly.

Merchant Princes: An Intimate History of Jewish Families Who Built Great Department Stores by Leon Harris

Grandson and son of Texas merchants relates with wit and charm the exciting stories of several of America's great Jewish storekeeping families; how they progressed from peddling to riches, prominence and power. He recreates vividly the sights, sounds, and feelings of an era passed. Powerful and passionately dedicated women were at least as important as their men in making money and spending it. These are personal; not business; histories, disclosing each family's triumphs and secrets, its scandals as well as successes.

The Old Patagonian Express: By Train Through the Americas by Paul Theroux

He has written another great travel book. For the large audience who relished his trek through Europe and Asia in his best-selling The Great Railroad Bazaar, here is an equally captivating account of his travels by train in the Western hemisphere. He set out from Boston one wintry morning for the first leg of his trip zigzagging through the Americas and ending up months later aboard The Old Patagonian Express in southern Argentina, almost at the end of the world. For Theroux, it was a journey as much of self-discovery as of uncommon encounters. His singular perceptions and gift for evoking places and people make his book a rich and spellbinding treat.

ISBN-13: 9780882251844
ISBN-10: 0882251848
Publication Date: 1980
Pages: 576
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Publisher: Newsweek, Inc.
Book Type: Hardcover
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