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Millard Salter's Last Day (Paperback): Jacob M Appel Millard Salter's Last Day (Paperback)
Jacob M Appel
R393 R329 Discovery Miles 3 290 Save R64 (16%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Who Says You're Dead? - Medical & Ethical Dilemmas for the Curious & Concerned (Hardcover): Jacob M Appel Who Says You're Dead? - Medical & Ethical Dilemmas for the Curious & Concerned (Hardcover)
Jacob M Appel
R606 R513 Discovery Miles 5 130 Save R93 (15%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days

A daughter gets tested to see if she's a match to donate a kidney to her father. The test reveals that she is not the man's biological daughter. Should the doctor tell the father? Or the daughter? A deaf couple prefers a deaf baby. Should they be allowed to use medical technology to ensure they have a child who can't hear? Who should get custody of an embryo created through IVF when a couple divorces? Or, when you or a loved one is on life support, Who says you're dead? In short, engaging scenarios, Dr. Appel takes on hot-button issues that many of us will confront: genetic screening, sexuality, privacy, doctor-patient confidentiality. He unpacks each hypothetical with a brief reflection drawing from science, philosophy, and history, explaining how others have approached these controversies in real-world cases. Who Says You're Dead? is designed to defy easy answers and to stimulate thought and even debate among professionals and armchair ethicists alike.

Einstein's Beach House (Paperback): Jacob M Appel Einstein's Beach House (Paperback)
Jacob M Appel
R392 R328 Discovery Miles 3 280 Save R64 (16%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
The Cynic in Extremis (Paperback): Jacob M Appel The Cynic in Extremis (Paperback)
Jacob M Appel
R418 R344 Discovery Miles 3 440 Save R74 (18%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Wedding Wipeout - A Rabbi Kappelmacher Mystery (Paperback, New): Jacob M Appel Wedding Wipeout - A Rabbi Kappelmacher Mystery (Paperback, New)
Jacob M Appel
R415 Discovery Miles 4 150 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Two elderly spinster sisters--Florence and Lorraine--have lived together ever since the death of their wealthy father, living on generous stipends provided in his will that continue until one of them marries--at which time that sister is cut off financially. The sisters' family is shaken up when Florence invites them to her wedding. The morning after the wedding, Florence is found dead in her bed. Was it an asthma attack as her new husband and the police believe or did someone enter her room in the middle of the night and suffocate the old woman with a pillow? Local amateur sleuth Rabbi Jacob Kappelmacher is brought in to investigate the suspicious death. He soon discovers that all of the sisters' relatives stayed overnight following the wedding and could have strangled the old woman in her sleep. So could have the bridegroom. But who did it? And why? With no money and no motive, why would anyone kill the old woman? Rabbi Kappelmacher begins his investigation by interviewing all of the interested parties, intent on figuring out the convoluted and devious crime--and the sinister culprit behind it.

The Robert Olen Butler Prize Stories 2008 (Paperback): Kimberly Willardson, Jacob M Appel, Miriam Gershow The Robert Olen Butler Prize Stories 2008 (Paperback)
Kimberly Willardson, Jacob M Appel, Miriam Gershow
R394 R330 Discovery Miles 3 300 Save R64 (16%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days

The nine short stories collected here, selected by our judge and panel of readers from a pool of over five hundred stories, admirably showcase the range, vitality, and distinction of the contemporary literary short story. Kimberly Willardson's winning story, "Winter Memories of the Summer Bear," was chosen from the 2008 contest's nine ?nalists by our judge, Pulitzer Prize winner Robert Olen Butler.

Phoning Home - Essays (Hardcover): Jacob M Appel Phoning Home - Essays (Hardcover)
Jacob M Appel
R796 R704 Discovery Miles 7 040 Save R92 (12%) Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Phoning Home is a collection of entertaining and thought-provoking essays featuring the author's quirky family, his Jewish heritage, and his New York City upbringing. Jacob M. Appel's recollections and insights, informed and filtered by his advanced degrees in medicine, law, and ethics, not only inspire nostalgic feelings but also offer insight into contemporary medical and ethical issues.


At times sardonic and at others self-deprecating, Appel lays bare the most private aspects of his emotional life. "We'd just visited my grandaunt in Miami Beach, the last time we would ever see her. I had my two travel companions, Fat and Thin, securely buckled into the backseat of my mother's foul-tempered Dodge Dart," writes Appel of his family vacation with his two favorite rubber cat toys. Shortly thereafter Fat and Thin were lost forever--beginning, when Appel was just six years old, what he calls his "private apocalypse."


Both erudite and full-hearted, Appel recounts storylines ranging from a bout of unrequited love gone awry to the poignant romance of his grandparents. We learn of the crank phone calls he made to his own family, the conspicuous absence of Jell-O at his grandaunt's house, and family secrets long believed buried. The stories capture the author's distinctive voice--a blend of a physician's compassion and an ethicist's constant questioning.


The Amazing Mr. Morality - Stories (Paperback): Jacob M Appel The Amazing Mr. Morality - Stories (Paperback)
Jacob M Appel
R462 R408 Discovery Miles 4 080 Save R54 (12%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days

The Amazing Mr. Morality features tenacious men and women whose determination to buck middle-class social convention draws them toward unforeseen challenges. A failed television producer insists upon having a woodchuck relocated from his lawn, only to receive desperate letters in which the woodchuck begs to return. An overconfident ne'er-do-well obtains a lucrative lecture invitation intended for a renowned ornithologist and decides to deliver the speech himself. An innocuous dispute over whether to rename a local street opens up racial fault lines that prove deadly. The collection concludes with the title novella in which two unscrupulous ethicists, writing rival newspaper columns, seek to unseat each other by addressing questions such as: If you're going to commit a murder, is it worse to kill when the victim is sleeping or awake?

Surrendering Appomattox (Paperback): Jacob M Appel Surrendering Appomattox (Paperback)
Jacob M Appel
R597 Discovery Miles 5 970 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Millard Salter's Last Day Lib/E (Standard format, CD): Jacob M Appel Millard Salter's Last Day Lib/E (Standard format, CD)
Jacob M Appel; Read by Joe Barrett
R1,705 R1,207 Discovery Miles 12 070 Save R498 (29%) Out of stock
Millard Salter's Last Day (MP3 format, CD): Jacob M Appel Millard Salter's Last Day (MP3 format, CD)
Jacob M Appel; Read by Joe Barrett
R699 R527 Discovery Miles 5 270 Save R172 (25%) Out of stock
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