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Narrative Medicine: A Rhetorical Rx rests on the principles that
storytelling is central to medical encounters between caregivers
and patients and that narrative competence enhances medical
competence. Thus, the book's goal is to develop the narrative
competence of its reader. Grounded in the rhetorical theory of
narrative that Phelan has been constructing over the course of his
career, this volume utilizes a three-step method: Offering a
jargon-free explication of core concepts of narrative such as
character, progression, perspective, time, and space. Demonstrating
how to use those concepts to interpret a diverse group of medical
narratives, including two graphic memoirs. Pointing to the
relevance of those demonstrations for caregiver-patient
interactions. Narrative Medicine: A Rhetorical Rx is the ideal
volume for undergraduate students interested in pursuing careers in
healthcare, students in medical and allied health professional
schools, and graduate students in the health humanities and social
sciences.
Narrative Medicine: A Rhetorical Rx rests on the principles that
storytelling is central to medical encounters between caregivers
and patients and that narrative competence enhances medical
competence. Thus, the book's goal is to develop the narrative
competence of its reader. Grounded in the rhetorical theory of
narrative that Phelan has been constructing over the course of his
career, this volume utilizes a three-step method: Offering a
jargon-free explication of core concepts of narrative such as
character, progression, perspective, time, and space. Demonstrating
how to use those concepts to interpret a diverse group of medical
narratives, including two graphic memoirs. Pointing to the
relevance of those demonstrations for caregiver-patient
interactions. Narrative Medicine: A Rhetorical Rx is the ideal
volume for undergraduate students interested in pursuing careers in
healthcare, students in medical and allied health professional
schools, and graduate students in the health humanities and social
sciences.
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The Agency (Paperback)
James Phelan
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'Jed Walker is right there in Reacher's rear-view mirror' Lee
Child, international bestselling author ----- In the murky world of
espionage the rules of war do not apply 2005: Jed Walker has just
joined the CIA. As a ten-year veteran of Air Force Special
Operations, Walker is used to being at the sharp end of things. But
normally the front line is much further from home. Sent to New
Orleans on the trail of some desperate Russians, he has no choice
but to team up with a female British agent. As the body count grows
and Hurricane Katrina hits, it's clear to Walker that no game has
higher stakes. The winner takes all and he must succeed. From
Langley to Louisiana, Washington to Moscow, Jed Walker is going to
be pushed to the limit - of what he can do, what he can take, and
what he knows is right. ----- Praise for James Phelan 'James Phelan
has produced a big, juicy, rollicking tale in the spirit of Robert
Ludlum. We haven't seen an international thriller like this for a
long time' Jeffery Deaver 'A fast and furious ride through a
complicated maze of timely political intrigue. James Phelan has
earned a new avid fan' Steve Berry
In Living to Tell about It, James Phelan takes up the challenges
offered by diverse narratives including Kathryn Harrison's The
Kiss, Ernest Hemingway's "Now I Lay Me," Kazuo Ishiguro's Remains
of the Day, Frank McCourt's Angela's Ashes, Vladimir Nabokov's
Lolita, and John Edgar Wideman's "Doc's Story." Phelan's compelling
readings cover important theoretical ground by introducing a
valuable distinction between disclosure functions (communications
from the implied author to the authorial audience) and narrator
functions (communications from the character narrator to the
narratee). Phelan also identifies significant types of character
narration (also known as first-person narration), including
restricted, suppressed, and mask narrations. In addition, Phelan
proposes new understandings of such ingrained concepts of narrative
theory as unreliable narration, the implied author, focalization,
and lyric narrative.
Utilizing what Phelan and Peter J. Rabinowitz have called
"theory practice," a critical method that aims to combine theory
and interpretation in mutually illuminating ways, Living to Tell
about It also makes a major contribution to ethical theory and
criticism. Phelan develops the concept of "ethical position" and
explores the interactions among the ethical positions of
characters, narrators, authors, and audiences. This approach
emphasizes not only the close connections between narrative
technique and ethics but also the important interactions between
the ethical positions of the authorial audience and the
flesh-and-blood reader.
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The Agency (Paperback)
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'Jed Walker is right there in Reacher's rear-view mirror' Lee
Child, international bestselling author ----- In the murky world of
espionage the rules of war do not apply 2005: Jed Walker has just
joined the CIA. As a ten-year veteran of Air Force Special
Operations, Walker is used to being at the sharp end of things. But
normally the front line is much further from home. Sent to New
Orleans on the trail of some desperate Russians, he has no choice
but to team up with a female British agent. As the body count grows
and Hurricane Katrina hits, it's clear to Walker that no game has
higher stakes. The winner takes all and he must succeed. From
Langley to Louisiana, Washington to Moscow, Jed Walker is going to
be pushed to the limit - of what he can do, what he can take, and
what he knows is right. ----- Praise for James Phelan 'James Phelan
has produced a big, juicy, rollicking tale in the spirit of Robert
Ludlum. We haven't seen an international thriller like this for a
long time' Jeffery Deaver 'A fast and furious ride through a
complicated maze of timely political intrigue. James Phelan has
earned a new avid fan' Steve Berry
'An absolute must-read for fans of Clancy, Ludlum et al' Bookseller
& Publisher. An international crisis. An ex-navy hero. Time's
running out. It's hard to bury a past. Lachlan Fox is about to
discover it's ever harder to dig it back up. While most of the
world's intelligence resources have been tied up in Afghanistan and
Iraq, the President of Chechnya has been making plans -- and the
clock is ticking. A world away, disillusioned ex-navy operative
Lachlan Fox is on a diving trip with his best friend. From the
moment they lift a mysterious metallic object off the sea floor,
the two men set in motion a chain of events that will drag them
into the corrupt world of international politics and arms races.
From East Timor to Grozny, Washington to New York and Venice to
Iran, Lachlan Fox is forced into an adrenaline-fuelled quest to
save his friend, himself . . . and the world. 'A rollicking
post-Cold War terrorism tale' Sun Herald The Lachlan Fox Series Fox
Hunt Patriot Act Blood Oil Liquid Gold Red Ice Praise for James
Phelan: 'James Phelan has produced a big, juicy, rollicking tale in
the spirit of Robert Ludlum. We haven't seen an international
thriller like this for a long time' Jeffery Deaver 'A fast and
furious ride through a complicated maze of timely political
intrigue. James Phelan has earned a new avid fan' Steve Berry 'A
corker ... Phelan writes in swift, gritty prose, never wasting a
word' Sydney Morning Herald
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The Hunted (Paperback)
James Phelan
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'Jed Walker is right there in Reacher's rear-view mirror.' Lee
Child When the hunters become the hunted, ex-CIA agent Jed Walker
is the man you need. In 2011, Seal Team Six killed Osama Bin Laden.
Now, four years later, someone is eliminating Team Six - one by one
they are turning up dead. Jed Walker, ex-CIA, is an outsider back
in the game. He's been chasing down a sinister group code-named
Zodiac that the big guns - MI5, CIA, the Pentagon - have failed to
eradicate. But as Walker follows the trail of bodies, uncovering
secrets and making connections he's not supposed to make, he finds
the answers are closer to home than he ever imagined. Revenge is
the obvious motive, but nothing is ever that simple in love or in
war. Can Walker find who's responsible before the body count grows
higher? Can he stop another terror attack before more innocent
bystanders suffer? When the line between the good and the bad
become blurred, when the hunters become the hunted, only one man
can save us all. Praise for James Phelan: 'James Phelan has
produced a big, juicy, rollicking tale in the spirit of Robert
Ludlum. We haven't seen an international thriller like this for a
long time' Jeffery Deaver 'A fast and furious ride through a
complicated maze of timely political intrigue. James Phelan has
earned a new avid fan' Steve Berry 'A corker ... Phelan writes in
swift, gritty prose, never wasting a word. An espionage novel with
grunt.' Sydney Morning Herald
'An absolute must-read for fans of Clancy, Ludlum et al' Bookseller
& Publisher Six names and one GPS location. A death list. When
ex-navy operative turned investigative journalist Lachlan Fox blows
open the story of the decade, simmering tensions between India and
Pakistan hit boiling point. A continent's water -- liquid gold --
is at stake and one man thinks nothing of a potential all-out war
when there is big money to be made. Before helpless millions die,
Fox is determined to expose the corrupt Umbra Corporation, and the
man behind it, to the world. With hefty prices on their heads, Fox
and his trusted man-at-arms, Al Gammaldi, are pitted against time,
terrorist cells and rogue secret agents funded by dirty money.
Flanked by news agency GSR and the FBI, Fox and Gammaldi are going
to give as good as they get, but nothing can prepare them for the
ferocity of this fight. Fox knows that truth alone triumphs . . .
and this time it's going to hurt. The Lachlan Fox Series Fox Hunt
Patriot Act Blood Oil Liquid Gold Red Ice Praise for James Phelan:
'James Phelan has produced a big, juicy, rollicking tale in the
spirit of Robert Ludlum. We haven't seen an international thriller
like this for a long time' Jeffery Deaver 'A fast and furious ride
through a complicated maze of timely political intrigue. James
Phelan has earned a new avid fan' Steve Berry 'A corker ... Phelan
writes in swift, gritty prose, never wasting a word' Sydney Morning
Herald
Designed for "teaching the conflicts," this critical edition of
Shakespeare's "The Tempest" reprints the authoritative Bevington
text of the play along with 21 selections representing major
critical and cultural controversies surrounding the work. The
distinctive editorial material helps readers grapple not only with
the play's critical issues but also with cultural debates about
literature itself.
The second edition includes four new readings, revised headnotes
that more helpfully contextualize the critical essays, a portfolio
of visual representations of Caliban, and an appendix on writing
about critical controversies and "The Tempest."
Jesse is on a school trip in New York when his subway carriage is
rocked by an explosion. When he and three friends crawl out of the
wreckage they discover a city in chaos. Streets are deserted.
Buildings are in ruins. And the only other survivors are infected
with a virus that turns them into horrifying predators. . .
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Blood Oil (Paperback)
James Phelan
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'An absolute must-read for fans of Clancy, Ludlum et al' Bookseller
& Publisher Lachlan Fox . . . on a bad day he's the man you
need Oil prices are rocketing. Terror attacks have destabilised the
global economy. The White House believes the Nigerian oil fields
are the key to safeguarding America's future . . . but someone else
sees them as an opportunity to increase their own power. Enter
Lachlan Fox: graduate of ADFA; ex-Navy Clearance Diver; served in
Iraq, East Timor and Afghanistan; international investigative
journalist. The right man for the wrong place. Travelling from New
York to Nigeria, Fox is hunting the story. He's seen combat action
before, but this time it's personal. Wrestling with demons that
push him right to the edge and leave him exposed like never before,
will Fox uncover the truth in time? Or will his quest for revenge
see him go too far? The Lachlan Fox Series Fox Hunt Patriot Act
Blood Oil Liquid Gold Red Ice Praise for James Phelan 'A big,
juicy, rollicking tale in the spirit of Robert Ludlum' Jeffery
Deaver 'A fast and furious ride through a complicated maze of
timely political intrigue. James Phelan has earned a new avid fan'
Steve Berry 'A corker . . . Phelan writes in swift, gritty prose,
never wasting a word' Sydney Morning Herald
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Dark Heart (Paperback)
James Phelan
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'Jed Walker is right there in Reacher's rear-view mirror.' Lee
Child In war-torn Syria, a massacre survivor is pulled from beneath
a pile of bodies. She is given one instruction: 'Find Jed Walker.'
Walker is ex-CIA - a man who thought he was long out of the game.
Discovering a terror outfit is running people-smuggling from the
Middle East and into the United States, he is drawn back in to
fight their evil trade. At first Walker thinks these human
traffickers are driven purely by profit and greed. But it is much
worse than that - and it has ties to the highest levels of power.
As the body count rises, and deadly enemies stalk from the shadows,
Walker uncovers the shocking truth behind an operation intended to
bring America to its knees. He must work against time and powerful
adversaries to uncover the truth behind the operation and prevent a
global catastrophe being unleashed. If he lives, Jed Walker will
learn the true cost of life . . . and the knowledge will change him
forever. Praise for James Phelan: 'James Phelan has produced a big,
juicy, rollicking tale in the spirit of Robert Ludlum. We haven't
seen an international thriller like this for a long time' Jeffery
Deaver 'A fast and furious ride through a complicated maze of
timely political intrigue. James Phelan has earned a new avid fan'
Steve Berry 'A corker ... Phelan writes in swift, gritty prose,
never wasting a word. An espionage novel with grunt.' Sydney
Morning Herald
'Jed Walker is right there in Reacher's rear-view mirror.' Lee
Child Jed Walker has 48 hours to save the world. The countdown has
begun ... The world is under cyber attack. The secretive terror
outfit, known as Zodiac, are preparing to unleash chaos. The
options for the hackers are endless. From massive data breaches,
take-downs of critical infrastructure, and commandeering military
hardware, nothing networked is safe. Knowing where they will strike
is half the battle. The only thing certain is their intent to
create a devastating global catastrophe. The US President has the
power to enact the Internet Freedom Act - the 'Kill Switch'.
Turning off the Net will stop the attacks. But it's not that
simple. The US will plummet into pandemonium if electronic
communications cease. The rest of the world will follow. One man,
ex-CIA operative Jed Walker, has 36 hours to stop the terrorists.
But for Jed, Zodiac isn't the only thing he has to worry about. To
protect the future he must reconnect with a woman from his past. No
matter which way he turns, he has tough choices to make. Not
everyone will get out alive. For Walker the countdown starts now .
. . Praise for James Phelan: 'James Phelan has produced a big,
juicy, rollicking tale in the spirit of Robert Ludlum. We haven't
seen an international thriller like this for a long time' Jeffery
Deaver 'A fast and furious ride through a complicated maze of
timely political intrigue. James Phelan has earned a new avid fan'
Steve Berry 'A corker ... Phelan writes in swift, gritty prose,
never wasting a word. An espionage novel with grunt.' Sydney
Morning Herald
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This scarce antiquarian book is a selection from Kessinger
Publishing's Legacy Reprint Series. Due to its age, it may contain
imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed
pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we
have made it available as part of our commitment to protecting,
preserving, and promoting the world's literature. Kessinger
Publishing is the place to find hundreds of thousands of rare and
hard-to-find books with something of interest for everyone!
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