Describes and examines the different types of organ transplants and what is involved in each.

Provides a guide to organ transplants, beginning with the first animal-to-human transplants and the innovations that led to the successful operations of today.

In a remote county of North Carolina, thirty-year-old Kathryn Guilford receives the news that her long-time friend and one-time suitor is dead. The authorities declare the death as a suicide, but Kathryn is not convinced. In desperation she turns to Dr. Nick Polchak, the Bug Man, to help her learn the truth-and she is introduced to a mysterious world of blood-seeking flies and flesh-eating beetles. But there's a problem...Kathryn Guilford has a...

An organ transplant committee has one hour to decide which of three patients deserves a life-saving heart. Seven years later, the committee members struggle with the consequences of that fateful decision.

In the not-so-distant future, a worldwide epidemic of organ failures devastates the planet. Out of the tragedy, a savior emerges called GENECO, a biotech company that offer organ transplants, but at a steep price. Those who miss their payments are scheduled for repossession and are hunted by the Repo Man.

Bob's happy marriage is shattered when his wife, Elizabeth, suddenly dies in a tragic accident. At the time, Grace begins to rebuild her life after receiving a heart transplant. Through fate, their lives constantly intertwine.

A thirteen-year-old girl's tragic death gives new life to five other people in this heartbreaking and inspiring story of grief and redemption told by her parents.

Starzl, a pioneer in human organ transplantation, eloquently recounts the history of this miraculous field, its major players, and the legal and ethical issues that surround it. Starzl's medical genius and influence on these sometimes controversial procedures have been acknowledged and acclaimed worldwide. "This hard-to-put-down book is more interesting than a thriller. . . . Not only a portrait of an interesting person and his social and family interactions...

When sixteen-year-old Emerson Watts learns the truth about Nikki, the teen supermodel into whose body Emerson's brain was transplanted, she finds that there is only one person to turn to for help--especially since her loved ones seem to be furious with her.

"The 1980s marked a revolution in the field of organ transplants, and Bud Shaw, M.D., who studied under Tom Starzl in Pittsburgh, was on the front lines. Now retired from active practice, Dr. Shaw relays gripping moments of anguish and elation, frustration and reward, despair and hope in his struggle to save patients."--Provided by publisher.