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God's Helicopter

By Lee Gutkind

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9780918366269, titled "God's Helicopter" | Slow Loris Pr, May 1, 1983, cover price $9.50

The People of Penn's Woods West

Describes individuals living in western, rural Pennsylvania, including coopers, blacksmiths, hunters, and innkeepers, and discusses the history and lore of the region

By Lee Gutkind

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9780822934943 | Univ of Pittsburgh Pr, November 1, 1984, cover price $19.95 | About this edition: Describes individuals living in western, rural Pennsylvania, including coopers, blacksmiths, hunters, and innkeepers, and discusses the history and lore of the region

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9780822953609 | Univ of Pittsburgh Pr, November 1, 1984, cover price $12.95 | About this edition: Describes individuals living in western, rural Pennsylvania, including coopers, blacksmiths, hunters, and innkeepers, and discusses the history and lore of the region

Our Roots Grow Deeper Than We Know: Pennsylvania Writers/Pennsylvania Life

Gathers stories and essays about Pennsylvania childhoods, cities, heritage, and state history

By Lee Gutkind (editor)

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9780822935230 | Univ of Pittsburgh Pr, January 1, 1986, cover price $49.95 | About this edition: Gathers stories and essays about Pennsylvania childhoods, cities, heritage, and state history

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9780822953746 | Univ of Pittsburgh Pr, January 1, 1986, cover price $19.95 | About this edition: Gathers stories and essays about Pennsylvania childhoods, cities, heritage, and state history

Many Sleepless Nights

Product Description: Although organ transplantation is the preeminent medical miracle of the last quarter of a century, Many Sleepless Nights is the first book to go beyond the headlines and describe the patients who have embraced this last chance to hold on to life, the intricate medical procedures that can save them, the surgeons and nurses who work in this emotionally charged world, and the ethics which complicate this âmiracleâ high-tech therapy...read more

By Lee Gutkind

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9780393336696 | W W Norton & Co Inc, July 30, 1988, cover price $22.95 | About this edition: Although organ transplantation is the preeminent medical miracle of the last quarter of a century, Many Sleepless Nights is the first book to go beyond the headlines and describe the patients who have embraced this last chance to hold on to life, the intricate medical procedures that can save them, the surgeons and nurses who work in this emotionally charged world, and the ethics which complicate this âmiracleâ high-tech therapy.

Many Sleepless Nights: The World of Organ Transplantation

By Lee Gutkind

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9780393025200 | W W Norton & Co Inc, August 1, 1988, cover price $18.95 | About this edition: Although organ transplantation is the preeminent medical miracle of the last quarter of a century, Many Sleepless Nights is the first book to go beyond the headlines and describe the patients who have embraced this last chance to hold on to life, the intricate medical procedures that can save them, the surgeons and nurses who work in this emotionally charged world, and the ethics which complicate this âmiracleâ high-tech therapy.

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9780822959052 | Reprint edition (Univ of Pittsburgh Pr, March 16, 1990), cover price $19.95 | About this edition: Although organ transplantation is the preeminent medical miracle of the last quarter of a century, Many Sleepless Nights is the first book to go beyond the headlines and describe the patients who have embraced this last chance to hold on to life, the intricate medical procedures that can save them, the surgeons and nurses who work in this emotionally charged world, and the ethics which complicate this âmiracleâ high-tech therapy.

One Children's Place: A Profile of Pediatric Medicine

Profiles the Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh, including the doctors, nurses, social workers, parents, and patients, and discusses advances in pediatric medicine

By Lee Gutkind

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9780802112729 | Grove Pr, September 1, 1990, cover price $19.95 | About this edition: Profiles the Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh, including the doctors, nurses, social workers, parents, and patients, and discusses advances in pediatric medicine

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9780452266872 | New Amer Library, October 1, 1991, cover price $9.95

Stuck in Time: The Tragedy of Childhood Mental Illness

Focusing on the lives of three mentally ill adolescents, the author exposes a national disgrace of incompetent care, neglect, and ineffective treatment

By Lee Gutkind

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9780805014693 | Henry Holt & Co, May 1, 1993, cover price $25.00 | About this edition: Focusing on the lives of three mentally ill adolescents, the author exposes a national disgrace of incompetent care, neglect, and ineffective treatment

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9780805038088 | Henry Holt & Co, May 1, 1995, cover price $14.95 | About this edition: Focusing on the lives of three mentally ill adolescents, the author exposes a national disgrace of incompetent care, neglect, and ineffective treatment

Creative Nonfiction: How to Live It and Write It

Through writing samples, anecdotes, and exercises, explains how to write nonfiction in an entertaining way

By Lee Gutkind

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9781556522666 | Chicago Review Pr, May 1, 1996, cover price $14.95 | About this edition: Through writing samples, anecdotes, and exercises, explains how to write nonfiction in an entertaining way

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9780613993623 | Turtleback Books, May 1, 1996, cover price $26.95 | About this edition: Through writing samples, anecdotes, and exercises, explains how to write nonfiction in an entertaining way

The Art of Creative Nonfiction: Writing and Selling the Literature of Reality

Offers advice on choosing provocative subjects, conducting research and interviews, structuring an essay, and working with editors and agents (view table of contents)

By Lee Gutkind

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9781630261832 | Turner Pub Co, January 1, 1997, cover price $28.95 | About this edition: A complete guide to the art and craft of creative nonfiction--from one of its pioneer practitionersThe challenge of creative nonfiction is to write the truth in a style that is as accurate and informative as reportage, yet as personal, provocative, and dramatic as fiction.

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9780471113560 | Turner Pub Co, January 14, 1997, cover price $16.95 | About this edition: Offers advice on choosing provocative subjects, conducting research and interviews, structuring an essay, and working with editors and agents

An Unspoken Art: Profiles of Veterinary Life

Stories depicting contemporary veterinary life address many of the current issues surrounding the profession and illustrate the challenges faced by zoo veterinarians and a profile of a veterinarian in rural Pennsylvania. 12,500 first printing. (view table of contents)

By Lee Gutkind

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9780805033212 | Henry Holt & Co, July 1, 1997, cover price $25.00 | About this edition: Stories depicting contemporary veterinary life address many of the current issues surrounding the profession, illustrate the challenges faced by zoo veterinarians, and profile a veterinarian in rural Pennsylvania

Surviving Crisis: Twenty Prominent Authors Write About Events That Shaped Their Lives

A guide offering insights into a moment of catharsis that shaped a well-known writers' life features essays by John McPhee, John Edgar Wideman, Cynthia Ozick, Annie Dillard, and others designed to inspire would-be writers to put pen to paper. Reprint. 15,000 first printing. LJ. (view table of contents)

By Lee Gutkind (editor)

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9780874778892 | Putnam Pub Group, August 1, 1997, cover price $15.95 | About this edition: A collection of writings offering insights into a crucial moment or event that shaped the writer's life includes essays by John McPhee, Cynthia Ozick, and Annie Dillard

The Essayist at Work: Profiles of Creative Nonfiction Writers

Product Description: New insight into the lifestyles, techniques, and literary philosophies of some of the genre's most respected writers, including Annie Dillard, John McPhee, and others.

By Lee Gutkind (editor)

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9780435070373 | Heinemann, January 1, 1998, cover price $16.95 | About this edition: New insight into the lifestyles, techniques, and literary philosophies of some of the genre's most respected writers, including Annie Dillard, John McPhee, and others.

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9780435081515 | Heinemann Drama, December 1, 1997, cover price $16.95 | About this edition: New insight into the lifestyles, techniques, and literary philosophies of some of the genre's most respected writers, including Annie Dillard, John McPhee, and others.

Connecting: 20 Prominent Authors Write About the Relationships

An anthology of memoirs, essays, and literary journalism offers a candid look at the influence of family and friends on the lives and work of some of America's best-loved writers, from Raymond Carver to Joyce Carol Oates. Original. 15,000 first printing.

By Lee Gutkind (editor)

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9780874779042 | J P Tarcher, April 1, 1998, cover price $17.95 | About this edition: Provides examples by Joyce Carol Oates, John McFee, Alice Hoffman, and others of autobiographical writings about family and friends done in the style of fiction

The Veterinarian's Touch: Profiles of Life Among Animals

Depicts contemporary veterinary life, addresses many of the current issues surrounding the profession, illustrates the challenges faced by zoo veterinarians, and profiles a vet in rural Pennsylvania (view table of contents)

By Lee Gutkind

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9780805058116 | Reprint edition (Henry Holt & Co, July 1, 1998), cover price $15.00 | About this edition: Depicts contemporary veterinary life, addresses many of the current issues surrounding the profession, illustrates the challenges faced by zoo veterinarians, and profiles a vet in rural Pennsylvania

A View from the Divide: Creative Nonfiction on Health and Science

Product Description: In the tradition of Lewis Thomas, Stephen J. Gould, and Oliver Sachs, this special double issue of Creative Nonfiction, the only exclusively nonfiction literary journal, demonstrates the many ways in which aspects of the scientific world—from biology, medicine, physics, and astronomy—can be captured and dramatized for a humanities-oriented readership...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

By Lee Gutkind

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9780822956853 | Univ of Pittsburgh Pr, February 1, 1999, cover price $24.95 | About this edition: In the tradition of Lewis Thomas, Stephen J.

The Best Seat in Baseball, but You Have to Stand!: The Game As Umpires See It

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By Lee Gutkind

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9780809321957 | Reprint edition (Southern Illinois Univ Pr, April 7, 1999), cover price $19.95

Lessons in Persuasion: Creative Nonfiction/Pittsburgh Connections

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By Lee Gutkind (editor)

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9780822957157 | Univ of Pittsburgh Pr, May 1, 2000, cover price $27.95

Healing: Twenty Prominent Authors Write About Inspirational Moments of Achieving Health and Gaining Insight

In a collection of essays and personal reminiscences, twenty distinguished authors--including Oliver Sacks, Tracy Kidder, Diane Ackerman, and Anatole Broyard--share their thoughts on the process of physical and emotional healing from illness, loss, or addiction. Original. 10,000 first printing. (view table of contents)

By Lee Gutkind (editor)

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9781585420797 | J P Tarcher, February 1, 2001, cover price $16.95 | About this edition: Twenty authors, including Oliver Sacks, Tracy Kidder, Diane Ackerman, and Anatole Broyard, share their thoughts and experiences on the process of physical and emotional healing from illness, loss, or addiction.

On Nature: Great Writers on the Great Outdoors

Collects essays on the human experience of the natural world by contemporary contributors, from Joyce Carol Oates's 'Against Nature,' in which she considers resistance to nature writing; to Diane Ackerman's swim with whales in 'The Moon by Whale Light.' Original.

By Kate Luce Angell (editor) and Lee Gutkind (editor)

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9781585421732 | J P Tarcher, July 1, 2002, cover price $16.95 | About this edition: Collects essays on the human experience of the natural world by contemporary contributors, from Joyce Carol Oates's 'Against Nature,' in which she considers resistance to nature writing, to Diane Ackerman's swim with whales in 'The Moon by Whale Light.

In Fact: The Best Of Creative Nonfiction

A tenth anniversary collection of twenty-five narrative essays originally published in the journal, Creative Nonfiction, includes Lauren Slater's discussion of her work as a therapist at an institution where she was once a patient, John Edgar Wideman's passionate reaction to the murder of Emmett Till, and John McPhee's personal album quilt. 15,000 first printing.

By Annie Dillard (introduced by) and Lee Gutkind (editor)

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9780393326659 | W W Norton & Co Inc, November 30, 2004, cover price $17.95 | About this edition: A collection of twenty-five narrative essays originally published in the journal, Creative Nonfiction, includes works by Lauren Slater, John Edgar Wideman, and John McPhee, with commentary by the authors following their pieces.

Rage & Reconciliation: Inspiring a Health Care Revolution

By Lee Gutkind (editor)

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9780870745034 | Pap/com edition (Southern Methodist Univ Pr, November 30, 2005), cover price $19.95

Our Roots Are Deep With Passion: Creative Nonfiction Collects New Essays by Italian American Writers

By Joanna Clapps Herman and Lee Gutkind

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9781590512425 | Other Pr Llc, October 1, 2006, cover price $15.95

Hurricanes and Carnivals: Essays by Chicanos, Pocjos, Pachucos, Mexicanos, and Expatriates

Product Description: âIn Mexico,â writes Ilan Stavans in the introduction to this provocative new collection on Mexican culture and politics, â[the essay] is embraced as passionately as a sport.â While the American essay may be personal and confessional or erudite and academic, it is presumed to be truthful...read more

By Lee Gutkind (editor) and Ilan Stavans (introduced by)

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9780816526253 | Univ of Arizona Pr, March 1, 2007, cover price $19.95 | About this edition: âIn Mexico,â writes Ilan Stavans in the introduction to this provocative new collection on Mexican culture and politics, â[the essay] is embraced as passionately as a sport.

Anatomy Of Baseball

By Andrew Blauner (editor) and Lee Gutkind (editor)

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9780870745225 | Southern Methodist Univ Pr, April 1, 2008, cover price $22.50

Silence Kills: Speaking Out and Saving Lives

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By Karen Wolk Feinstein (foreword by), Lee Gutkind (editor) and Abraham Verghese (introduced by)

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9780870745188 | 1 edition (Southern Methodist Univ Pr, November 30, 2007), cover price $22.50 | About this edition: Book by

CD/Spoken Word:

9780870745232 | Mp3 una edition (Southern Methodist Univ Pr, July 30, 2008), cover price $25.95

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