Bruce: 4211 books

This third edition of Pediatric Radiology—a volume in The Requisites in Radiology series—covers everything from basic principles of interpreting diagnostic imaging studies through cutting-edge techniques. Expert authors Johan G. Blickman, MD, PhD and Patrick D. Barnes, MD are now joined by Bruce...

"Bruce Fogle's sweet, beautifully-written memoir, Barefoot at the Lake, precisely catches the fleeting magic of both adolescence and Canadian summer. Reading it is like peering into a snapshot, taken long ago at a beloved cottage." —David Macfarlane, author of Summer Gone An idyllic...

Mighty oaks from little acorns grow, or at least that was the idea the government had when A Leg Up was conceived. The year is 2005, the project, to take thirty homeless men off the streets, train them for thirty days, and get them into work. An independent film maker and his crew employed to record...

Contrary to popular myth, not everyone who saves the world drives a fancy car equipped with ground to air missiles, wears a watch which fires laser beams, or has x-ray glasses. Sometimes, just sometimes, that person might be wearing a T-shirt and jeans, have a massive beer gut hanging over his belt,...

Blues in the Shadows collects for the first time the published short fiction of Canadian author Bruce Barber. These finely-crafted tales defy categorization into genre, but whether you are a fan of whimsy, fantasy, SF, magic realism, horror, or humour, you will find something here to delight and surprise...

When the New Year gets off to a rocky start, our narrator begins to wonder just where things are headed.  Surely he and Bobby, his mate of ten years, are standing on solid ground.  Or are they?  Can they continue to live and love as they've been doing?  As the AIDS epidemic swirls all around them,...

After a decade-and-a-half in a solid relationship, our narrator begins to feel his life with Bobby is in a downward spiral.  As his relationship with his precious mate becomes increasingly difficult, he has to make some choices:  Can he heal Bobby?  Can he heal himself?  Can they go on together? ...

You thought Kafka's Uncle ended with Anslenot climbing into the coal bucket to ascend into the regions beyond the ice? You really thought the story ended there? Oh, no—Anslenot is back and the story continues in the regions beyond the ice which turn out, alas, to be bleak and cold indeed...

For over forty years, Bruce Taylor has been writing stories that defy categorization. Since Bruce had a job working on an in-patient, locked psychiatric floor, he did not have to be concerned about writing to make a living. Indeed how he _made_ his living gave him a wealth of fascinating psychological...

Lissy loves animals. The man she met in the park told her that she could do something to help save animals that are extinct—animals no-one will ever see again. The baby she’s carrying will only be hers for a little while, but the man said she can visit it whenever she wants. When her husband...

The Man With No Name finds himself in another western movie from another auteur director in another red dust and adobe town. He’s an old man, for God’s sake. Does he really have to do this? Another Morricone score whistles in the background. Everything he sees holds deep and mysterious meaning.What...

A collection of stories and essays by the award-winning author of Dark Emu, showcasing his shimmering genius across a lifetime of work. This volume of Bruce Pascoe’s best and most celebrated stories and essays, collected here for the first time, traverses his long career and explores his...

As with all of Bruce Weber’s short story books, the settings for these tales span the globe, from the leafy suburbs of Scarsdale, New York to the steamy jungles of Laos, from the desert canyons of the Southwest to tiny villages in northern France, and from a stuffy apartment in Tel Aviv to the banal...

If you are contemplating buying a custom rifle, or if you already own one and wish to make further modifications, then this is the book for you. Bruce Potts takes you on the journey of choosing, building, owning and shooting a custom rifle. The three major types of custom rifle are covered: the factory...