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  • Hot Lights, Cold Steel

    Life, Death and Sleepless Nights in a Surgeon's First Years

    by Michael J. Collins ...
    "An orthopedic surgeon's down-to-earth, fast-paced, and frequently funny memoir of his residency [told] with a born storyteller's skill." — Kirkus ReviewsMichael Collins' account of his four-year surgical residency at the famed Mayo Clinic traces his rise from an eager but clueless first-year resident navigating chaos and feelings of inadequacy to accomplished Chief Resident in his final year. ... Read more

    $12.99 USD

  • Blue Collar, Blue Scrubs

    The Making of a Surgeon

    by Michael J. Collins ...
    "An engaging read—and a valuable reminder that doctors come from all works of life." —Sandeep Jauhar, author of Intern: A Doctor's InitiationIt looked for a while like Michael Collins would spend his life breaking concrete and throwing rocks for the Vittorio Scalese Construction Company. He liked the work and he liked the pay. But a chance remark by one of his coworkers made him realize that he ... Read more

    $17.29 USD

  • All Bleeding Stops

    by Michael J Collins, MD ...
    What does a doctor do when he thinks his best is not good enough? Matthew Barrett, thirty-one years old and fresh out of residency, is drafted and sent to Vietnam as a combat surgeon in 1967 at the heightof the Vietnam War. Compassionate and sensitive to a fault, he is determined to make a difference but quickly finds his idealism crushed by the pain, suffering, and indifference that surround him. ... Read more

    $5.99 USD

  • Retired Ground

    A Climber's Odyssey

    by Michael J. Collins ...
    He went looking for adventure. The mountains gave him so much more.In Retired Ground, Michael J. Collins documents his fifty-year pilgrimage into wild places, braiding his lifelong travel journal together with poetry, history, philosophical musings, and hard-earned reflection. The book begins with a twenty-one-year-old hitchhiking through Ireland as The Troubles gather in the distance, then ranges ... Read more

    $4.99 USD

  • Carrying the Fire

    50th Anniversary Edition

    by Michael Collins ...
    Reissued with a new preface by the author on the fiftieth anniversary of the Apollo 11 journey to the moonThe years that have passed since Neil Armstrong, Buzz Aldrin, and Michael Collins piloted the Apollo 11 spacecraft to the moon in July 1969 have done nothing to alter the fundamental wonder of the event: man reaching the moon remains one of the great events—technical and spiritual—of our ... Read more

    $12.99 USD

  • Systems Thinking for Cybersecurity

    by Michael Collins ...
    If your security budget keeps growing but the same problems keep recurring, the issue usually isn't effort. It's thinking. Systems Thinking for Cybersecurity offers a clear, practical solution for understanding and addressing complex cybersecurity challenges.Instead of constantly fighting fires or drowning in a sea of confusing information and marketing claims, use simple rules to cut through the ... Read more

    $9.99 USD

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    Triage

    A History of America's Frontline Medics from Concord to Covid-19

    by Martin King, Michael Collins ...
    Narrated by Martin King ...

    Unabridged

    10 hours 15 min

    An articulate, compelling history of American battlefield medics.“I have walked the battlefields with Martin King, who has traversed them countless times with veterans. No one knows these stories like Martin, and no one can tell them quite the way he does.”—Rick Beyer, New York Times bestselling author of The Ghost Army of World War II“Few things bring history to life like the words of those who ... Read more

    $25.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

    Also available as: eBook

    Also available as: eBook

  • The Keepers of Truth

    A Novel

    by Michael Collins ...
    The last of a manufacturing dynasty in a dying industrial town, Bill lives alone in the family mansion and works for the Truth, the moribund local paper. He yearns to write long philosophical pieces about the American dream gone sour, not the flaccid write-ups of bake-off contests demanded by the Truth. Then, old man Lawton goes missing, and suspicion fixes on his son, Ronny. Paradoxically, the ... Read more

    $9.99 USD

  • QUIT PROCRASTINATION

    Simple Manual for overcoming procrastination, developing self-control, and combating laziness

    by Michael T. Collins ...
    The funny thing about procrastinators is that they are aware of how capable they are, and how much potential they have to make life-changing, meaningful changes, even though they continue to have trouble converting their thoughts into actions. You are aware of what is within you. You are aware that you have the potential to accomplish great things and bring about significant events in your life. ... Read more

    $3.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Paul VI

    Pilgrim Pope

    by Michael Collins ...
    Series series People of God
    Pope Paul VI (1963-78) was one of the most important and influential pontiffs of the twentieth century. In this engaging biography, Michael Collins examines this deeply spiritual man who is remembered as a reformer, evangelizer, and pilgrim.Pope Paul’s pontificate was marked by an unprecedented series of international journeys, establishing a practice that his successors developed even further. ... Read more

    $10.69 USD

  • Field Guide to Newfoundland and Labrador

    The Island of Newfoundland

    by Michael A. J. Collins, Derek H. C. Wilton ...
    A rich and informative guide to the common—and uncommon—beauty of the island of Newfoundland.The most comprehensive guide of its kind on the market today, the Field Guide to Newfoundland and Labrador features more than 900 photographs and illustrations; from flora and fauna to icebergs and weather, no stone is left unturned in this perfect introduction to the island’s life and landscape.Compiled ... Read more

    $23.79 USD

  • The Least of Men

    by Michael J. Collins ...
    Sixteen years ago, Chicago surgeon Dr. David Carroll lost everything.When Russian mafia boss Dimitri Barkov tried to seize Carroll’s medical practice, David refused. Barkov’s retaliation was swift and brutal—David’s wife murdered, federal agents gunned down, and David forced into hiding in the remote wilderness of Scotland’s Outer Hebrides. The world believed the story ended there, with David dead ... Read more

    $4.99 USD