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"This was a fast paced and perfect mystery novella. Novellas can be tough to build enough twists and turns but also pace well but this hits perfectly. It reads like noir to me. I envision it in black and white with lots of shadows. Perfection. "
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"Thank you Author David Haviland and Loudhailer publishing for an advanced copy of Sacrifice.
This is the first in the series of Eli a child prodigy at playing chess. Many people believe he somehow someway is cheating because he is beating the professi" Read more of this review » |
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“The art of medicine consists in amusing the patient while nature cures the disease.’ Voltaire”
― How to Remove a Brain: and Other Bizarre Medical Practices and Procedures
― How to Remove a Brain: and Other Bizarre Medical Practices and Procedures
“The practice of toad-eating is now largely forgotten, but it has had one enduring influence, as it gave us the word ‘toady’. A toad-eater was someone who would risk illness and even death for his boss, which suggests he would have been an unusually lowly, supine, obsequious type of person. Thus, a toady today is a sycophantic employee who will suck up to their boss, and suffer any humiliation on their behalf.”
― How to Remove a Brain: and Other Bizarre Medical Practices and Procedures
― How to Remove a Brain: and Other Bizarre Medical Practices and Procedures
“Why are pig farmers particularly likely to have their appendix removed? In 1991, a Finnish scientist called Markku Seiru conducted a fascinating study into pig farmers and abattoir workers in Finland, comparing the rate of appendectomies within this group with that of the general population. The study found that pig farmers were around two and a half times more likely to have their appendix removed than other Finns, while abattoir workers were almost four times more likely to have an appendectomy. But why, you may wonder, should working with pigs carry such a bizarre and specific risk?”
― How to Remove a Brain: and Other Bizarre Medical Practices and Procedures
― How to Remove a Brain: and Other Bizarre Medical Practices and Procedures
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