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David Drum

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Wichita, KS, The United States

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Fiction, Nonfiction, Art

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I like reading, writing, working in the garden, cycling, bridge, politics, and thinking about the world as it is and ought to be. Other people fascinate me, and I have an enduring curiosity about our history and culture.

I am the author of three novels including my latest, a zany, high-stakes, new scifi thriller, Final Warning: Return of the Neanderthals. Out of the gate, this book received a very favorable review from Kirkus Reviews.

My historical romance, Heathcliff: The Lost Years, released in 2019, tracks the three years that Heathcliff was away from Wuthering Heights, and has been favorably reviewed by Kirkus Reviews, The Historical Novels Review, The Compulsive Reader and other publications.

Introducing the Richest Family in America, a c ...more

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Average rating: 3.64 · 102 ratings · 14 reviews · 16 distinct works • Similar authors

	Heathcliff: The Lost Years 4.64 avg rating — 14 ratings — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Introducing the Richest Family in America 2.78 avg rating — 23 ratings — published 1997 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Final Warning: Return of the Neanderthals 3.69 avg rating — 13 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Type 2 Diabetes Sourcebook 2.80 avg rating — 5 ratings — published 1997 — 11 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Chronic Pain Management Sourcebook really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 3 ratings — published 1999 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Polycystic Liver Disease: Information for Patients 3.33 avg rating — 3 ratings — published 2013 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Alternative Therapies for Managing Diabetes it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 2001 — 7 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Making the Chemotherapy Decision by David Drum (Goodreads Author), Drum David 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — published 2000 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The robots are nothing if not versatile 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Clash of the lawyers: $7 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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David Drum rated a book it was amazing Enshittification: Why Everything Suddenly Got Worse and What to Do About It by Cory Doctorow (Goodreads Author)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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Drug prices are infernally high in America because big pharmaceutical companies deceive consumers, doctors, and regulatory agencies to prop up profits, according Marcia Angell, MD, a longtime editor of the New England Journal of Medicine. The Truth A ...more
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“There was a long hard time when I kept far from me the remembrance of what I had thrown away when I was quite ignorant of its worth.”
― Charles Dickens, Great Expectations

tags: memory, regret

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