Home Doctor - Michael Peters

Advantages: It's a Michael Crichton so somewhat educational
Disadvantages: It is very confusing

...another “child” who appears later) and are old friends of Alex’s. Dr. Michael Gross – Professor at the medical centre at the University of California and the doctor to whom Frank was referred. Josh Winkler and Tom Weller – research assistants at BioGen particularly involved in research for a maturity gene. Josh has a drug addicted brother and Tom a dysfunctional sister who also come into the story for a short while. Vasco Borden and his sidekick Dolly – bounty hunters – will happily do anything for money whether legal or not it seems – definitely some of the nastiest characters in the book. All the above characters are linked in some way during the book. There are others who appear who are involved in sort of “asides” to the actual plot such as Marty Roberts – pathologist at the hospital where Tom’s father dies; Dr. Robert... Read review

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Advantages: Interesting writing, good brief summaries
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...to teach and otherwise impart this knowledge to others. These are the great teachers of the church, in word and deed. They are divided into three broad categories. The Patristic Doctors are the notables among the early church fathers, in the post-apostolic age to the close of the early round of church councils. These Patristic Doctors are thirteen in number: Athanasius of Alexandria Ephrem the Syrian Hilary of Poitiers Cyril of Jerusalem Basil of Caesarea Gregory of Nazianzus Ambrose of Milan John Chrysostom Jerome Augustine of Hippo Cyril of Alexandria Peter Chrysologus Leo the Great The next subgrouping is the Medieval Doctors: Gregory the Great Isador of Seville Bede the Venerable John of Damascus Peter Damian Anselm of Canterbury Bernard of Clairvaux Anthony of Padua Albert the Great Bonaventure of Bagnorea... Read review

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Advantages: Gripping, exciting especially at the end
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...leads to one man a doctor Harvey Swire, whom despite messages from her dead brother to avoid him at all costs – meets with during her recovery. But will Kate survive, is she right to ignore the warnings from her brother from beyond the grave, is she right to defy her editor, and how will that meeting with Doctor Swire go? ●● My thoughts on the author ●● Peter James got me hooked on reading, for which I am thankful. Until my encounter with a Peter James book no book held my interest for long and I would read a few pages and get ‘bored’. Then I read my first Peter James –a book called Faith. Which was enthralling, so I picked up another one of his books called Denial and again was hooked. My third read of his was no different, keeping me intrigued from start to finish. James has a knack of creating... Read review

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