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Every Second Counts

Through life histories, flashbacks, personal interviews, and compelling narration, McRae recounts a real-life race to the death. History books will forever spell the name of Christiaan Barnard correctly as that of the first surgeon to perform a successful human heart transplant. But for luck and timing, however, the name could as easily have been that of Norman Shumway, Adrian Kantrowitz, or Richard Lower. The world never realized at the time that three other, equally brilliant surgeons stood ready and able to take the title of first as his own. With something like 2,500 heart transplants every year in the U.S. nowadays, it is easy to take the procedure for granted, though it remains miraculous. Barnard was the arrogant pioneer who first took up its challenge and, as this gripping story of four giants converging on that accomplishment reveals, changed heart medicine forever. Much more dramatic than any fiction about its subject could be.

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  • "Autobiografie van de Amerikaanse wielrenner (1971- )."
  • "Through life histories, flashbacks, personal interviews, and compelling narration, McRae recounts a real-life race to the death. History books will forever spell the name of Christiaan Barnard correctly as that of the first surgeon to perform a successful human heart transplant. But for luck and timing, however, the name could as easily have been that of Norman Shumway, Adrian Kantrowitz, or Richard Lower. The world never realized at the time that three other, equally brilliant surgeons stood ready and able to take the title of first as his own. With something like 2,500 heart transplants every year in the U.S. nowadays, it is easy to take the procedure for granted, though it remains miraculous. Barnard was the arrogant pioneer who first took up its challenge and, as this gripping story of four giants converging on that accomplishment reveals, changed heart medicine forever. Much more dramatic than any fiction about its subject could be."@en
  • "Continuing where "It's Not About the Bike" left off, recounts Armstrong's life after cancer, his relationship with the French, disproved accusations of doping, and his work restoring a chapel in Spain."@en
  • "Continuing where "It's Not About the Bike" left off, recounts Armstrong's life after cancer, his relationship with the French, disproved accusations of doping, and his work restoring a chapel in Spain."
  • "Ehrlich, direkt und mit viel Humor erzählt Lance Armstrong von seinen Erfolgen wie Misserfolgen im Sport wie im Leben. Gegner und Fans respektieren und beneiden den 33-jährigen Texaner und inzwischen sechsfachen Sieger der Tour de France. Seiner Erfolge und wohl auch seiner Geschichte wegen. Die Fortsetzung von "Tour des Lebens", die bewegende Lebensgeschichte des Ausnahmesportlers, der den Krebs besiegte. "Armstrong ist nicht nur einer der erfolgreichsten Sportler der Welt, er hat den Krebs besiegt, er ist Philanthrop, hingebungsvoller Familienvater und, mit Hilfe von Sally Jenkins, ein begnadeter Memoirenschreiber." PUBLISHERS WEEKLY "Die geschriebenen Gesetze dieser Sportart erzählt man uns im Fernsehen während der Übertragung der Tour. Die ungeschriebenen Gesetze, welche Ehrenkodices es beispielsweise unter den Profis gibt, das erzählt uns Armstrong und das ist interessant." SWR1 HF Rheinland-Pfalz "Lance Armstrong ist ein Held.(...) Wer es außer ihm nicht wusste, muss nur einige Seiten seiner zweiten Autobiographie lesen." Der Tagesspiegel"
  • "As seen on The Hallmark Channel, Every Second Counts follows 17-year-old Brooke Preston, a gifted equestrian on the verge of becoming a world class champion. Brooke faces the biggest decision of her life - whether to pursue her father's (Stephen Collins - 7th Heaven) dream of becoming a professional or her aspirations to go to college and lead a normal life."@en
  • "Tour de France champion Lance Armstrong chronicles his struggles after beating cancer, including dealing with allegations of drug use, finding a balance between his career and family life, and coping with the fear that his cancer will return."@en

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  • "Popular works"
  • "erindringer"
  • "Erlebnisbericht"
  • "Autobiografie"
  • "Biography"
  • "Biography"@en
  • "Herinneringen (vorm)"
  • "Autobiography"
  • "Literatura i medicina"
  • "Autobiographie"
  • "Electronic books"@en

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  • "Jede sekunde zählt"
  • "Every Second Counts"@en
  • "Hvert sekund tæller"@da
  • "Každá vteřina se počítá"
  • "Every second counts : [from recovery to victory]"
  • "Vsaka sekunda šteje"@sl
  • "Every second counts : Lance Armstrong with Sally Jenkins"@en
  • "Minden másodperc számít"
  • "Vivir cada segundo"@es
  • "Vivir cada segundo"
  • "Elke seconde telt"
  • "Minden másodperc számít : [a többszörös Tour de France-győztes önéletrajzi vallomása sportról, családról, életről és a halálról]"@hu
  • "Every second counts"
  • "Every second counts"@en
  • "Jede Sekunde zählt"
  • "Every second counts By Lance Armstrong and Sally Jenkins"@en
  • "Every second counts : from recovery to victory"
  • "Viure cada segon"

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