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Ghosts of Makara

Growing up Down-Under in a Lost World of Yesteryears

By: Bernard Diederich

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Ghosts of Makara

Growing up Down-Under in a Lost World of Yesteryears

By: Bernard Diederich

Ghosts of Makara: Growing up Down-Under in a lost world of yesteryears, is the moving memoir of a son of an Irish-German immigrant family growing up during the 1920s and the Depression-wracked '30s in a wind-blasted, yet picturesque, Pacific corner of colonial New Zealand. Makara Beach could have been Middle-Earth of the Lord of the Rings, the Academy Award-winning movie which 70 years later used Makara as one of its filming locations. In this sepia-tinted, nostalgic, first-person family album, the author evokes a lost era Down Under, one without television, the Internet, or (early on) even radio, when he and his younger brothers and sisters acted out their own stories and dreamed their own dreams. It was truly a different world, where barefoot Bobbits grew up with a deep love of nature and respect for family--a world we can learn much from today.

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1469112779

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Seeds of Fiction

Graham Greene's Adventures in Haiti and Central America 1954–1983

By: Bernard Diederich

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Seeds of Fiction

Graham Greene's Adventures in Haiti and Central America 1954–1983

By: Bernard Diederich

A major new biography of Graham Greene with extensive new material; exclusive, never-before-seen photographs of Greene on his travels; and full family cooperationAn essential read for fans of literary biography, this book finally and fully illuminates a pivotal episode in Graham Greene's life and career in the kind of detail that will sate any fans of his work, but which also provides a fascinating glimpse into a writer's life. In 1965, Greene joined journalist Bernard Diederich in the Dominican Republic to embark on a tour of its border with Haiti, then ruled by "Papa Doc" Duvalier. They were accompanied by activist priest Jean-Claude Bajeux. Diederich had known Greene since the mid-1950s and had lived in Haiti for 14 years. He was a seasoned correspondent for the British and North American press and had reported many stories from the region, including Castro's triumph in Cuba and the death of the Dominican dictator, Trujillo. In 1963, he had been thrown out of Haiti and when Greene arrived was working from the Dominican Republic. The famous novelist was 61 and depressed, having struggled to finish A Burnt-Out Case, and was being plagued by religious doubt; Bajeux, meanwhile, had been informed that his family had been "disappeared" by Duvalier's henchmen. As this trio traveled along the border they met a number of rebels and other characters later fictionalized in Greene's most politically charged novel, The Comedians, published the following year. This book tells the story of how a series of extraordinary and often hair-raising journeys gave one of the greatest novelists of the 20th century new inspiration in his writing.

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Peter Owen Publishers

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0720614848

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The Price of Blood

History of Repression and Rebellion in Haiti Under Dr. François Duvalier, 1957-1961

By: Bernard Diederich

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The Price of Blood

History of Repression and Rebellion in Haiti Under Dr. François Duvalier, 1957-1961

By: Bernard Diederich

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1558765298

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9781558765290

Medical Malpractice Litigation

How It Works, Why Tort Reform Hasn't Helped

By: Bernard S. Black,David A. Hyman,Myungho Paik,William M. Sage,Charles Silver

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Medical Malpractice Litigation

How It Works, Why Tort Reform Hasn't Helped

By: Bernard S. Black,David A. Hyman,Myungho Paik,William M. Sage,Charles Silver

Drawing on an unusually rich trove of data, the authors have refuted more politically convenient myths in one book than most academics do in a lifetime." —Nicholas Bagley, professor of law, University of Michigan Law School "Synthesizing decades of their own and others’ research on medical liability, the authors unravel what we know and don’t know about our medical malpractice system, why neither patients nor doctors are being rightly served, and what economics can teach us about the path forward." —Anupam B. Jena, Harvard Medical School Over the past 50 years, the United States experienced three major medical malpractice crises, each marked by dramatic increases in the cost of malpractice liability insurance. These crises fostered a vigorous politicized debate about the causes of the premium spikes, and the impact on access to care and defensive medicine. State legislatures responded to the premium spikes by enacting damages caps on non-economic, punitive, or total damages and Congress has periodically debated the merits of a federal cap on damages. However, the intense political debate has been marked by a shortage of evidence, as well as misstatements and overclaiming. The public is confused about answers to some basic questions. What caused the premium spikes? What effect did tort reform actually have? Did tort reform reduce frivolous litigation? Did tort reform actually improve access to health care or reduce defensive medicine? Both sides in the debate have strong opinions about these matters, but their positions are mostly talking points or are based on anecdotes. Medical Malpractice Litigation provides factual answers to these and other questions about the performance of the med mal system. The authors, all experts in the field and from across the political spectrum, provide an accessible, fact-based response to the questions ordinary Americans and policymakers have about the performance of the med mal litigation system.

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Cato Institute

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194864780X

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Ghosts of Makara

Growing up Down-Under in a Lost World of Yesteryears

By: Bernard Diederich

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Growing up Down-Under in a Lost World of Yesteryears

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Year Book of Medicine 2012

By: Nancy M. Khardori,James Jim Barker,Bernard J. Gersh,Derek LeRoith,Richard S. Panush,Nicholas J Talley,J. Tate Thigpen,Renee Garrick

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Year Book of Medicine 2012

By: Nancy M. Khardori,James Jim Barker,Bernard J. Gersh,Derek LeRoith,Richard S. Panush,Nicholas J Talley,J. Tate Thigpen,Renee Garrick

The Year Book of Medicine brings you abstracts of the articles that reported the year's breakthrough developments in medicine, carefully selected from more than 500 journals worldwide. Expert commentaries evaluate the clinical importance of each article and discuss its application to your practice. There's no faster or easier way to stay informed! Sections are included on Rheumatology, Infectious Disease, Hematology and Oncology, Kidney, Water, and Electrolytes, Pulmonary Disease, Heart and Cardiovascular Disease, The Digestive System, and Endocrinology, Diabetes, and Metabolism.

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Elsevier Health Sciences

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0323089666

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9780323089661

The Prize

Haiti's National Palace

By: Bernard Diederich

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The Prize

Haiti's National Palace

By: Bernard Diederich

In this second book in his Haiti Sun series, publisher Bernard Diederich examines Haiti's disastrous year of 1957 during which politicians, in their battle for the National Palace, brought their Caribbean country to the brink of collapse.The struggle tore families and friends asunder, reared the ugly head of black-versus-mulatto racism-and opened the way for the Machiavellian tyrant, Dr. Francois Duvalier, to attain power. Left in the wake was a proud and creative people who would suffer post-traumatic stress, from Duvalierist dynastic rule, for the next nearly 30 years.At the heart of this societal tragedy was the prize-Haiti's gleaming white National Palace. However, the elegant structure was more than a symbol of power and easily gotten gain. It was a powerful, insidious force that turned potential leaders into beasts and set them to killing each other and innocent citizens. With an ever-increasing population on a finite land surface, this island republic can no longer afford a diseased, dysfunctional political system. Rather, Haitians must work together to make their palace a museum of past errors.In these pages the author, who witnessed and reported the events of 1957, dramatically sets forth the roots of this challenge.

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0595441319

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9780595441310

Bon Papa

Haiti's Golden Years

By: Bernard Diederich

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Bon Papa

Haiti's Golden Years

By: Bernard Diederich

This is Haiti, pearl of the Antilles, during the presidency of General Paul E. (Bon Papa) Magloire (1950-56). It was an exciting time, when Haitians stood tall, and their country flourished, as reported in the pages of the Haiti Sun newspaper. It was a time when the arts blossomed and tourists discovered a wonderful, bewitching land with the most friendly people in our hemisphere. It was a time when President and Mrs. Paul E. Magloire were welcomed and wined and dined at the White House by President Dwight Eisenhower and Mamie Eisenhower, and yes, they slept in the Lincoln bedroom. Haiti Sun's publisher, Bernard Diederich, who reported on and photographed the period of Bon Papa, co-authored the best-selling book Papa Doc: The Truth about Haiti Today along with Al Burt of the Miami Herald in 1968. The publisher did his very best to present a balanced and unbiased history of Haiti of the period. Those who did not live in this period will be surprised to learn of the other Haiti, the beautiful bygone Haiti in which the future was full of promise.

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Markus Wiener Publishers

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1558764658

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9781558764651

Seeds of Fiction

Graham Greene's Adventures in Haiti and Central America 1954–1983

By: Bernard Diederich

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Graham Greene's Adventures in Haiti and Central America 1954–1983

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Medical Malpractice Litigation

Ghosts of Makara

Ghosts of Makara

Year Book of Medicine 2012

Year Book of Medicine 2012

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