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Fate's Finger

By: Robert W. Christie M.D.

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Fate’s Finger is a fictionalized memoir based on the author’s experience as a combat-inexperienced 2nd lieutenant sent to the ETO late in 1944 as a replacement platoon leader in an armored division. He arrived at the beginning of the Battle of the Bulge and fought with his division through three campaigns in Europe. Each chapter is introduced by a newspaper headline appropriate to the times, followed by a letter to or from a character in the book to folks back in the U.S. The events described in each chapter are based on reality, but dialogue, as well as personal names and character development are fictional. Graphics include photographs, news clippings, and maps. Authenticity, verisimilitude, and readibility were the author’s aims, and so the book is meant to be read as a military historical novel written by an old soldier attempting to preserve a micro-history of tank warfare in WW II. “….a ‘bottom-up’ account of tank warfare, unique in the annals of WW II, based on the cold, hard, terrifying facts of armored combat. The way the author develops the humanism of the characters, their language, their down-to-earth thoughts and emotions is truly remarkable.” Col. Arthur F. Pottle, WW II troop commander, 86th Cav Rcn Sqdn, 6th Armored Division, Third Army “Fate’s Finger is a great military micro-historical achievement, telling it like it was for the men on the line in WW II armored divisions, and it reeks with verisimilitude: the contemporaneous U.S. newspaper headlines, and the wonderful human insights in the letters to and from the folks back home. Absolutely authentic, a ‘been there, done that’. I couldn’t put it down!” Capt. Perry Swirsky, WW II tank company commander, 752nd Tank Bn. “Only a rare few WW II accounts have captured as this one has the turmoil that small groups of tankers and their machines endured to make the ‘big picture’ succeed. A must read for old – and new – tankers.” 1st Lt. George A. Campbell, WW II tank platoon leader, 8th Armored Division.

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1477162895

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9781477162897

Understanding Your Medical Laboratory Tests and Surgical Biopsy Reports

A Paient's Guide

By: Robert W. Christie

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Understanding Your Medical Laboratory Tests and Surgical Biopsy Reports

A Paient's Guide

By: Robert W. Christie

This user-friendly book is written to help consumers understand medical clinical laboratory tests and surgical pathology reports. The orientation is toward patients with a medical problem, the worried well who probably dont have a problem, and the medical professionals and allied health providers who do not realize that a huge information gap exist between themselves and their patients. The chapter describing the shortcomings of laboratory test report forms is aimed directly at doctors, laboratorians, and other health care providers with examples of laboratory test report formats that can improve communication between the consumer, the clinical laboratory, and the health care provider. ADVANCE PRAISE FOR Understanding Your Medical Laboratory Tests and Surgical Biopsy Reports "A great resource for the lay population..... and everyone who works at our Clinic should have a copy of this humorous, incisive look into the mysterious world of lab tests!" Penny Durgin, A.D.N.P., Nurse Practitioner "Great idea for a book! Im sure it will be a great help to patients trying to interpret their lab test results, and it will surely be an aid to medial caretakers in discussing test reports with their patients - and it will be on my bookshelf!" Elwin Falkenham, M.D., Family Practitioner "....the explanations of the lab tests make for fast, easy reading. I hope many doctors and nurse practitioners will read it and learn a few things they really need to know in dealing with apprehensive patients." Annette McMahon, High School teacher "The reach of the subject of laboratory testing is really comprehensive. A reader can go to whatever depth he or she chooses; many will find satisfaction in the informal style and avoidance of medical language that is incomprehensible to patients." John L. Meyer II, M.D., FASCP, Community hospital Pathologist "Using this book, patients will be able to understand the significance of their laboratory tests results. So often explanations from doctors in their offices are too hurried, too technical, and too upsetting for patients to comprehend what their tests really mean." April Whithed, MT(ASCP), Laboratory Manager

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1477162909

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1-800-Away-IRS

The Answer to a Nation's Plea

By: Cort W. Christie,Robert Bennington,Lort W. Christie

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The Answer to a Nation's Plea

By: Cort W. Christie,Robert Bennington,Lort W. Christie

Strategies to protect yourself, secrets to save you thousands.

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1882180976

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Fate's Finger

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