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Title Signs of life : a doctor's journey to the ends of the Earth / Stephen Fabes.
Author Fabes, Stephen, author.
Publication Info. New York : Pegasus Books, 2020.
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 Alafaya  610.92 FABES    Check Shelves
 Orlando Public Library (Downtown) - Third Floor  610.92 FABES    Check Shelves
Edition First Pegasus Books hardcover edition.
Description 397 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : color illustrations, map ; 24 cm
text rdacontent
unmediated rdamedia
volume rdacarrier
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 385-391).
Contents Prologue -- Part one: London to Cape Town. Get him in his stupid face ; Horripilation ; Peripheries -- Part two: Ushuaia to Deadhorse. Spine ; Flatlines -- Part three: Melbourne to Mumbai. Fever ; Complications ; Pulse ; Hydration ; Memento Mori -- Part four: Hong Kong to Calais. Plexus ; Lub-dub ; Revival ; Membranes ; Dislocated ; Consumed ; Flow -- Part five: Home. An audience of friends ; Rehab ; On us.
Summary A young doctor cycles around the world and discovers how societies treat their most vulnerable, in this thought-provoking and witty medical odyssey.
Subject Fabes, Stephen -- Travel.
Physicians -- Travel.
Bicycle touring.
Genre Travel writing.
Autobiographies.
Biographies.
ISBN 9781643131955 (hardcover) : $27.95
1643131958 (hardcover)
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