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In 2002 forensic pathologist Dr. Bennet Omalu picked up a scalpel in a Pittsburgh morgue and made a discovery that would rattle America. The body on the slab in front of him belonged to a fifty-year-old named Mike Webster, aka "Iron Mike, " a Hall of Fame center for the Pittsburgh Steelers. After retiring in 1990, Webster had suffered a dizzyingly steep decline. The search for answers put Omalu in the crosshairs of one of the most powerful corporations...
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'I am Shanghai Pierce, Webster in Cattle, by God, Sir.' And, in truth, he was. Part rascal, part gentleman, part poseur, part just himself-of all the colorful Texas figures following the Civil War none was as loud, garish, and funny as Shanghai Pierce, who left Rhode Island penniless and became one of the Big Pasture Men of southern Texas. At six foot, four, Shanghai Pierce was big, rich, and selfish, but he could also be kind. His cunning was seldom...
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"Sports Concussion and Neck Trauma: Preventing Injury for Future Generations is a must-read for all athletes and healthcare professionals. This book provides an easy to read, well organized comprehensive summary of how to recognize when a traumatic brain injury/concussion has occurred, includes step by step guidelines of how to care for an athlete with a suspected head/neck trauma, explains what treatment options are available, provides the latest...
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An autobiographical tale about a "real life, mid-life crisis and its resolution." In 1985, Philip Lamb, his wife Joan, and his daughters moved from Atlanta, Georgia to Wapiti, Wyoming, where they bought the Elephant Head Lodge, located 11 miles outside the east gate of Yellowstone National Park, near Cody, Wyoming.