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The Wet Engine: Exploring the Mad Wild Miracle of the Heart

The Wet Engine: Exploring the Mad Wild Miracle of the Heart - Paperback

by Brian Doyle
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Availability:In StockContributor:Brian DoylePublish date:2012-05-01Pages:128
Language:EnglishPublisher:Oregon State University PressISBN-13:9780870716539ISBN-10:870716530UPC:9780870716539Book Category:Religion, Family & Relationships, Health & FitnessBook Subcategory:Christian Living, Children with Special Needs, Diseases & ConditionsBook Topic:HeartSize:8.30 x 5.50 x 0.40 inchesWeight:0.3505Product ID:SCK4XRQKN0

The Wet Engine: Exploring the Mad Wild Miracle of the Heart

In this poignant and startlingly original book, Brian Doyle examines the heart as a physical organ--how it is supposed to work, how surgeons try to fix it when it doesn't--and as a metaphor: the seat of the soul, the power house of the body, the essence of spirituality. In a series of profoundly moving ruminations, Doyle considers the scientific, emotional, literary, philosophical, and spiritual...

Language:EnglishPublisher:Oregon State University PressISBN-13:9780870716539ISBN-10:870716530UPC:9780870716539Book Category:Religion, Family & Relationships, Health & FitnessBook Subcategory:Christian Living, Children with Special Needs, Diseases & ConditionsBook Topic:HeartSize:8.30 x 5.50 x 0.40 inchesWeight:0.3505Product ID:SCK4XRQKN0

Brian Doyle is the author of twelve books, including the novel Mink River and The Grail, his account of a year in a vineyard in Oregon. He edits Portland Magazine at the University of Portland.


Publisher: Oregon State University Press

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