D.N.R.-The Best Show That Will Never Be on Television

D.N.R.-The Best Show That Will Never Be on Television
Author: Don Haynes
Publisher: iUniverse
Total Pages: 283
Release: 2008-02
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 0595485790

D.N.R. is a dark comedy following the everyday life of a young man who gets caught in the dark underbelly of hospital life. JOHNNY is a naive, twenty-one year old living in the Mid-West. He takes a job as a hospital transporter to hold him over until something better comes along. Johnny believes this job will only be temporary and have no real impact on his life. He slowly discovers this is not the case. After surviving his unusual orientation, Johnny meets an interesting and often disturbing group of co-workers. Johnny is instantly taken under the wing of SCOTT, the hospital slacker. Scott became a transporter for the same reasons as Johnny, but after eleven years he has given up on the idea of finding something better and now finds entertainment in being the most hated worker at the hospital. When a young nurse catches Johnny's eye, he is too shy to ask her out and soon finds himself caught in the 'friend zone'. Johnny slowly becomes comfortably miserable with his new position in life. Things take a turn for the worse when Johnny's best friend gets engaged and they begin to drift apart. This hilarious and poignant book will instantly draw you in and leave you eagerly awaiting the next season of D.N.R.

Heading North

Heading North
Author: Donald R. Belik
Publisher: AuthorHouse
Total Pages: 344
Release: 2020-05-17
Genre: Travel
ISBN: 1728361753

Donald R. Belik and four of his friends took their first fishing trip in August 1967 as a way to celebrate their graduation from high school. The idea was to enjoy one last time together, but their journey to the Bottle Lakes twenty miles north of Park Rapids, Minnesota, left such a vivid impression on them that they made plans to go there year after year. For the next fifty years, the friends would find a way to traverse the same landscape, going back to enjoy heaven on earth once again. Among tall pines, colorful maples, crystal-clear water, fresh air, foggy mornings, and crisp and cool evenings, they would savor a glorious week of fishing, camaraderie, and rekindled friendship. This book is a refreshing account of a tradition that stood the test of until their fiftieth year getting together at the same place in 2017. It highlights how five friends did not let a changing world deter them from appreciating what makes life worth living.

Talking About Death Won’t Kill You

Talking About Death Won’t Kill You
Author: Dr. Kathy Kortes-Miller
Publisher: ECW Press
Total Pages: 140
Release: 2018-03-06
Genre: Self-Help
ISBN: 1773051768

This practical handbook will equip readers with the tools to have meaningful conversations about death and dying Death is a part of life. We used to understand this, and in the past, loved ones generally died at home with family around them. But in just a few generations, death has become a medical event, and we have lost the ability to make this last part of life more personal and meaningful. Today people want to regain control over health-care decisions for themselves and their loved ones. Talking About Death Won’t Kill You is the essential handbook to help Canadians navigate personal and medical decisions for the best quality of life for the end of our lives. Noted palliative-care educator and researcher Kathy Kortes-Miller shows readers how to identify and reframe limiting beliefs about dying with humor and compassion. With robust resource lists, Kortes-Miller addresses advance care plans for ourselves and our loved ones how to have conversations about end-of-life wishes with loved ones how to talk to children about death how to build a compassionate workplace practical strategies to support our colleagues how to talk to health-care practitioners how to manage challenging family dynamics as someone is dying what is involved in medical assistance in dying (MAID) Far from morbid, these conversations are full of meaning and life — and the relief that comes from knowing what your loved ones want, and what you want for yourself.

The Dnr Trilogy

The Dnr Trilogy
Author: Don W. Hill M.D.
Publisher: Archway Publishing
Total Pages: 417
Release: 2018-10-17
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1480867381

J. D. Brewster is a bright medical student whose promising career is teetering on the edge of disaster. After the head nurse on the medical/surgical unit dies from complications of injuries sustained in a vicious botched carjacking attempt, Brewster becomes demoralized. Sadly, the one person who tried to protect him from the dangerous pitfalls of the arduous clinical clerkship rotations was now gone. Forced to abandon his scientific research projects through no fault of his own, Brewster finds himself in a no-win situation as the pervasive culture of the Gulf Coast College of Medicine and University Hospital is brutal and unforgiving toward medical students. As a consequence to unrelenting and dehumanizing emotional abuse, Brewster and his colleagues become not only callous and largely indifferent to human suffering, but also cruel and fully capable of dispensing retribution when perceived appropriate. The occult “clinical justice” system hidden within the bowels of the university turned out to be much more than just an unsubstantiated rumor whispered amongst the naïve medical students and members of the medical staff. The system of vigilante law and order has become fully manifest, and it is indeed a frightening entity to behold. Brewster is now evolving into an avenger who willingly participates in what he believes to be righteously sanctioned punishment dispensed to those who violate the laws that constitute the very fabric of social order. In this continuing tale, a young student at the Texas Medical Center in Houston is confronted with the intertwining world of healthcare and the dark and evil forces lurking within the encroaching shadows of moral decay.

The Works of Shonda Rhimes

The Works of Shonda Rhimes
Author: Anna Weinstein
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Total Pages: 150
Release: 2024-08-22
Genre: Performing Arts
ISBN: 1501399675

The Works of Shonda Rhimes, the first book in Bloomsbury's Screen Storytellers series, brings together a collection of essays that look critically at the works of this award-winning writer, producer, and CEO of the global media company, Shondaland. Shonda Rhimes's television series, and those created and produced through Shondaland, have left an important imprint on television history. Beginning with her groundbreaking series Grey's Anatomy, the series created under the umbrella of Rhimes's brand, including Private Practice, Scandal, How to Get Away with Murder, For the People, Station 19, Bridgerton, Inventing Anna, and Queen Charlotte: A Bridgerton Story, have delighted global audiences with their innovative storytelling, dynamic characters, and the inclusion of contemporary social issues woven throughout the storylines. In this collection of essays, screenwriting and television studies scholars explore the ways in which Rhimes's series have been at the forefront of change in the television landscape in the past two decades, including discussions of the representation of women, BIPOC, and LGBTQ+ characters; inclusivity in casting; innovations in pilot and series development; variations on genre; and disruptive business and marketing practices. This collection of essays offers emerging screenwriters and informed consumers of television insights into the cultural impact of Rhimes's work as well as how one of the most powerful television creators and showrunners in the history of the medium has crafted and shaped screen stories that speak to viewers spanning all demographics across the globe.

New York Magazine

New York Magazine
Author:
Publisher:
Total Pages: 182
Release: 1989-11-27
Genre:
ISBN:

New York magazine was born in 1968 after a run as an insert of the New York Herald Tribune and quickly made a place for itself as the trusted resource for readers across the country. With award-winning writing and photography covering everything from politics and food to theater and fashion, the magazine's consistent mission has been to reflect back to its audience the energy and excitement of the city itself, while celebrating New York as both a place and an idea.

Nature of the Miracle Years

Nature of the Miracle Years
Author: Sandra Chaney
Publisher: Berghahn Books
Total Pages: 296
Release: 2008-05-01
Genre: History
ISBN: 0857450050

After 1945, those responsible for conservation in Germany resumed their work with a relatively high degree of continuity as far as laws and personnel were concerned. Yet conservationists soon found they had little choice but to modernize their views and practices in the challenging postwar context. Forced to change by necessity, those involved in state-sponsored conservation institutionalized and professionalized their efforts, while several private groups became more confrontational in their message and tactics. Through their steady and often conservative presence within the mainstream of West German society, conservationists ensured that by 1970 the map of the country was dotted with hundreds of reserves, dozens of nature parks, and one national park. In doing so, they assured themselves a strong position to participate in, rather than be excluded from, the left-leaning environmental movement of the 1970s.