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Author:

Brilliant, Lawrence B., author.

Title:

Sometimes brilliant : the impossible adventure of a spiritual seeker and visionary physician who helped conquer the worst disease in history / Larry Brilliant.

Edition:

First edition.

Publisher:

HarperOne,

Copyright Date:

2016

Description:

xi, 417 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color), map ; 24 cm

Subject:

Brilliant, Lawrence B.--Health.
Smallpox--History.--History.
Jewish physicians--Michigan--Biography.
Physicians--Michigan--Biography.

Contents:

In medias res, the middle of things -- Nickelodeons -- Woodstock on wheels -- Magic bus trip -- Renunciation -- Initiation -- You are no doctor -- Prophecy -- Apprenticeship -- Karma Yoga -- Escape from Central Prison -- After-death experience -- Tales of the jungle -- City of the Tatas -- Smiling Buddha -- The goddess of smallpox fights back -- The final inch -- The case for optimism -- Epilogue.

ISBN:

0062049232 (hardback)
9780062049230 (hardback)

LCCN:

2016039344

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

GBPF771 -- Ankeny Kirkendall Public Library (Ankeny)

SAPG074 -- Cedar Falls Public Library (Cedar Falls)

BAPH771 -- Des Moines Public Library (Des Moines)

XPPC367 -- Sidney Public Library (Sidney)

LAPH975 -- Sioux City Public Library (Sioux City)