<div><b>&ldquo;A welcome and poignant account of the intense human and political dynamics of a major children&rsquo;s hospital that will have a substantial impact on the way you view children and their care.&rdquo; &mdash;<i>The New England Journal of Medicine</i></b><BR>Lee Gutkind is a master at stepping into the worlds of medicine and revealing the unique desires, characteristics, and stories of the people therein. For <i>One Children&rsquo;s Place</i>, he spent two years at Children&rsquo;s Hospital of Pittsburgh, observing not just the patients but also their nurses, surgeons, therapists, administrators, and families. What he found was an institution that excelled at responding to the needs of the children who stayed there, from the professionals who dealt with the unique problems of hospital furniture and design, to the nurses and social workers who became unwaveringly close allies to their young charges, to the doctors who undertook risky new procedures to save lives.<BR>Brimming with hope and animated by fascinating anecdotes, <i>One Children&rsquo;s Place </i>is a powerful portrait of heroism and heartbreak, by one of America&rsquo;s foremost nonfiction storytellers.</div>

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<div><b>Lee Gutkind&rsquo;s memoir of motorcycling, and an ode to the solitude, independence, and exhilaration of the open road</b><BR>Few things loom as large in our imaginations as the idea of a cross-country trip, exposed to the elements and open to whatever challenges lie around the bend. In the early 1970s, looking to experience and explain the allure of the road trip, Lee Gutkind embarked on a long motorcycle road trip, documenting the misadventures and magic that he found along the way. He writes of the men whose journeys continue to resonate, from Lawrence of Arabia to the Hell&rsquo;s Angels. He explores the appeal of the motorcycle&mdash;his vehicle of choice&mdash;and its historically loaded place in the American imagination. And he revels in the country&rsquo;s diverse and striking landscapes, as seen while moving through woods, plains, mountains, and deserts.<BR>An inspiring and evocative tribute to the power of the journey, <i>Bike Fever </i>is a classic rendering of the unique freedom wrought by a motorcycle and a long highway.</div>

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<div><b>A harrowing exploration of one of the country&rsquo;s most troubling hidden shames: the widespread neglect of disabled children by the institutions that have sworn to protect them</b><BR>Four-fifths of American children with serious mental health problems receive no professional treatment whatsoever. They are the product of an overextended and often neglectful system that, as Lee Gutkind writes, has reached the level of insanity. Following the stories of three children&mdash;Daniel, Meggan, and Terri&mdash;<i>Stuck in Time </i>chronicles the tragedies and injustices wrought not only by the deficiencies of the mental healthcare system, but by government policymakers who have failed to address the problem. Through these children and their families, Gutkind explores mental illness as both a scientific and social issue, from the harsh economic realities of supporting a disabled child to the immense difficulty of finding a suitable counselor.<BR>Written with passion and piercing detail, <i>Stuck in Time </i>is a poignant examination of three families fighting against impossible circumstances, and of a system too inflexible to accommodate the helpless victims it is meant to support.</div>

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<div><b>Winner of the American Heart Association&rsquo;s Howard W. Blakeslee Award for outstanding achievement in scientific journalism:</b> <b>Lee Gutkind&rsquo;s riveting and groundbreaking account of the science, ethics, and life-changing capacity of organ transplantation</b><BR>Over the past six decades, the rapid advances in transplant surgery rank among the most impressive and significant in modern human history. But the procedures, which have an astonishing power to improve or even save lives, are often fraught with an unrivaled level of complexity. Seeking to better understand the world of transplant surgery, Lee Gutkind embedded himself for four years in the University of Pittsburgh&rsquo;s Presbyterian-University and Children&rsquo;s Hospitals, one of the largest transplant centers in the world. He got to know the doctors, researchers, patients, and families involved, while also exploring the history of transplantation and the often insoluble ethical quandaries it poses.<BR>Mesmerizing and unforgettable, <i>Many Sleepless Nights</i> depicts with uncanny insight the tremendous effort, suffering, and fortitude of the individuals whose lives have been changed forever by organ transplantation.</div>

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<div><b>In the tradition of James Herriot&rsquo;s <i>All Creatures Great and Small</i>, <i>An Unspoken Art </i>is Lee Gutkind&rsquo;s captivating look at the lives of veterinarians, from the zoos to the farm</b><BR>Lee Gutkind, the godfather of creative nonfiction, explores with warmth and sincerity the worlds of modern-day veterinarians&mdash;from practitioners operating on Manhattan&rsquo;s Upper East Side to those working knee deep in mud in the English countryside. Gutkind profiles the men and women who have devoted their lives to the care of animals, almost all treating their patients with more humanity and compassion than physicians in human hospitals do. He writes of the people who do not bat an eye at sharing a bed with their dogs, and of those who spare no expense when it comes to the well-being of their pets.<i><BR>An Unspoken Art </i>is an insightful look at the individuals who dedicate themselves to the care of creatures, and of the enduring bond between people and animals.</div>

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<div><b>A fascinating and revealing look inside the lives of umpires, from the godfather of creative nonfiction</b><BR>In 1974, Lee Gutkind walked into Shea Stadium, then home of the New York Mets, with an unusual proposal. He wanted to chronicle one of the least celebrated cadres in professional baseball: the umpires. Gutkind spent one exhilarating season traveling with the officiating crew he found that day&mdash;Doug Harvey, Nick Colosi, Harry Wendelstedt, and Art Williams, the first African American umpire in National League history. Gutkind&rsquo;s narrative reveals much about the peculiarities of the men charged with the &ldquo;thankless and impossible task of invoking order&rdquo;&mdash;their work ethic, fallibility, and perhaps most strikingly, their pride.<BR>As resonant today as when it was first published, <i>The Best Seat in Baseball, But You Have to Stand! </i>is an engrossing story of the men who work on one of the nation&rsquo;s biggest stages, their victories and their failures, and their inner worlds that are rarely&mdash;if ever&mdash;explored.</div>

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Books By Lee Gutkind (6 Books)

One Children's Place

Bike Fever

Stuck in Time

Many Sleepless Nights

An Unspoken Art

The Best Seat in Baseball, But You Have to Stand!

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Books By Lee Gutkind (6 Books)

One Children's Place

Bike Fever

Stuck in Time

Many Sleepless Nights

An Unspoken Art

The Best Seat in Baseball, But You Have to Stand!

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