Dooling, Richard

Brain storm by Richard Dooling( Book )
15 editions published between 1997 and 2004 in 4 languages and held by 1,034 libraries worldwide
A white man shoots his wife's lover and because the lover is black the state charges him with a hate crime. Homicide or murder, perhaps, but a hate crime? Lawyer Joe Watson will try to prove it was not. By the author of White Man's Grave.

White man's grave by Richard Dooling( Book )
12 editions published between 1994 and 2010 in 3 languages and held by 904 libraries worldwide
A peace corps worker disappears in Africa and Boone Westfall, his best friend, flies out to look for him. The search is complicated by witchcraft, tribal politics and cultural misunderstandings. By the author of Critical Care.

Critical care by Richard Dooling( Book )
18 editions published between 1991 and 2010 in 4 languages and held by 855 libraries worldwide
This novel provides a starkly accurate portrait of life and death in an Intensive Care Unit as seen through the eyes of one of its doctors.

Bet your life : a novel by Richard Dooling( Book )
8 editions published between 2002 and 2008 in English and Undetermined and held by 693 libraries worldwide
"Carver Hartnett, Miranda Pryor, and Leonard Stillmach all work for Reliable Allied Trust, in Omaha, where they investigate insurance fraud. Carver is frustrated. His company would rather raise premiums than prosecute insurance criminals."--Jacket.

Blue streak : swearing, free speech, and sexual harassment by Richard Dooling( Book )
4 editions published in 1996 in English and held by 572 libraries worldwide
"Most language issues from the cerebral cortex - evolution's pride and joy. But swearing erupts from the buried, primitive limbic system, which is the same part of the brain that produces passion, hatred, and aggression. As National Book Award nominee Richard Dooling tells us in his smart, funny, and erudite exploration of verbal taboos, this difference in linguistic origin explains why many people who suffer brain damage that destroys their ordinary speaking abilities can nevertheless cuss up a storm. It also helps to explain why swearing pervades all eras, cultures, and levels of human society: We have the hardware for swearing built into our systems, and nature - or at least human nature - doesn't like to let any tool lie around unused." "But our capacity and our impulse to give vocal offense have always run smack into good manners, and in America these days they also run smack into political correctness and federal regulations. These age-old and newfangled conflicts provide Richard Dooling with his richest sources of insight and humor. He demonstrates in logical and hilarious detail why government rules about language are next to unenforceable, focusing directly on those that involve sexual harassment. He skeptically follows the trail of professional psychobabble about profanity, and he traces the history and meaning of several primary English curse words and their tendency to wax and wane in transgressiveness. Right now, for example, "hell" is often used as a conversational litmus test for dirty-word tolerance, and it's the only common imprecation that doesn't involve scatology or sex. But in Blue Streak, Dooling makes a convincing case that "Go to hell" should be regarded as the ultimate insult, and he proceeds to prove that cursing is not only part of our biology, but a necessary component of any religious view of the universe."--BOOK JACKET.

Rapture for the geeks : when AI outsmarts IQ by Richard Dooling( Book )
4 editions published in 2008 in English and held by 383 libraries worldwide
"Dooling looks at what some of the greatest minds have to say about our role in a future in which technology rapidly leaves us in the dust. ... Dooling provocatively examines nothing less than what it means to be human in what he playfully calls the age of B.S.(before Singularity, the era when computers outthink humans)--and what life will be like when we are no longer alone with Mother Nature at Darwin's card table."--Dust cover.

Kingdom Hospital( visu )
3 editions published in 2004 in English and held by 201 libraries worldwide
Tells the terrifying story of a hospital with a bizarre population that includes a nearly blind security guard, a nurse who faints at the sight of blood, and a girl crying in the halls.

Dolan's Cadillac( visu )
2 editions published between 2009 and 2010 in English and held by 193 libraries worldwide
A dark tale of murderous and unrepentant revenge. The story revolves around Las Vegas middle school science teacher Robinson, whose beloved wife witnesses an execution in the desert and is then targeted for death by the mobster who committed it, notorious Vegas crime lord Jimmy Dolan. Dolan's vast wealth stems from his human trafficking operations, and he succeeds in having Elizabeth killed before she can testify against him. Without a witness to the murders, Dolan goes free, and Robinson must avenge Elizabeth's death on his own.

Critical care( visu )
7 editions published between 1996 and 2003 in 3 languages and held by 111 libraries worldwide
An overworked doctor falls for a comatose patient's daughter and into a moral and legal mine field.

Dodelijke polis by Richard Dooling( Book )
1 edition published in 2004 in Dutch and held by 12 libraries worldwide
Een verdacht sterfgeval brengt een fraude-inspecteur bij een levensverzekeringsmaatschappij in Omaha op het spoor van een oplichtingszaak.