Describes the heart, blood, and other parts of the body's circulatory system and explains how each component functions.

After finally receiving a heart transplant, seventeen-year-old Stella throws herself into her new life, but her recovery is marred with strange side effects and hallucinations, and when she meets Levi Zin, a mysterious new boy at her Seattle prep school,Stella soon realizes that she and Levi have more in common than she could ever imagine.

"The definitive guide to heart health from two of America's most respected doctors at Cleveland Clinic, the #1 hospital for heart health in America. Are you one of the eighty-two million Americans currently diagnosed with cardiovascular disease--or one of the millions more who think they are healthy but are at risk? Whether your goal is to get the best treatment or stay out of the cardiologist's office, your heart's health depends upon accurate information...

"Two innovative cardiologists, with a combined fifty years of experience, share their clinical insights on how to stop, reverse, and prevent the arterial inflammation and plaque that cause heart attack, heart failure, and stroke. They cover the latest testing, supplements, medication, and lifestyle breakthroughs and give unbiased recommendations about which conventional and alternative treatments work the best--or don't work. They go far beyond mere...

Inside Scouts Viv and Sanjay use their ability to shrink themselves to find and fix Ruslan the lion's leaky heart valve.

"Sometimes seems that there are no significant discoveries left to be made in the field of cardiovascular medicine. And yet, globally, this is not the case: cardiovascular diseases are the leading cause of mortality worldwide. Specialists recommend that we adopt a proactive attitude with respect to disease prevention. Cardiovascular health begins with some good news: by modifying lifestyle habits, it is possible to increase the number of healthy years...

"Just before dawn on a Sunday morning, three teenage boys go surfing. Returning home, exhausted, the driver lets the car drift off the road into a tree. Two of the boys are wearing seat belts; one is sent through the windshield. He is declared brain-dead shortly after arriving at the hospital. His heart is still beating.The Heart takes place over the twenty-four hours surrounding a fatal accident and a resulting heart transplant as life is taken from...

The story of a man who's heart was replaced with a cuckoo-clock when he was born.

Emily Wallace, an attractive thirty-two-year-old assistant prosecutor and heart-transplant recipient, is given a plum assignment--the murder trial of theatrical agent Gregg Aldrich, accused of murdering his wife. During the trial, Emily experiences sentiments that defy all reason and continue after Gregg Aldrich's fate is decided by the jury. In the meantime, she does not realize that her own life is now at risk.