Upcoming Events at The Book Bower
June Book Readings and Signings:

Saturday, June 19 between 4 and 6 PM, Dr. Robert A. Linden, a local board-certified internist and geriatrician, will discuss and sign his recently released book, The Rise & Fall of the American Medical Empire: A Trench Doctor's View of the Past, Present, and Future of the U.S. Healthcare System. The text discusses four of the major problems facing our current medical design: the impending death of primary care, healthcare insurance and system reform, pharmaceutical industry infiltration into the practice and science of medicine, and dilemmas in medical malpractice. The book is written as an impartial educational tool for citizens of the United States by a "trench doc," a physician who has worked in the fields 24/7 as a patient advocate for over 30 years. Sequestered in their offices and over-worked and stressed, trench docs, the "silent majority" in medicine and the sector that renders the bulk of American health treatment, rarely have the time to educate their own patients on what is truly going on in healthcare today. This book takes up the cause, enlightens us all on the problems we are facing, and, hopefully, empowers citizens to enter the medical debate.

• Frustrated healthcare consumers are clamoring for information on what is happening in the healthcare market place, why it's happening, and what can be done about it.
• This is the first book to cover the four major healthcare dilemmas together, while also exploring the context of how they create pain and suffering for both patients and physicians. Many other titles appear to have pre-existing agendas and leave a void in their explanations of how our system is currently failing.
• This author's perspective and insight as a 30-year veteran of primary care practice allows him to provide a realistic, comprehensive view of how the healthcare system has deteriorated and whether there is light at the end of the tunnel.

Saturday, June 26th 11 am Lightening Bugs by local author Sara Risita
Not only do the mud beetles have fun playing soccer, but they also learn the value of good sportsmanship and discover the talent of making friends with those different from themselves. Moreover, in The Lightning Bugs Strike Back, the mud beetles realize that by working as a team, they can accomplish anything they set out to do.

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