New Releases by John Bishop

"Includes graphic accounts of the evolution of wound treatment; blood transfusion; body snatching for the teaching of anatomy; and surgical instruments. Much of The Early History of Surgery is based on the original writings of the surgeons themselves."--Publisher''s description

Evaluates the accuracy of occupational employment growth carried out by the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) since the 1980s and projected until the year 2000.

THE STORIES: The first half of the program, entitled BORDERLINE, chronicles the psychic disintegration of Charles Graham, a young advertising/marketing executive who, it would seem, has it all--a good job, a loving wife and children, a comfortable

THE STORY: The creative team responsible for a recent Broadway flop (in which three chorus girls were murdered by the mysterious Stage Door Slasher) assemble for a backer''s audition of their new show at the Westchester estate of a wealthy angel.

“Joyce’s Book of the Dark gives us such a blend of exciting intelligence and impressive erudition that it will surely become established as one of the most fascinating and readable Finnegans Wake studies now available.”—Margot Norris, James Joyce Literary Supplement

THE STORY: The place is Mansfield, Ohio, the time 1976--during the celebration of the nation''s bicentennial. As the play begins, a police radio reports the murders of the wife of a leading citizen and her lover, and a team headed by chief detective