Books by Geoffrey

During the bitter winter of 1942/3 the German army was encircled far to the east in Stalingrad by overwhelming Russian forces. With reinforfements beaten back and failing air supplies, they surrendered in February 1943. They fought to the last few men, rather than the last man as ordered by Hitler. This defeat was a turning point of the Second World War.My grandfather learnt years later from eye witness accounts that his son was one of those few in the last pocket of German resistance before final surrender. He liked to believe that his son would have broken out and escaped imprisonment in Russia, but most of the final few simply vanished.I was inspired by this family history, together with my experiences during business trips in Siberia, to imagine what would have happened to some of those young German men who reached the Gulag.Beyond Stalingrad is not a true story, but I hope it serves to illuminate a truth of what really did happen to some young lives, blown like leaves in a gale.

A widowed college professor adapting to a new life, a young man struggling with his future and his sexual orientation, a small Maine seaport seething with petty intrigues, and a newly found-and newly stolen-Winslow Homer painting. Stealing Homer is an art-flavored mystery that traces the connections and interconnections between people and the compelling, tragic, and humorous lives they lead.

Offers information on important advances in surgical palliative care for anesthesiology intensivists. This title covers such topics as: various trends and developments, palliative care of patients on high doses of narcotics, trauma in the surgical ICU, care of family in the surgical ICU, communication skills in palliative surgery, and more.