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I have written two books on heart surgery, The Practice of Coronary Artery Bypass Surgery (1978) and Atlas of Cardiac Surgery (1983). A third one, Heart in Hand (1999), delves into the philosophy of Arthur Schopenhauer, the films of Woody Allen, science, religion, music, and my life as a heart surgeon. I collect post-World War II American fiction and poetry, nautical fiction (mainly Patrick O’Brian), mystery novels (Ian Fleming and Ross Thomas), and books on the great conductors. I also collect 78 and 33 rpm (analogue)classical and opera recordings, especially those conducted by the great ones like Wilhelm Furtwängler and Willem Mengleberg; and jazz recordings, including all the ones Thelonious Monk and Bill Evans made.