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The Age of Diagnosis

Are Medical Labels Doing Us More Harm Than Good? - THE MUST-READ SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER

by Suzanne O’Sullivan ...

THE MUST-READ BESTSELLER AND BOOK OF THE YEAR IN THE GUARDIAN, SUNDAY TIMES, FINANCIAL TIMES, ECONOMIST, NEW SCIENTIST AND MOREThe award-winning doctor investigates whether diagnoses like ADHD and Long Covid do more harm than good'Revelatory. Slices through the contradictions.' - CHRIS VAN TULLEKEN'So well-written... critically important.' - RANGAN CHATTERJEE'A doct... ... Read more

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THE MUST-READ BESTSELLER AND BOOK OF THE YEAR IN THE GUARDIAN, SUNDAY TIMES, FINANCIAL TIMES, ECONOMIST, NEW SCIENTIST AND MOREThe award-winning doctor investigates whether diagnoses like ADHD and Long Covid do more harm than good'Revelatory. Slices through the contradictions.' - CHRIS VAN TULLEKEN'So well-written... critically important.' - RANGAN CHATTERJEE'A doct...
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Minute Six

How High-Performance Teams Navigate the Unknown

by Kevin Fong ...

No plan survives the first five minutes of contact with reality – so how should we prepare for what follows?A unique survival guide for an uncertain world from Kevin Fong, doctor, expert in major-incident planning and response, NASA physician and helicopter emergency medic'Invaluable' TIM PEAKE'Inspiring' OLIVIA COLMAN'Humane, gripping and profound' CHRIS VAN TULLEKEN'T... ... Read more

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No plan survives the first five minutes of contact with reality – so how should we prepare for what follows?A unique survival guide for an uncertain world from Kevin Fong, doctor, expert in major-incident planning and response, NASA physician and helicopter emergency medic'Invaluable' TIM PEAKE'Inspiring' OLIVIA COLMAN'Humane, gripping and profound' CHRIS VAN TULLEKEN'T...
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A Bitter Remedy

A totally compelling historical mystery

by Alis Hawkins ...

Series Book 1 - Oxford Mysteries
Amongst the scholars, secrets and soporifics of Victorian Oxford, the truth can be a bitter pill to swallowJesus College, Oxford, 1881. An undergraduate is found dead at his lodgings and the medical examination reveals some shocking findings. When the young man's guardian blames the college for his death and threatens a scandal, Basil Rice, a Jesus College fellow with a secret to hide, is forced ... Read more

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Amongst the scholars, secrets and soporifics of Victorian Oxford, the truth can be a bitter pill to swallowJesus College, Oxford, 1881. An undergraduate is found dead at his lodgings and the medical examination reveals some shocking findings. When the young man's guardian blames the college for his death and threatens a scandal, Basil Rice, a Jesus College fellow with a secret to hide, is forced
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The Silent Patient

The record-breaking, multimillion copy Sunday Times bestselling thriller and TikTok sensation

by Alex Michaelides ...

- THE RECORD-BREAKING, MULTIMILLION COPY GLOBAL BESTSELLER AND TIKTOK SENSATION -Discover the #1 New York Times and Sunday Times bestselling thriller with a jaw-dropping twist that everyone is talking about - as seen on TikTok. Soon to be a major film.Alicia Berenson lived a seemingly perfect life until one day six years ago.When she shot her husband in the head five times.Since th... ... Read more

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- THE RECORD-BREAKING, MULTIMILLION COPY GLOBAL BESTSELLER AND TIKTOK SENSATION -Discover the #1 New York Times and Sunday Times bestselling thriller with a jaw-dropping twist that everyone is talking about - as seen on TikTok. Soon to be a major film.Alicia Berenson lived a seemingly perfect life until one day six years ago.When she shot her husband in the head five times.Since th...
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Florence Nightingale to Her Nurses

Enriched edition. A selection from Miss Nightingale's addresses to probationers and nurses of the Nightingale school at St. Thomas's hospital

by Florence Nightingale, Nora Caldwell ...

In "Florence Nightingale to Her Nurses," the pioneering nurse and social reformer Florence Nightingale offers a compelling and intimate view into the evolving role of nurses during the Victorian era. This collection of letters and writings not only highlights her innovative approach to nursing practices but also serves as a live commentary on the socio-political conditions of 19th-century ... Read more

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In "Florence Nightingale to Her Nurses," the pioneering nurse and social reformer Florence Nightingale offers a compelling and intimate view into the evolving role of nurses during the Victorian era. This collection of letters and writings not only highlights her innovative approach to nursing practices but also serves as a live commentary on the socio-political conditions of 19th-century
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The Brain Cliff

by Dr Dr Norman Swan ...

The Brain Cliff will change how you think about brain ageing and give you new ways to keep away from the edge**.**What many of us fear, especially as we hit our forties and fifties, is not being as quick of mind. Not remembering as well as we used to. By our 60s and 70s we worry there's nothing we can do and that we are falling helplessly into an abyss which leads to dementia.Dr Norman Swan, one ... Read more

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The Brain Cliff will change how you think about brain ageing and give you new ways to keep away from the edge**.**What many of us fear, especially as we hit our forties and fifties, is not being as quick of mind. Not remembering as well as we used to. By our 60s and 70s we worry there's nothing we can do and that we are falling helplessly into an abyss which leads to dementia.Dr Norman Swan, one
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360 Fertility

A twelve-week plan for optimising your chance of conception

by Liberty Mills ...

360 Fertility brings the overwhelming and often heartbreaking process of a fertility struggle into manageable and relatable chapters' Katie Rollings, CEO & Founder, Fertility Action Network'Liberty nails it in this book' Dale Pinnock, aka The Medicinal ChefWith a foreword by Dr Karen Joash, Consultant in obstetrics and gynaecology360 Fertility is a practical 12-week programme with a holistic ... Read more

$19.99 NZD

360 Fertility brings the overwhelming and often heartbreaking process of a fertility struggle into manageable and relatable chapters' Katie Rollings, CEO & Founder, Fertility Action Network'Liberty nails it in this book' Dale Pinnock, aka The Medicinal ChefWith a foreword by Dr Karen Joash, Consultant in obstetrics and gynaecology360 Fertility is a practical 12-week programme with a holistic
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The Genes That Make Us

human stories from a revolution in medicine

by Edwin Kirk ...

Genes — we all have them and we’re all affected by them, often in unknown ways.Whether directly inherited or modified by our environment, genes control or significantly influence almost every aspect of our lives. From the success of our conception and the development of our sexual characteristics, to the colour of our skin, hair, and eyes. From our height and weight, to our daily health. And, ... Read more

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Genes — we all have them and we’re all affected by them, often in unknown ways.Whether directly inherited or modified by our environment, genes control or significantly influence almost every aspect of our lives. From the success of our conception and the development of our sexual characteristics, to the colour of our skin, hair, and eyes. From our height and weight, to our daily health. And,
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Messing with My Head

The shocking true story of my lobotomy

by Charles Fleming, Howard Dully ...

Howard Dully was 12 years old when he was given a lobotomy. He was 56 years old when he found out why. The four decades in between tell a story of profound love and compassion.In 1960 Howard's father and stepmother delivered him into the hands of the man who had invented the 'ice pick' lobotomy. Expelled from the mainstream medical community, his once-popular procedure now a grisly medical relic, ... Read more

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Howard Dully was 12 years old when he was given a lobotomy. He was 56 years old when he found out why. The four decades in between tell a story of profound love and compassion.In 1960 Howard's father and stepmother delivered him into the hands of the man who had invented the 'ice pick' lobotomy. Expelled from the mainstream medical community, his once-popular procedure now a grisly medical relic,
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Sometimes Brilliant

The Impossible Adventure of a Spiritual Seeker and Visionary Physician Who Helped Conquer the Worst Disease in History

by Larry Brilliant ...

When a powerful mystic steps on the hand of a radical young hippie doctor from Detroit, it changes lives and the world. Sometimes Brilliant is the adventures of a philosopher, mystic, hippie, doctor, groundbreaking tech innovator, and key player in the eradication of one of the worst pandemics in human history. His story, of what happens when love, compassion and determination meet the right ... Read more

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When a powerful mystic steps on the hand of a radical young hippie doctor from Detroit, it changes lives and the world. Sometimes Brilliant is the adventures of a philosopher, mystic, hippie, doctor, groundbreaking tech innovator, and key player in the eradication of one of the worst pandemics in human history. His story, of what happens when love, compassion and determination meet the right
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The Angina Monologues

stories of surgery for broken hearts

by Samer Nashef ...

A pioneering cardiac surgeon expertly sews up the heart of surgery, the health of the nation, and the NHS.The Angina Monologues speeds from the transporting of a donor’s heart up the motorway hard shoulder, to cautionary stories of excessive intervention gone awry in US hospitals, to a traumatic trip to bring advanced cardiac surgery to the Palestinian West Bank. Nashef tells heart-stopping ... Read more

$29.99 NZD

A pioneering cardiac surgeon expertly sews up the heart of surgery, the health of the nation, and the NHS.The Angina Monologues speeds from the transporting of a donor’s heart up the motorway hard shoulder, to cautionary stories of excessive intervention gone awry in US hospitals, to a traumatic trip to bring advanced cardiac surgery to the Palestinian West Bank. Nashef tells heart-stopping
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The Forgetting

Understanding Alzheimer’s: A Biography of a Disease

by David Shenk ...

Winner of the 2002 BMA Popular Medicine Book Prize: This is a haunting literary and scientific examination of Alzheimer’s disease and the race to find a cure.‘A truly remarkable book – the definitive work on Alzheimer’s, both in social and medical terms, “The Forgetting” is incisive, humane, never ponderous, full of dry humour and brilliantly written with quiet, unpretentious authority. As a ... Read more

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Winner of the 2002 BMA Popular Medicine Book Prize: This is a haunting literary and scientific examination of Alzheimer’s disease and the race to find a cure.‘A truly remarkable book – the definitive work on Alzheimer’s, both in social and medical terms, “The Forgetting” is incisive, humane, never ponderous, full of dry humour and brilliantly written with quiet, unpretentious authority. As a
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The Matter of the Heart

A History of the Heart in Eleven Operations

by Thomas Morris ...

'Thrilling... The “dizzying” story of heart surgery is every bit as important as that of the nuclear, computer or rocket ages. And now it has been given the history it deserves' James McConnachie, Sunday TimesFor thousands of years the human heart remained the deepest of mysteries; both home to the soul and an organ too complex to touch, let alone operate on. Then, in the late nineteenth century, ... Read more

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'Thrilling... The “dizzying” story of heart surgery is every bit as important as that of the nuclear, computer or rocket ages. And now it has been given the history it deserves' James McConnachie, Sunday TimesFor thousands of years the human heart remained the deepest of mysteries; both home to the soul and an organ too complex to touch, let alone operate on. Then, in the late nineteenth century,
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Gastroenterology

by Ralph Boulton, Claire Cousins, Sanjeev Gupta, Humphrey Hodgson ...

Series series Medical Color Handbook Series
Combining the advantages of a color atlas with those of a short text, the authors provide systematic coverage of the diseases and disorders of the digestive tract. The book is filled with high quality color imaging and diagrams and includes the latest developments in investigation and management with special attention to refinements in endoscopy an ... Read more

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Combining the advantages of a color atlas with those of a short text, the authors provide systematic coverage of the diseases and disorders of the digestive tract. The book is filled with high quality color imaging and diagrams and includes the latest developments in investigation and management with special attention to refinements in endoscopy an
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When the Body Says No

the cost of hidden stress

by Gabor Maté ...

Can a person literally die of loneliness? Is there a connection between the ability to express emotions and Alzheimer’s disease? Is there such a thing as a ‘cancer personality’?Drawing on deep scientific research and Dr Gabor Maté’s acclaimed clinical work, When the Body Says No provides the answers to critical questions about the mind-body link – and the role that stress and our emotional makeup ... Read more

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Can a person literally die of loneliness? Is there a connection between the ability to express emotions and Alzheimer’s disease? Is there such a thing as a ‘cancer personality’?Drawing on deep scientific research and Dr Gabor Maté’s acclaimed clinical work, When the Body Says No provides the answers to critical questions about the mind-body link – and the role that stress and our emotional makeup
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Mountains Beyond Mountains

One doctor's quest to heal the world

by Tracy Kidder ...

'I****nspirational ... I can't recommend this book highly enough' Bill GatesProfound and powerful, Mountains Beyond Mountains takes us from Harvard to Haiti, Peru, Cuba and Russia, as the charismatic but flawed genius Dr Paul Farmer challenges widely-held preconceptions about poverty and healthcare.As a medical student, Farmer found his life's calling: to cure infectious diseases and to bring the ... Read more

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'I****nspirational ... I can't recommend this book highly enough' Bill GatesProfound and powerful, Mountains Beyond Mountains takes us from Harvard to Haiti, Peru, Cuba and Russia, as the charismatic but flawed genius Dr Paul Farmer challenges widely-held preconceptions about poverty and healthcare.As a medical student, Farmer found his life's calling: to cure infectious diseases and to bring the
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The Seven Ages of Death

‘Every chapter is like a detective story’ Telegraph

by Dr Richard Shepherd ...

The heart-wrenchingly honest new book about life and death from forensic pathologist and bestselling author of UNNATURAL CAUSES, Dr Richard ShepherdA TIMES AND SUNDAY TIMES BOOK OF THE YEAR'Deeply insightful. Unflinching' THE TIMES'A finely-crafted detective story' DAILY TELEGRAPH'Enlightening, strangely uplifting' DAILY MAIL'... ... Read more

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The heart-wrenchingly honest new book about life and death from forensic pathologist and bestselling author of UNNATURAL CAUSES, Dr Richard ShepherdA TIMES AND SUNDAY TIMES BOOK OF THE YEAR'Deeply insightful. Unflinching' THE TIMES'A finely-crafted detective story' DAILY TELEGRAPH'Enlightening, strangely uplifting' DAILY MAIL'...
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Care for your Cat

by RSPCA ...

Series series RSPCA Pet Guide
Published in association with the RSPCA, the UK’s leading animal welfare charity, this practical family guide is full of expert advice on how to choose a cat and how best to look after it.If you already own or are planning to buy a cat this easy-to-use introductory guide is a must. Clearly illustrated with colour photographs throughout, it covers all aspects of daily care including housing, ... Read more

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Published in association with the RSPCA, the UK’s leading animal welfare charity, this practical family guide is full of expert advice on how to choose a cat and how best to look after it.If you already own or are planning to buy a cat this easy-to-use introductory guide is a must. Clearly illustrated with colour photographs throughout, it covers all aspects of daily care including housing,
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The Complete Essential Oils Sourcebook

A Practical Approach to the Use of Essential Oils for Health and Well-Being

by Julia Lawless ...

Comprehensive and fully illustrated throughout, The Complete Essential Oils Sourcebook is the perfect go-to reference for absolutely everything about essential oils—from the best extraction methods to the most effective treatments for ailments.Did you know that heady jasmine is a warming antidepressant and aphrodisiac, also great for stress and sensitive skin?Or that consuming herbal tea with ... Read more

$5.99 NZD

Comprehensive and fully illustrated throughout, The Complete Essential Oils Sourcebook is the perfect go-to reference for absolutely everything about essential oils—from the best extraction methods to the most effective treatments for ailments.Did you know that heady jasmine is a warming antidepressant and aphrodisiac, also great for stress and sensitive skin?Or that consuming herbal tea with
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Be Aware of That Nursing Home

How We Got Here…and What to Know

by Richard Danford ...

Find out what really goes on behind the scenes of long-term care facilities in Be Aware of That Nursing Home.Drawing from Richard Danford’s unparalleled, hands-on experience and insight into the long-term care system and its impact on consumers and families, this resource serves as an essential guide for those navigating the complexities of choosing nursing home care, emphasizing the importance of ... Read more

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Find out what really goes on behind the scenes of long-term care facilities in Be Aware of That Nursing Home.Drawing from Richard Danford’s unparalleled, hands-on experience and insight into the long-term care system and its impact on consumers and families, this resource serves as an essential guide for those navigating the complexities of choosing nursing home care, emphasizing the importance of
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Understanding Pacific Peoples Health and Wellbeing Challenges in Aotearoa New Zealand

by Dr Moeata Keil, Malaeulu Seutaʻafili Dr Patrick Thomsen, PhD ...

Series series Pacific Islander Studies
Why do Pacific communities in Aotearoa-New Zealand continue to face significant health disparities despite decades of targeted government policy?In this landmark volume, editors Sir Collin Tukuitonga, Roannie Ng Shiu, and Patrick Thomsen bring together Pacific scholars to establish foundational markers for understanding the complex factors impacting community wellbeing. While Pacific peoples are ... Read more

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Why do Pacific communities in Aotearoa-New Zealand continue to face significant health disparities despite decades of targeted government policy?In this landmark volume, editors Sir Collin Tukuitonga, Roannie Ng Shiu, and Patrick Thomsen bring together Pacific scholars to establish foundational markers for understanding the complex factors impacting community wellbeing. While Pacific peoples are
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The Body

A Guide for Occupants - The #1 Sunday Times Bestseller

by Bill Bryson ...

#1 Bestseller in both hardback and paperback: SHORTLISTED FOR THE 2020 ROYAL SOCIETY INSIGHT INVESTMENT SCIENCE BOOK PRIZE_______'A directory of wonders.' - The Guardian'Jaw-dropping.' - The Times'Classic, wry, gleeful Bryson...an entertaining and absolutely fact-rammed book.' - The Sunday Times'It is a feat of narrat... ... Read more

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#1 Bestseller in both hardback and paperback: SHORTLISTED FOR THE 2020 ROYAL SOCIETY INSIGHT INVESTMENT SCIENCE BOOK PRIZE_______'A directory of wonders.' - The Guardian'Jaw-dropping.' - The Times'Classic, wry, gleeful Bryson...an entertaining and absolutely fact-rammed book.' - The Sunday Times'It is a feat of narrat...
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The Midwife’s Here!

The Enchanting True Story of One of Britain’s Longest Serving Midwives

by Linda Fairley ...

The Sunday Times bestseller‘Delivering my first baby is a memory that will stay with me forever. Just feeling the warmth of a newborn head in your hands, that new life, there’s honestly nothing like it… I’ve since brought more than 2,200 babies into the world, and I still tingle with excitement every time.’It’s the summer of 1968 and St Mary’s Maternity Hospital in Manchester is a place from a ... Read more

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The Sunday Times bestseller‘Delivering my first baby is a memory that will stay with me forever. Just feeling the warmth of a newborn head in your hands, that new life, there’s honestly nothing like it… I’ve since brought more than 2,200 babies into the world, and I still tingle with excitement every time.’It’s the summer of 1968 and St Mary’s Maternity Hospital in Manchester is a place from a
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The Plant Paradox

The Hidden Dangers in "Healthy" Foods That Cause Disease and Weight Gain

by Steven R. Gundry, MD ...

Series Book 1 - The Plant Paradox
From renowned cardiac surgeon Steven R. Gundry, MD, the New York Times bestselling The Plant Paradox is a revolutionary look at the hidden compounds in "healthy" foods like fruit, vegetables, and whole grains that are causing us to gain weight, trigger inflammation, and develop chronic disease.Most of us have heard of gluten—a protein found in wheat that causes widespread inflammation in the body. ... Read more

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From renowned cardiac surgeon Steven R. Gundry, MD, the New York Times bestselling The Plant Paradox is a revolutionary look at the hidden compounds in "healthy" foods like fruit, vegetables, and whole grains that are causing us to gain weight, trigger inflammation, and develop chronic disease.Most of us have heard of gluten—a protein found in wheat that causes widespread inflammation in the body.
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