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Lessons on Living: Finding Your Way Through Life's Ups and Downs from the respected New Zealand psychologist and bestselling author

by Nigel Latta ...

Bestselling author Nigel Latta's simple psychological toolkit for life's ups and downs.What do you do when you're told you only have months to live?If you're like Nigel Latta, first, you're going to eat a lot of ice cream. Then, you're going to assemble a mental toolbox to deal with every conceivable conundrum the world could throw at you (the small ones and the big ones).After three decades ... Read more

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Bestselling author Nigel Latta's simple psychological toolkit for life's ups and downs.What do you do when you're told you only have months to live?If you're like Nigel Latta, first, you're going to eat a lot of ice cream. Then, you're going to assemble a mental toolbox to deal with every conceivable conundrum the world could throw at you (the small ones and the big ones).After three decades
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Be Patient

Life, loss and laughter from behind the hospital curtain

by Tilly Rose ...

**'Darkly funny as well as deeply shocking, [Be Patient] is an antidote to This is Going to Hurt... This is what it's like to be on the other side of Britain's hospital wards.' ― The Times'Tilly writes beautifully, with such compassion... the insight that she gives the reader is astonishing.' -Donna Ashworth, poet and author of Wild Hope and Growing Brave**'A story of perseverance, the importance ... Read more

$19.99 NZD

**'Darkly funny as well as deeply shocking, [Be Patient] is an antidote to This is Going to Hurt... This is what it's like to be on the other side of Britain's hospital wards.' ― The Times'Tilly writes beautifully, with such compassion... the insight that she gives the reader is astonishing.' -Donna Ashworth, poet and author of Wild Hope and Growing Brave**'A story of perseverance, the importance
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Frog

The secret diary of a paramedic

by Sally Gould ...

**'A riveting ride along the knife edge of life and death from a frontline worker in one of our most crucial professions.' Fiona Kelly McGregor, author of Iris'Frog', a term of endearment for intensive care paramedics, derives from the notion that everything they touch croaks. Sally Gould delivers a gripping and heartfelt memoir that dives into the unpredictable, often absurd, and sometimes ... Read more

$14.84 NZD

**'A riveting ride along the knife edge of life and death from a frontline worker in one of our most crucial professions.' Fiona Kelly McGregor, author of Iris'Frog', a term of endearment for intensive care paramedics, derives from the notion that everything they touch croaks. Sally Gould delivers a gripping and heartfelt memoir that dives into the unpredictable, often absurd, and sometimes
... Read more
FDR Drive

the gripping legal thriller from the former director of the FBI

by James Comey ...

Series Book 3 - A Nora Carleton Legal Thriller
PREORDER JAMES COMEY'S BREATHTAKING NEW LEGAL THRILLER RED VERDICT NOW!New York lawyer Nora Carleton faces her biggest case yet in this gripping legal thriller and Times Book of the Month from the former director of the FBI, James Comey.EVEN FREE SPEECH HAS ITS PRICE.Nora Carleton is back working as a federal prosecutor in New York, but her city is in turmoil. Extremism is on the rise, funded from ... Read more

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PREORDER JAMES COMEY'S BREATHTAKING NEW LEGAL THRILLER RED VERDICT NOW!New York lawyer Nora Carleton faces her biggest case yet in this gripping legal thriller and Times Book of the Month from the former director of the FBI, James Comey.EVEN FREE SPEECH HAS ITS PRICE.Nora Carleton is back working as a federal prosecutor in New York, but her city is in turmoil. Extremism is on the rise, funded from
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The Emperor of All Maladies

by Siddhartha Mukherjee ...

WINNER OF THE GUARDIAN FIRST BOOK AWARD 2011WINNER OF THE PULITZER PRIZE FOR NON-FICTION 2011‘Profound, eloquent and searching’ SUNDAY TIMES‘Essential reading’ INDEPENDENT‘Masterly’ GUARDIAN‘Extraordinary’ NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEWAN OBSERVER BEST BOOK OF THE CENTURY SO FAR</p... ... Read more

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WINNER OF THE GUARDIAN FIRST BOOK AWARD 2011WINNER OF THE PULITZER PRIZE FOR NON-FICTION 2011‘Profound, eloquent and searching’ SUNDAY TIMES‘Essential reading’ INDEPENDENT‘Masterly’ GUARDIAN‘Extraordinary’ NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEWAN OBSERVER BEST BOOK OF THE CENTURY SO FAR</p...
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Lab Girl

by Hope Jahren ...

Lab Girl is a book about work and about love, and the mountains that can be moved when those two things come together. It is told through Jahren's remarkable stories: about the discoveries she has made in her lab, as well as her struggle to get there; about her childhood playing in her father's laboratory; about how lab work became a sanctuary for both her heart and her hands; about Bill, the ... Read more

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Lab Girl is a book about work and about love, and the mountains that can be moved when those two things come together. It is told through Jahren's remarkable stories: about the discoveries she has made in her lab, as well as her struggle to get there; about her childhood playing in her father's laboratory; about how lab work became a sanctuary for both her heart and her hands; about Bill, the
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The Blood Says Otherwise: A fascinating and heart-breaking story of life as a forensic scientist

by Ruben Miller ...

Absorbing true crime account of years at the frontline of crime scene reconstruction - from cold-blooded killings and gang wars to cold cases revived by a single clue.A compelling account of Ruben Miller's years working as a forensic scientist, visiting crime scenes and gathering evidence. His detailed descriptions of what he sees are often heart-breaking. The behaviour of the people he meets - ... Read more

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Absorbing true crime account of years at the frontline of crime scene reconstruction - from cold-blooded killings and gang wars to cold cases revived by a single clue.A compelling account of Ruben Miller's years working as a forensic scientist, visiting crime scenes and gathering evidence. His detailed descriptions of what he sees are often heart-breaking. The behaviour of the people he meets -
... Read more
Poor

The Award-Winning Memoir of Grit, Courage, and the Life-Changing Value of Self-Belief

by Katriona O'Sullivan ...

From an impoverished childhood shaped by her parents' addictions to becoming a prize-winning academic, this is the incredible memoir from an inspiring voice, told with devastating candour, humour and warmth.THE NUMBER 1 BESTSELLERWINNER OF BIOGRAPHY OF THE YEAR, IRISH BOOK AWARDS'One of the best [books] I have read about the complexities of poverty . . . one of the most remarkable people you will ... Read more

$18.99 NZD

From an impoverished childhood shaped by her parents' addictions to becoming a prize-winning academic, this is the incredible memoir from an inspiring voice, told with devastating candour, humour and warmth.THE NUMBER 1 BESTSELLERWINNER OF BIOGRAPHY OF THE YEAR, IRISH BOOK AWARDS'One of the best [books] I have read about the complexities of poverty . . . one of the most remarkable people you will
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Elon Musk

by Walter Isaacson ...

From the author of Steve Jobs and other bestselling biographies, this is the astonishingly intimate story of the most fascinating and controversial innovator of our era—a rule-breaking visionary who helped to lead the world into the era of electric vehicles, private space exploration, and artificial intelligence. Oh, and took over Twitter.Australian Financial Review Top 20 Read for 2023When Elon ... Read more

$14.99 NZD

From the author of Steve Jobs and other bestselling biographies, this is the astonishingly intimate story of the most fascinating and controversial innovator of our era—a rule-breaking visionary who helped to lead the world into the era of electric vehicles, private space exploration, and artificial intelligence. Oh, and took over Twitter.Australian Financial Review Top 20 Read for 2023When Elon
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Maybe You Should Talk to Someone

the heartfelt, funny memoir by a New York Times bestselling therapist

by Lori Gottlieb ...

A TIME magazine Must-Read Book of the YearEver wonder what your therapist is thinking? Now you can find out, as therapist and New York Times bestselling author Lori Gottlieb takes us behind the scenes of her practice — where her patients are looking for answers (and so is she).When a personal crisis causes her world to come crashing down, Lori Gottlieb — an experienced therapist with a thriving ... Read more

$32.99 NZD

A TIME magazine Must-Read Book of the YearEver wonder what your therapist is thinking? Now you can find out, as therapist and New York Times bestselling author Lori Gottlieb takes us behind the scenes of her practice — where her patients are looking for answers (and so is she).When a personal crisis causes her world to come crashing down, Lori Gottlieb — an experienced therapist with a thriving
... Read more
The Final Diagnosis: Obscure cases of death, disease & murder

by Cynric Temple-Camp ...

The 'if' of death is certain. The 'when' is unknown. It is the 'why' that really gets people's interest ...From a rare and deadly amniotic avalanche to a victim of roasted peanuts ... The bestselling author of The Cause of Death and The Quick and the Dead returns with more stranger-than-fiction stories of death, disease and murder - as well as new perspectives on high-profile cases, including the ... Read more

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The 'if' of death is certain. The 'when' is unknown. It is the 'why' that really gets people's interest ...From a rare and deadly amniotic avalanche to a victim of roasted peanuts ... The bestselling author of The Cause of Death and The Quick and the Dead returns with more stranger-than-fiction stories of death, disease and murder - as well as new perspectives on high-profile cases, including the
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Hunt, Gather, Parent

What Ancient Cultures Can Teach Us about Raising Children

by Michaeleen Doucleff ...

In this ground-breaking book, Dr. Michaeleen Doucleff looks back to our ancestors for solutions to our failing modern-day parenting theories.When Dr Michaeleen Doucleff became a mother, she examined the studies behind modern parenting guidance and found that the evidence was frustratingly limited, and the conclusions often ineffective. She began to wonder if an opposite approach was needed – one ... Read more

$6.99 NZD

In this ground-breaking book, Dr. Michaeleen Doucleff looks back to our ancestors for solutions to our failing modern-day parenting theories.When Dr Michaeleen Doucleff became a mother, she examined the studies behind modern parenting guidance and found that the evidence was frustratingly limited, and the conclusions often ineffective. She began to wonder if an opposite approach was needed – one
... Read more
This is Going to Hurt: Secret Diaries of a Junior Doctor

by Adam Kay ...

THE MILLION COPY BESTSELLERBOOK OF THE YEAR AT THE NATIONAL BOOK AWARDS'Painfully funny. The pain and the funniness somehow add up to something entirely good, entirely noble and entirely loveable.' - Stephen FryWelcome to the life of a junior doctor: 97-hour weeks, life and death decisions, a constant tsunami of bodily fluids, and the hospital parking meter earns more than you.Scribbled in secret ... Read more

$10.99 NZD

THE MILLION COPY BESTSELLERBOOK OF THE YEAR AT THE NATIONAL BOOK AWARDS'Painfully funny. The pain and the funniness somehow add up to something entirely good, entirely noble and entirely loveable.' - Stephen FryWelcome to the life of a junior doctor: 97-hour weeks, life and death decisions, a constant tsunami of bodily fluids, and the hospital parking meter earns more than you.Scribbled in secret
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Tending Lives

Nurses on the Medical Front

by Echo Heron ...

As the healthcare debate rages on with the growth of the HMO industry, nurses quietly continue to provide the day-to-day grit and deeply-felt passion that hold the healing profession together. Within these remarkable women and men are poignant, outrageous stories drawn from the edge of life. But fear of career backlash and reprisals have made them reluctant to talk to outsiders about their ... Read more

$9.76 NZD

As the healthcare debate rages on with the growth of the HMO industry, nurses quietly continue to provide the day-to-day grit and deeply-felt passion that hold the healing profession together. Within these remarkable women and men are poignant, outrageous stories drawn from the edge of life. But fear of career backlash and reprisals have made them reluctant to talk to outsiders about their
... Read more
Edward Jenner

The Vaccination Visionary

by Rob Boddice ...

Edward Jenner is a giant of modern medicine. Throughout history, smallpox had plagued humanity with disfigurement, blindness and death. It was an incurable blight, the suffering of which Jenner helped to end.Surmising from the immunity of milkmaids that cowpox might be some defence against the ravages of smallpox, in 1793 he took some of the matter from a human case of cowpox and inserted it into ... Read more

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Edward Jenner is a giant of modern medicine. Throughout history, smallpox had plagued humanity with disfigurement, blindness and death. It was an incurable blight, the suffering of which Jenner helped to end.Surmising from the immunity of milkmaids that cowpox might be some defence against the ravages of smallpox, in 1793 he took some of the matter from a human case of cowpox and inserted it into
... Read more
Post-Mortem

Tales of the macabre, hilarious and downright bizarre, from those who work with death

by Tim Booth ...

Death is a certainty, but what happens in the lead-up - and in its aftermath - is anything butpredictable.Nobody knows this better than those who work with death every day. There's no time for anexistential crisis when your 9-to-5 involves responding to fatal plane accidents, transporting organsfor urgent surgery, or fending off a dying man's request for Nickelback.In this book, bestselling author ... Read more

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Death is a certainty, but what happens in the lead-up - and in its aftermath - is anything butpredictable.Nobody knows this better than those who work with death every day. There's no time for anexistential crisis when your 9-to-5 involves responding to fatal plane accidents, transporting organsfor urgent surgery, or fending off a dying man's request for Nickelback.In this book, bestselling author
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A Dim Prognosis

Our health system in crisis — and a doctor's view on how to fix it

by Ivor Popovich ...

A gripping exposé of New Zealand's failing health systemThis compelling tell-all reveals the realities of working as a doctor in New Zealand.Fast-paced and darkly funny, it chronicles ten years of working in medicine - treating the victims of the Whakaari White Island eruption, being on the frontline during pandemic, dealing with chronic understaffing -and sheds a light on where and why the health ... Read more

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A gripping exposé of New Zealand's failing health systemThis compelling tell-all reveals the realities of working as a doctor in New Zealand.Fast-paced and darkly funny, it chronicles ten years of working in medicine - treating the victims of the Whakaari White Island eruption, being on the frontline during pandemic, dealing with chronic understaffing -and sheds a light on where and why the health
... Read more
A Woman of Firsts

The midwife who built a hospital and changed the world

by Edna Adan Ismail ...

‘The Muslim Mother Teresa’ Huffington Post Winner of the 2023 Templeton PrizeImprisonment. Mutilation. Persecution.Edna Adan Ismail endured it all – for the women of Africa.Edna saw first-hand how poor healthcare, lack of education and ancient superstitions had devastating effects on Somaliland’s people, especially its women. When she suffered the trauma of FGM herself as a young girl at the ... Read more

$9.99 NZD

‘The Muslim Mother Teresa’ Huffington Post Winner of the 2023 Templeton PrizeImprisonment. Mutilation. Persecution.Edna Adan Ismail endured it all – for the women of Africa.Edna saw first-hand how poor healthcare, lack of education and ancient superstitions had devastating effects on Somaliland’s people, especially its women. When she suffered the trauma of FGM herself as a young girl at the
... Read more
Black is the Body

Stories From My Grandmother's Time, My Mother's Time, and Mine

by Emily Bernard ...

A New Statesman essential non-fiction read of 2021'Everybody should read [this]' Stylist"Blackness is an art, not a science. It is a paradox: intangible and visceral; a situation and a story. It is the thread that connects these essays, but its significance as an experience emerges randomly, unpredictably. . . . Race is the story of my life, and therefore black is the body of this book."In twelve ... Read more

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A New Statesman essential non-fiction read of 2021'Everybody should read [this]' Stylist"Blackness is an art, not a science. It is a paradox: intangible and visceral; a situation and a story. It is the thread that connects these essays, but its significance as an experience emerges randomly, unpredictably. . . . Race is the story of my life, and therefore black is the body of this book."In twelve
... Read more
Sick

A Memoir

by Porochista Khakpour ...

BuzzFeed's 33 Most Exciting New BooksBustle's 28 Most Anticipated Non-fiction Books of 2018Nylon's 50 Books We Can't Wait to Read in 2018Huffington Post's 60 Books We Can't Wait to Read in 2018Electric Literature’s 46 Books to Read By Women of Colour in 2018For as long as Porochista Khakpour can remember, she has been sick. For most of that time, she didn’t know why. A story of... ... Read more

$19.99 NZD

BuzzFeed's 33 Most Exciting New BooksBustle's 28 Most Anticipated Non-fiction Books of 2018Nylon's 50 Books We Can't Wait to Read in 2018Huffington Post's 60 Books We Can't Wait to Read in 2018Electric Literature’s 46 Books to Read By Women of Colour in 2018For as long as Porochista Khakpour can remember, she has been sick. For most of that time, she didn’t know why. A story of...
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The Ones That Bit Me!

Camels, cows and other young-vet stories

by Marcus Taylor ...

A heartwarming and hilarious memoir of a young vet's adventures around the world.By the time Marcus Taylor graduated from veterinary school at age 23, a sheep, a cow, a hawk, innumerable dogs, cats, parrots and even a fish had locked their mandibles onto his flesh. Each bite only intrigued him further.From his first entanglement with a cow in ketosis in Canterbury to a beagle in heart failure in ... Read more

$22.45 NZD or Free with Kobo Plus

A heartwarming and hilarious memoir of a young vet's adventures around the world.By the time Marcus Taylor graduated from veterinary school at age 23, a sheep, a cow, a hawk, innumerable dogs, cats, parrots and even a fish had locked their mandibles onto his flesh. Each bite only intrigued him further.From his first entanglement with a cow in ketosis in Canterbury to a beagle in heart failure in
... Read more
Ask Me Why I Hurt

The Kids Nobody Wants and the Doctor Who Heals Them

by Randy Christensen M.D. ...

An unforgettable and inspiring memoir of an extraordinary doctor who is saving lives in a most unconventional way.Ask Me Why I Hurt is the touching and revealing first-person account of the remarkable work of Dr. Randy Christensen. Trained as a pediatrician, he works not in a typical hospital setting but, rather, in a 38-foot Winnebago that has been refitted as a doctor’s office on wheels. His ... Read more

$12.52 NZD

An unforgettable and inspiring memoir of an extraordinary doctor who is saving lives in a most unconventional way.Ask Me Why I Hurt is the touching and revealing first-person account of the remarkable work of Dr. Randy Christensen. Trained as a pediatrician, he works not in a typical hospital setting but, rather, in a 38-foot Winnebago that has been refitted as a doctor’s office on wheels. His
... Read more
Breaking Through

A Remarkable Memoir of Grit, Determination and Discovery

by Katalin Karikó ...

**From butcher's daughter in communist Hungary to winner of the Nobel Prize in Medicine, this is the story of one woman's extraordinary determination and her breakthrough discovery that saved millions of lives.'Riveting. A true story of a brilliant biochemist who never gave up or gave in'** BONNIE GARMUS'This remarkable memoir ... is a joy to read' FINANCIAL TIMES'Karikó's story is an inspiration' ... Read more

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**From butcher's daughter in communist Hungary to winner of the Nobel Prize in Medicine, this is the story of one woman's extraordinary determination and her breakthrough discovery that saved millions of lives.'Riveting. A true story of a brilliant biochemist who never gave up or gave in'** BONNIE GARMUS'This remarkable memoir ... is a joy to read' FINANCIAL TIMES'Karikó's story is an inspiration'
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The Secret Language of Flowers

by DK ...

Series series DK Secret Histories
Discover the uses and symbolic meanings of flowers over the centuries and across the globe.Flowers have been depicted as objects of beauty and wonder in countless paintings and poems, exchanged as tokens of love and affection, and displayed as symbols of both celebration and remembrance - "saying it with flowers" is truly part of the human experience.But how does the significance of flowers vary ... Read more

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Discover the uses and symbolic meanings of flowers over the centuries and across the globe.Flowers have been depicted as objects of beauty and wonder in countless paintings and poems, exchanged as tokens of love and affection, and displayed as symbols of both celebration and remembrance - "saying it with flowers" is truly part of the human experience.But how does the significance of flowers vary
... Read more

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