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Liz O'Riordan
Under the Knife: Life Lessons from the Operating TheatreDr Liz O'Riordan is a breast cancer surgeon who...Dr Liz O'Riordan is a breast cancer surgeon who has battled against social, physical and mental challenges to practise at the top of her field. Under the Knife charts Liz's incredible highs: perfor... -
Gavin Francis
Free For All: Why The NHS Is Worth SavingBritain's health service is dying.Gavin Francis...Britain's health service is dying.Gavin Francis shows us why we should fight for it. Since its birth in 1948, the powers that be have chipped away at the NHS. Now, Britain's best-loved institution ... -
Timothy C. Baker
Reading My Mother Back: A Memoir in Childhood Animal StoriesWhen his mother died, Timothy C. Baker discover...When his mother died, Timothy C. Baker discovered that there was almost no record of her existence, and no stories that were his to tell: the only way to bring her back was through reading. Reading... -
Gavin Francis
Intensive Care: A GP, a Community & a PandemicGavin Francis is a GP who works in both urban a...Gavin Francis is a GP who works in both urban and rural communities, splitting his time between Edinburgh and the islands of Orkney. When the pandemic arrived in our society he saw how it affected ... -
Isabel Hardman
Fighting for Life: The Twelve Battles that Made Our NHS, and the Struggle for Its FutureSince its foundation in 1948, the NHS has come ...Since its foundation in 1948, the NHS has come to define our national identity; it even topped the "what makes Britain great" poll in 2022. It has made history (and the headlines) again and again -... -
Suzanne O'Sullivan
The Sleeping Beauties: And Other Stories of Mystery IllnessIn Sweden, refugee children fall asleep for mon...In Sweden, refugee children fall asleep for months and years at a time. In upstate New York, high school students develop contagious seizures. In the US Embassy in Cuba, employees complain of heada... -
Kate Muir
Everything You Need to Know About the Menopause (but were too afraid to ask)An eye-opening, no-holds-barred guide to the pe...An eye-opening, no-holds-barred guide to the perimenopause and menopause written by campaigner, journalist and documentary-maker Kate Muir. Everything You Need to Know About the Menopause (and were... -
Anna Levin
Incandescent: We Need to Talk About LightLight is changing, dramatically. Our world is g...Light is changing, dramatically. Our world is getting brighter - you can see it from space. But is brighter always better? Artificial light is voracious and spreading.Vanquishing precious darkness ... -
Sally Adee
We Are Electric: The New Science of Our Body’s ElectromeYou may be familiar with the idea of our body's...You may be familiar with the idea of our body's biome - the bacterial fauna that populates our gut and can so profoundly affect our health. In We Are Electric we cross the next frontier of scientif... -
Sam Delaney
Sort Your Head Out: Mental health without all the bollocksSam Delaney was Jack the Lad. He was confident,...Sam Delaney was Jack the Lad. He was confident, loud and funny; an absolute legend, to be honest. Or at least that was what he pretended to be.But when he reached his thirties, work, relationships ... -
Richard Firth-Godbehere
A Human History of Emotion: How the Way We Feel Built the World We KnowHow have our emotions shaped the course of hum...How have our emotions shaped the course of human history? And how have our experience and understanding of emotions evolved with us? We humans like to think of ourselves as rational creatures, wh... -
Dr Norman Lazarus
The Lazarus Strategy: How to Age Well and WiselyWe are all living longer. The World Health Orga...We are all living longer. The World Health Organisation predicts that by 2050 there will be two billion people over 60 with 434 million of those over 80 years of age. But there's a catch: the quali...
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