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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... -
Desmond Morris
The Naked Ape: A Zoologist's Study of the Human AnimalHere is the Naked Ape at his most primal - in l...Here is the Naked Ape at his most primal - in love, at work, at war. Meet man as he really is: relative to the apes, stripped of his veneer as we see him courting, making love, sleeping, socialisin... -
Angelica Malin
Unattached: Empowering Essays on SinglehoodCurated by journalist and author Angelica Malin...Curated by journalist and author Angelica Malin, Unattached explores the nuances of being single today through the voices of 30 women, with personal essays from a multitude of game-changing voices,... -
Matthew Bothwell
The Invisible UniverseFrom the discovery of entirely new kinds of gal...From the discovery of entirely new kinds of galaxies to a window into cosmic ‘prehistory’, Bothwell shows us the Universe as we’ve never seen it before – literally. Since the dawn of our species, p... -
Chitra Ramaswamy
Expecting: The Inner Life of PregnancyWhen Chitra Ramaswamy discovered she was pregna...When Chitra Ramaswamy discovered she was pregnant, she longed for a book that went above and beyond a manual; a book that did more than describe what was happening in her growing body. One that, in... -
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 ... -
Alison Goldsworthy, Laura Osborne
Poles Apart: Why People Turn Against Each Other, and How to Bring Them Togethere humans are social animals, naturally driven t...e humans are social animals, naturally driven to form close-knit groups. All too often, though, these groups become partisan. They start to compete with one another.They become mutually hostile. Wh... -
Deborah James
How to Live When You Could Be DeadWhen Deborah James was diagnosed with incurable...When Deborah James was diagnosed with incurable bowel cancer at just 35, she learned a powerful lesson: the way we respond to any given situation empowers or destroys us. And with the right skills ... -
Katie Goh
The End: Surviving the World Through Imagined Disasters: 5 (Inklings)Throughout history, apocalypse fiction has expl...Throughout history, apocalypse fiction has explored social injustice through fantasy, sci-fi and religious imagery, but what can we learn from it? Why do we escape very real disaster via dystopia? ... -
Maureen Gaffney
Your One Wild and Precious Life: An Inspiring Guide to Becoming Your Best Self At Any AgeOnce you've got a few decades on the clock, lif...Once you've got a few decades on the clock, life can seem sort of cross-roadsy. Once you're no longer thinking of yourself as 'young', you may be looking back, thinking 'How did I get here?' And al... -
Gwen Adshead and Eileen Horne
The Devil You Know: Encounters in Forensic PsychiatryDr Gwen Adshead is one of Britain's leading for...Dr Gwen Adshead is one of Britain's leading forensic psychiatrists.She treats serial killers, arsonists, stalkers, gang members and other individuals who are usually labelled 'monsters'. Whatever t...
