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Cross Everything: A personal journey into the evolution of cancer by Henry Scowcroft
RRP: $37.03$28.45'A moving, compelling and vital book, that sheds much needed light on the very latest understanding of cancer.' - Siddhartha Mukherjee, author of The Emperor of All Maladies 'A gripping, heartbreaking, accessible personal journey through love and... -
The Diving-Bell and the Butterfly by Jean-Dominique Bauby
RRP: $19.48$12.95'Locked-in syndrome: paralysed from head to toe, the patient, his mind intact, is imprisoned inside his own body, unable to speak or move. In my case, blinking my left eyelid is my only means of communication.' In December 1995, Jean-Dominique... -
Fighting For Your Life: A paramedic's story by Lysa Walder 9781789462043 [USED COPY]
RRP: $17.53$4.08A teenage boy lies on the pavement, bleeding from a stab wound; a distraught mum watches, in mute shock, as her daughter suffers a terrifying fatal asthma attack; a young girl is gang-raped and her stricken boyfriend takes an overdose; a disturbed young... -
Fighting For Your Life: A paramedic's story by Lysa Walder
RRP: $17.53$12.13A teenage boy lies on the pavement, bleeding from a stab wound; a distraught mum watches, in mute shock, as her daughter suffers a terrifying fatal asthma attack; a young girl is gang-raped and her stricken boyfriend takes an overdose; a disturbed young... -
When You Lose It: Two voices. One true story. A mother and daughter on the edge. 'A very important subject' – ITV's This Morning by Roxy Longworth 9781802792195 [USED COPY]
RRP: $19.48$17.02'An extraordinary and important book. Read it immediately' Claudia Winkleman 'Superbly written, this deeply moving book underlines how truly precious mother-daughter relationships are, and never more so than in those teenage years' Gloria Hunniford 'Read... -
When You Lose It: Two voices. One true story. A mother and daughter on the edge. 'A very important subject' – ITV's This Morning by Roxy Longworth 9781802792195
RRP: $19.48$11.62'An extraordinary and important book. Read it immediately' Claudia Winkleman 'Superbly written, this deeply moving book underlines how truly precious mother-daughter relationships are, and never more so than in those teenage years' Gloria Hunniford 'Read... -
Working Stiff: Two Years, 262 Bodies, and the Making of a Medical Examiner by Judy Melinek
RRP: $21.43$13.65Just two months before the September 11 terrorist attacks, Dr. Judy Melinek began her training as a New York City forensic pathologist. While her husband and their toddler held down the home front, Judy threw herself into the fascinating world of death... -
Critical: Science and stories from the brink of human life by Dr. Matt Morgan 9781471173066
RRP: $19.48$12.50Journey into the world of intensive care medicine and the lives of people who have forever been changed by it. 'A very special book filled with stories of survival, hope and loss.'Adam Kay '[Morgan's] wit and compassion are everywhere evident in this... -
The Skeleton Cupboard: The making of a clinical psychologist by Tanya Byron
RRP: $21.43$15.46The Skeleton Cupboard is Professor Tanya Byron's account of her years of training as a clinical psychologist, when trainees find themselves in the toughest placements of their careers. Through the eyes of her naive and inexperienced younger self, Tanya... -
Animal and Client Encounters by James Alexander 9781035800445
RRP: $19.48$13.86Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781035800445Author James AlexanderFormat PaperbackPage Count 222Imprint Austin Macauley PublishersPublisher Austin Macauley Publishers -
The Wonderful World of James Herriot by James Herriot
RRP: $42.90$31.24The perfect gift for fans of All Creatures Great and Small, this is a charming collection of classic stories from James Herriot's much-loved books with insights into his life and work from his children Rosie and Jim.With astute observations and boundless... -
Women Healers Through History by Elisabeth Brooke
RRP: $33.13$28.49A powerful exploration of women's role as healers through the ages and their continuing fight for recognition. This expanded and updated edition of the classic 1993 title, traces a lineage that spans the centuries in a revisionist history that... -
Admissions: A Life in Brain Surgery by Henry Marsh 9781474603874 [USED COPY]
RRP: $17.53$4.70'Sensational' SUNDAY TIMES NO. BESTSELLER'Extraordinary...both exhilarating and alarming...fascinating' DAILY MAIL'Wonderful...a testament to the tenacity of the human spirit' FINANCIAL TIMESHenry Marsh has spent four decades operating on the human... -
Admissions: A Life in Brain Surgery by Henry Marsh
RRP: $17.53$12.09'Sensational' SUNDAY TIMES NO. BESTSELLER'Extraordinary...both exhilarating and alarming...fascinating' DAILY MAIL'Wonderful...a testament to the tenacity of the human spirit' FINANCIAL TIMESHenry Marsh has spent four decades operating on the human... -
All Things Bright and Beautiful: The Classic Memoirs of a Yorkshire Country Vet by James Herriot
RRP: $21.43$14.64The second collection of memoirs from the author who inspired the BBC and Channel 5 series All Creatures Great and Small.Now settled into the sleepy Yorkshire village of Darrowby, and married to Helen the farmer's daughter, James Herriot thinks he's... -
Becoming Reverend: A diary by Matt Woodcock 9781781400104
RRP: $19.48$15.93Meet Woody. Former journalist. Die-hard Oasis fan. High energy. Low sperm count. Training to be a vicar. Obviously. Matt Woodcock's frank, funny real-life diaries reveal what it was like for him to train as a vicar while struggling against all... -
Attending: Medicine, Mindfulness, and Humanity by Dr. Ronald Epstein
RRP: $25.33$15.95With his "deeply informed and compassionate book...Dr. Epstein tells us that it is a 'moral imperative' [for doctors] to do right by their patients" (New York Journal of Books).The first book for the general public about the importance of mindfulness in... -
The Madness: A Memoir of War, Fear and PTSD by Fergal Keane 9780008420468 [USED COPY]
RRP: $21.43$7.96An Irish Times book of the year 2022 A powerful, probing book about PTSD. As a journalist Keane has covered conflict and brutality across the world for more than thirty years, from Rwanda,... -
The Madness: A Memoir of War, Fear and PTSD by Fergal Keane
RRP: $21.43$14.14An Irish Times book of the year 2022 A powerful, probing book about PTSD. As a journalist Keane has covered conflict and brutality across the world for more than thirty years, from Rwanda,... -
The Undying: A Meditation on Modern Illness by Anne Boyer
RRP: $21.43$15.15WINNER OF THE PULITZER PRIZE FOR NONFICTION 2020WINNER OF THE WINDHAM-CAMPBELL PRIZE FOR NONFICTION 2020FINALIST FOR THE PEN / JEAN STEIN BOOK AWARD 2020'Profound and unforgettable' Sally Rooney'A classic . . . I have long thought of Boyer as a genius'... -
And Finally: Matters of Life and Death by Henry Marsh
RRP: $33.13$23.95**AS HEARD ON BBC RADIO 4****A BOOK OF THE YEAR IN THE TIMES, DAILY TELEGRAPH AND FINANCIAL TIMES**As a neurosurgeon, I lived in a world filled with fear and suffering, death and cancer. But rarely, if ever, did I think about what it would be like if... -
Ludwik Hirszfeld - The Story of One Life by Marta A. Balinska 9781580464598
RRP: $97.50$94.09An annotated English translation of the autobiography of Polish microbiologist Ludwik Hirszfeld (1884-1954), with a focus on his contributions to international public health. Ludwik Hirszfeld (1884-1954), one of the most prominent serologists of the... -
Critical by Anthea Allen
RRP: $29.23$26.23THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER 'A heart-breaking story of courage and compassion from the front line of the toughest battle our nurses have had to fight. Anthea Allen's writing is raw, honest and full of... -
Think Like An Engineer: Inside the Minds that are Changing our Lives by Guru Madhavan
RRP: $21.43$13.65Discover the secrets of the minds that built our world - and how they might teach us to think differently and innovate better. 'Smart, insightful, and fascinating.' Walter Isaacson, author of Steve Jobs: The Exclusive Biography Dubai's Burj Khalifa... -
Last Dance at the Savoy: Life, Love and Caregiving for Someone with Progressive Supranuclear Palsy by Kathryn Leigh Scott 9780986245961
RRP: $33.62$28.68Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780986245961Author Yvette BordelonFormat PaperbackPage Count 334Imprint Cumberland PressPublisher Cumberland PressWeight(grams) 381gDimensions(mm) 203mm *... -
Drops of Reality: Tales from a doctor's surgery by M a Moss 9781544211503
RRP: $9.71$9.03Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781544211503Author M a MossFormat PaperbackPage Count 102Imprint Createspace Independent Publishing PlatformPublisher Createspace Independent Publishing... -
Where Memories Go: Why dementia changes everything - as heard on BBC R4 Book of the Week by Sally Magnusson
RRP: $21.43$14.43'A fine book' The Sunday Times 'Powerful' Guardian 'Wonderful' The Telegraph'Moving, funny, warm' Mail on Sunday'Brave, compassionate, tender and honest' Metro'This book began as an attempt to hold on to my witty, storytelling mother with the one thing I... -
Diary of a Rural GP: Hilarious True Stories from a Country Practice (Book 3 in the Country Doctor series) by Michael Sparrow
RRP: $19.48$15.93Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781788420747Author Michael SparrowFormat PaperbackPage Count 256Imprint PreludePublisher Duckworth Books -
The Secret Midwife: Life, Death and the Truth about Birth by The Secret Midwife 9781789464573 [USED COPY]
RRP: $19.48$4.70For fans of One Born Every Minute.The Secret Midwife is a heart-breaking, engrossing and important read. At once joyful and profoundly shocking, this is the story of birth, straight from the delivery room.Strongest supporter, best friend, expert,... -
The Secret Midwife: Life, Death and the Truth about Birth by The Secret Midwife
RRP: $19.48$13.36For fans of One Born Every Minute.The Secret Midwife is a heart-breaking, engrossing and important read. At once joyful and profoundly shocking, this is the story of birth, straight from the delivery room.Strongest supporter, best friend, expert,... -
The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca Skloot 9781035038619
RRP: $21.43$13.88The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks is a fascinating mix of memoir and science, telling the story of how one woman's cells have saved countless lives. Now an HBO film starring Oprah Winfrey & Rose Byrne.'No dead woman has done more for the living . . ... -
The Prince Rupert Hotel for the Homeless: A True Story of Love and Compassion Amid a Pandemic by Christina Lamb 9780008487584
RRP: $21.43$14.14'There will be an avalanche of books about the pandemic. None will be as eye-opening or humane or moving as Lamb's' DAILY TELEGRAPH A story of poverty, generosity and worlds colliding in modern Britain When... -
Rest in Pieces: The Curious Fates of Famous Corpses by Bess Lovejoy
RRP: $19.48$12.50In the long run, we're all dead. But for some of the most influential figures in history, death marked the start of a new adventure. The famous deceased have been stolen, burned, sold, pickled, frozen, stuffed, impersonated and even filed away in a... -
How Not to be a Doctor: And Other Essays by John Launer 9780715653364 [USED COPY]
RRP: $19.48$4.41The essential book on how not to be a doctor - and how to be a better one. Drawn from his popular medical columns over the years, John Launer shares fifty of his best-loved essays, covering topics from essentials skills they don't teach you in medical... -
How Not to be a Doctor: And Other Essays by John Launer
RRP: $19.48$13.16The essential book on how not to be a doctor - and how to be a better one. Drawn from his popular medical columns over the years, John Launer shares fifty of his best-loved essays, covering topics from essentials skills they don't teach you in medical... -
More Blood, More Sweat and Another Cup of Tea by Tom Reynolds
RRP: $17.53$11.74The sequel to the bestselling memoir Blood, Sweat & Tea. Tom Reynolds is an ambulance worker. On any given day he can be attacked by strangers, sworn at by motorists, puked on, covered in blood and other much more unpleasant... -
One Pair of Feet: 'I envy anyone yet to discover the joy of Monica Dickens ... she's blissfully funny' Nina Stibbe by Monica Dickens 9780349016016
RRP: $19.48$13.26INTRODUCED BY LISSA EVANS'I envy anyone yet to discover the joy of Monica Dickens. She's beady eyed, big hearted and blissfully funny' NINA STIBBE ' Humorous, moving and fascinating' CLARE MACKINTOSH Considering herself unsuitable for any other... -
The Time In Between: A memoir of hunger and hope by Nancy Tucker 9781785780417 [USED COPY]
RRP: $17.53$4.93When Nancy Tucker was eight years old, her class had to write about what they wanted in life. She thought, and thought, and then, though she didn't know why, she wrote: 'I want to be thin.'Over the next twelve years, she developed anorexia nervosa, was... -
Life Support: Diary of an ICU Doctor on the Frontline of the Covid Crisis by Dr Jim Down 9780241506325 [USED COPY]
RRP: $21.43$9.01'Deeply affecting - a personal memoir that grips, harrows, inspires and, ultimately, uplifts with its vein of deep humanity' Philippe Sands'An extraordinarily frank book laced with humour and self-deprecation' The TimesAs a doctor on the intensive care... -
Life Support: Diary of an ICU Doctor on the Frontline of the Covid Crisis by Dr Jim Down
RRP: $21.43$15.15'Deeply affecting - a personal memoir that grips, harrows, inspires and, ultimately, uplifts with its vein of deep humanity' Philippe Sands'An extraordinarily frank book laced with humour and self-deprecation' The TimesAs a doctor on the intensive care...