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Where Does it Hurt?: What the Junior Doctor did next by Max Pemberton
RRP: £9.99£6.48'Treats a grim subject with warmth and self-deprecating good humour ... equally enlightening sequel' Daily Mail The sequel to the bestselling Trust Me, I'm a (Junior) Doctor. The junior doctor is back, but working on the streets for the Phoenix Outreach... -
Shakar: an Afghan Woman's Journey: From Refugee to Cancer Pioneer by Shakardokht Jafari 9781785633553
RRP: £9.99£7.11'Fascinating...an enticingly interesting read' - Sayeeda Warsi. Born in rural Afghanistan, Shakardokht Jafari became a refugee aged just six, after a harrowing half-year trek to Iran. There, at twelve, she discovered she had been promised in... -
A Thousand Naked Strangers: A Paramedic's Wild Ride to the Edge and Back by Kevin Hazzard
RRP: £17.99£11.53Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781501110863Author Kevin HazzardFormat PaperbackPage Count 288Imprint Scribner Book CompanyPublisher Scribner Book CompanyWeight(grams) 227gDimensions(mm)... -
Blood, Sweat and Tea by Tom Reynolds
RRP: £9.99£6.64A beautifully written insight into the stresses, strains and successes of working for the London Ambulance service. Is there anyone who hasn't wondered about the state of the occupant of an ambulance, screaming along with its sirens on and... -
An Imperfect Offering: Dispatches from the medical frontline by James Orbinski
RRP: £16.99£12.28Born in Britain in 1960, James Orbinski's family moved to Canada when he was seven years old. As a young man, he became a medic to learn how to help, and deal with, the suffering of others. From then on he was plunged into many highly demanding... -
More Blood, More Sweat and Another Cup of Tea by Tom Reynolds
RRP: £8.99£6.02The 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... -
No More Blood: A Life in Vascular Surgery by Peter Harris
RRP: £9.99£7.11Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781528980012Author Peter HarrisFormat PaperbackPage Count 164Imprint Austin Macauley PublishersPublisher Austin Macauley Publishers -
All Because of Henry by Nuala Gardner 9781845027070
RRP: £9.99£7.33All Because of Henry picks up the lead from the international bestseller, A Friend Like Henry, which traced the childhood journey of Dale, the Gardner family and, of course, their amazing golden retriever Henry, who has finally helped Dale to communicate... -
Mikhail Bulgakov by Julie Curtis 9781780237411
RRP: £12.99£9.09Mikhail Bulgakov (1891-1940) has become the most popular Russian writer of the twentieth century, even though his works were banned for decades after his death due to the repressive Soviet censorship of literature. His great novel, The Master and... -
The Best of Health: Tales out of Medical School by John A. T. Duncan
RRP: £9.99£7.11Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781398413276Author John A. T. DuncanFormat PaperbackPage Count 236Imprint Austin Macauley PublishersPublisher Austin Macauley Publishers -
The Magic in the Tin by Paul Ferris
RRP: £16.99£12.86Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781399400107Author Paul FerrisFormat HardbackPage Count 240Imprint Bloomsbury Publishing PLCPublisher Bloomsbury Publishing PLCWeight(grams) 153g -
The Great Ormond Street Hospital Nurse: The life of a trainee nurse at GOSH in the 1960s by Vanessa Martin
RRP: £8.99£6.45Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781787399105Author Vanessa MartinFormat PaperbackPage Count 370Imprint Welbeck Publishing GroupPublisher Welbeck Publishing Group -
In Her Room: How Music Helped Me Connect With My Autistic Daughter by James Cook
RRP: £14.99£10.95When James Cook's daughter was nearly one, he began to suspect that she wasn't simply a 'late bloomer', as he and his wife were telling friends and family. Emily was strongly taken by images and patterns around the house, had a marked response to music,... -
The Puzzle People: Memoirs of a Transplant Surgeon by Thomas E. Starzl 9780822958369
£20.27Given the tensions and demands of medicine, highly successful physicians and surgeons rarely achieve equal success as prose writers. It is truly extraordinary that a major, international pioneer in the controversial field of transplant surgery should... -
Time and Tide by Charlie Bird
RRP: £16.99£11.47A poignant and introspective memoir from Irish journalist and broadcaster Charlie Bird. In 2021, Charlie Bird was diagnosed with motor neurone disease - a man whose voice was so synonymous with his career faced losing it completely. Yet... -
Invisible Kingdom, The (export Edition): Reimagining Chronic Illness by Meghan O'Rourke
RRP: £12.99£11.60Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780593541456Author Meghan O'RourkeFormat PaperbackPage Count 336Imprint Riverhead Books,U.S.Publisher Penguin Putnam Inc -
Uncle Tungsten: Memories of a Chemical Boyhood by Oliver Sacks 9781529087444
RRP: £10.99£7.71Uncle Tungsten radiates all the delight and wonder of a boy's adventures, and is an unforgettable portrait of an extraordinary young mind.Oliver Sacks evokes, with warmth and wit, his upbringing in wartime England. He tells of the large science-steeped... -
ER Nurses: True stories from the frontline by James Patterson
RRP: £9.99£7.11In this extraordinary work of non-fiction, we hear the unforgettable stories of everyday heroes who look after our families, our friends and ourselves in the most challenging circumstances imaginable.______________________________When we're at our worst,... -
Ever Patient Tells a Story by Lisa Sanders
RRP: £14.99£11.47Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780767922470Author Lisa SandersFormat PaperbackPage Count 304Imprint Random House USA IncPublisher Random House USA IncWeight(grams) 210gDimensions(mm)... -
A History of Women in Medicine: Cunning Women, Physicians, Witches by Sinead Spearing 9781526751690
RRP: £12.99£9.09Witch' is a powerful word with humble origins. Once used to describe an ancient British tribe known for its unique class of female physicians and priestesses, it grew into something grotesque, diabolical and dangerous. A History of Women in Medicine:... -
Under Her Skin: The life and work of Professor Fiona Wood AM, National Living Treasure by Sue Williams 9781761066917
RRP: £16.99£11.58When three bombs tore out the heart of Bali and destroyed so many Australian lives in 2002, burns surgeon Professor Fiona Wood and her team were there to help. A pioneer in the field of burns and reconstructive surgery, Fiona made world headlines with... -
God in the ICU: Suddenly things happened that he never could have imagined by Dave a Walker 9781466440319
RRP: £12.00£10.08Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781466440319Author Dave a WalkerFormat PaperbackPage Count 138Imprint CreateSpacePublisher CreateSpaceWeight(grams) 195gDimensions(mm) 229mm * 152mm * 8mm -
Everything That Makes Us Human: Case Notes of a Children's Brain Surgeon by Jay Jayamohan
RRP: £16.99£3.81'There are two ways to open a child's head. The pretty way and the quick way. Usually I shave the hair, use a scalpel to nick the skin then apply an electro-cautery device to burn down to bone level. It's a slow, precise method and it leaves almost no... -
Surgery, The Ultimate Placebo: A surgeon cuts through the evidence by Professor Ian Harris
RRP: £13.95£12.59A senior surgeon suggests that many commonly performed operations are not necessary and that any benefits they offer are a placebo. For many complaints and conditions the benefits from surgery are lower, and the risks higher, than you or your surgeon... -
Brief Lives 3 - Newton by Peter Ackroyd
RRP: £9.99£3.51Isaac Newton (1642-1727), the English genius, made his greatest contributions to original thought before the age of twenty-five, while at home in Lincolnshire escaping the great plague of 1665, a period of which he wrote: 'I was in the prime of age for... -
The Garden Diary of Doctor Darwin by Susan Campbell 9781913491789
RRP: £30.00£21.13In 1986, Susan Campbell made the chance discovery of a hitherto unknown garden diary. She spent the next 35 years researching its background before writing this book. The diary was written between 1838 and 1865 by the father of Charles Darwin, Doctor... -
Home Before Morning: The Story of an Army Nurse in Vietnam by Lynda Van Devanter
£26.37Lynda Van Devanter was the girl next door, the cheerleader who went to Catholic schools, enjoyed sports, and got along well with her four sisters and parents. After high school she attended nursing school and then did something that would shatter her... -
Overdue: Birth, burnout and a blueprint for a better NHS by Amity Reed
RRP: £9.99£7.11Amity Reed became a midwife to serve women, but the reality of working in over-stretched and underfunded NHS maternity services soon shattered her illusions. She's not alone - for every 30 midwives that train, 29 will leave the profession. Overdue is... -
The Longest Farewell by Nula Suchet 9781781725184
RRP: £12.99£8.94Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781781725184Author Nula SuchetFormat HardbackPage Count 180Imprint SerenPublisher Poetry Wales PressDimensions(mm) 208mm * 135mm * 20mm -
A Nurse's War: A Diary of Heroism and Heartache on the Home Front by Patricia Malcolmson
RRP: £8.99£6.45The remarkable wartime diary of nurse Kathleen Johnstone 'Warm, chatty and endlessly absorbing, this delightful diary brims with intelligence and humour.' Wendy Moore, author of Endell Street: The Women... -
After the Roof Caved In: An Immigrant's Journey from Ireland to America by Michael J. Dowling
RRP: £12.99£8.18The moving story of an Irish immigrant's life, from a poverty-stricken childhood in Ireland to becoming a captain of industry, After the Roof Caved In is a powerful, poignant look at how hard work and education enabled one young man to change his life... -
Meniere Man Let's Get Better: A Memoir of Meniere's Disease by Meniere Man 9780955650949
RRP: £16.99£14.10Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780955650949Author Meniere ManPage Count 248Imprint Page-Addie PressPublisher Page-Addie PressDimensions(mm) 232mm * 155mm * 18mm -
The Pioneering Life of Mary Wortley Montagu: Scientist and Feminist by Jo Willett
RRP: £25.00£14.36300 years ago, in April 1721, a smallpox epidemic was raging in England. Lady Mary Wortley Montagu knew that she could save her 3-year-old daughter using the process of inoculation. She had witnessed this at first hand in Turkey, while she was living... -
Time and Tide by Charlie Bird 9780008546786
RRP: £9.99£6.64A poignant and introspective memoir from Irish journalist and broadcaster Charlie Bird. In 2021, Charlie Bird was diagnosed with motor neurone disease - a man whose voice was so synonymous with his career faced losing it completely. Yet... -
Dorothea's War: A First World War Nurse Tells Her Story by Dorothea Crewdson
RRP: £10.99£7.05In April 1915, Dorothea Crewdson, a newly trained Red Cross nurse, and her best friend Christie, received instructions to leave for Le Tr port in northern France. Filled with excitement at the prospect of her first paid job, Dorothea began writing a... -
This Is It!: The Secret Lives of Dr. Conrad Murray and Michael Jackson by Conrad Murray 9780692741078
RRP: £20.99£14.64Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780692741078Author Conrad MurrayFormat PaperbackPage Count 380Imprint Bruce Farr Creative PublishingPublisher Bruce Farr Creative PublishingWeight(grams)... -
A Still Life: A Memoir by Josie George 9781526612007
RRP: £8.99£6.75SHORTLISTED FOR THE BARBELLION PRIZE 2021 'A manifesto for recalibrating' DAILY MAIL 'I can't think of many books where the reader feels so passionately on the side of the narrator' GUARDIAN 'A profound redefinition of the very idea of vitality'... -
Dr James Barry: A Woman Ahead of Her Time by Jeremy Dronfield 9781786071194
RRP: £11.99£8.69A Sunday Times Book of the Year As featured on the BBC Radio 2 Book Club Dr James Barry: Inspector General of Hospitals, army surgeon, duellist, reformer, ladykiller, eccentric. He performed the first successful Caesarean in the British Empire,... -
The Exceptions: Nancy Hopkins and the fight for women in science by Kate Zernike
RRP: £20.00£12.96'Outstanding' Bonnie Garmus, bestselling author of Lessons in ChemistryThe remarkable untold story of how a group of sixteen determined women used the power of the collective and the tools of science to inspire ongoing radical change. This is a... -
Wonder Drug: The Hidden Victims of America’s Secret Thalidomide Scandal by Jennifer Vanderbes
RRP: £25.00£16.43Longlisted for the Andrew 2024 Carnegie Medal for Non-Fiction The shocking, never-before-told story of America's thalidomide victims In Germany on Christmas Day 1956 a baby girl was born without ears. She...