The Flight Nurses’ War

The Pacific Theatre was the setting for some of World War II’s bloodiest battles, and yet much of its history remains untold. As the war in Europe was winding down, fierce Japanese resistance and moun …

The Art of Not Eating

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‘A courageous and beautifully written exploration of a vitally important subject’ The Herald’Fascinating’ Katherine May’These books … deepen our understanding of how our bodies are ourselves, and ho …

Jack and Eve

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Vera Holme, known as Jack, left a career as a jobbing actress to become Emmeline Pankhurst’s chauffeur and mechanic. Evelina Haverfield was a classic beauty, the daughter of a baron and fourteen years …

Pain

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‘Combines a career’s worth of expertise with a long history of pain treatment. For anyone concerned with pain treatment, or anyone who has struggled to manage pain of any kind, it’s an important read. …

How The Brain Lost Its Mind

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‘Hugely entertaining’ Guardian’Fascinating’ Mail on SundayIn 1882, Jean-Martin Charcot was the premiere physician in Paris, having just established a neurology clinic at the infamous Salpêtrière Hospi …

The Great Secret

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On the night of December 2, 1943, the Luftwaffe bombed a critical Allied port in Bari, Italy, sinking seventeen ships and killing over a thousand servicemen and hundreds of civilians. Caught in the su …

Endell Street

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A BBC RADIO 4 BOOK OF THE WEEKWhen the First World War broke out, the suffragettes suspended their campaigning and joined the war effort. For pioneering suffragette doctors (and life partners) Flora M …