The Natural Health Service
Isabel HardmanIn 2016, Isabel Hardman’s mind, in her own words, ‘stopped working’ as she fell prey to severe depression and anxiety. She took time off on long-term sick leave and despite several relapses has return …
Genre: Science, Health & Medicine
Ten Steps To Nanette
Hannah GadsbyThe memoir from Australia’s much-loved comedian, Hannah Gadsby, whose stand-up show and self-described swan-song, NANETTE, won the Edinburgh Comedy Award in 2017 before transferring to New York, where …
The Home Stretch
Sally HowardForty years of feminism, and still women do the majority of the housework. Why?In fact, whilst women are making slow but steady gains on gender disparities in the workplace, at home the gap is widenin …
Tomorrows Versus Yesterdays
Andrew KeenRRP: £14.99
The current crisis of democracy, the growing economic inequality between rich and poor, our narcissistic social media culture and the looming menace of AI all threaten us as never before. The challeng …
Why We Can't Sleep
Ada CalhounRRP: £14.99
When Ada Calhoun found herself in the throes of a midlife crisis, she thought that she had no right to complain. She was married with children and a good career. So why did she feel miserable? And why …
A Bit of a Stretch
Chris AtkinsWhere can a tin of tuna buy you clean clothes? Which British education system struggles with 50% illiteracy? Where do teetotal Muslims attend AA meetings? Where is it easier to get ‘spice’ than parace …
Infinite Powers
Steven StrogatzRRP: £9.99
Shortlisted for the Royal Society Science Book Prize 2019A magisterial history of calculus (and the people behind it) from one of the world’s foremost mathematicians.This is the captivating story of m …
The Animal's Companion
Jacky Colliss HarveyRRP: £9.99
The earliest evidence of a human and a pet can be traced as far back as 26,000 BC in France where a boy and his ‘canid’ took a walk through a cave. Their foot and paw prints were preserved together on …
How Death Becomes Life
Joshua MezrichRRP: £9.99
A beautifully written and compelling memoir of a largely unexplored area of medicine: transplant surgery.Leading transplant surgeon Dr Joshua Mezrich creates life from loss, moving organs from one bod …
How The Brain Lost Its Mind
Allan RopperIn 1882, Jean-Martin Charcot was the premiere physician in Paris, having just established a neurology clinic at the infamous Salpêtrière Hospital, a place that was called a ‘grand asylum of human mise …
The Book of Knowing
Gwendoline SmithRRP: £8.99
‘This book has given our daughter life’s most essential skill: the ability to notice and manage her thoughts. This skill has fundamentally changed her present and her future. We will be forever gratef …
She Speaks
Yvette CooperA powerful celebration of brilliant speeches by women throughout the ages, from Boudica to Greta Thunberg.’A treasure trove of trailblazers…’ Cathy NewmanLooking at lists of the greatest speeches of …
Autopia
Jon BentleyCars are one of the most significant human creations. They changed our cities. They changed our lives. They changed everything. But in the next thirty years, this technology will itself change enormou …
Britain by Numbers
Stuart NewmanA beautiful, compelling and eye-opening guide to the way we live in Britain today.______________How much more do we drink than we should? Why do immigrants come here? How have house prices changed in …
Brothers in Black
Jamie WallRRP: £14.99
The All Blacks have had a brilliant run of brothers in the last decade, with the Barretts, Whitelocks, Saveas and Franks, but there have also been many more standouts throughout New Zealand rugby hist …
It's All a Game
Tristan DonovanRRP: £8.99
Board games have been with us longer than even the written word. But what is it about this pastime that continues to captivate us well into the age of smartphones and instant gratification?In It’s All …
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