“A brother chosen. A brother left behind. And a family where you'd least expect to find one” It's 1981, a year of riots and royal weddings. The Dukes of Hazzard is on TV and Curly Wurlys are in the shops. And trying to find a place in it all is young Leon. Leon is nine, and has a perfect baby brother called Jake. They have gone to live with Maureen, who has fuzzy red hair like a halo, ...
January 26th 2021
“Research consistently shows that the risks to health outweigh the benefits of drinking alcohol. My argument is that the benefits to my mental health justify the risks.” The Rosie Project is a story about love, life and lobster every Tuesday... Don Tillman has got his love life planned out. He knows exactly who he wants, but is it who he needs? Love isn't an exact science...
January 26th 2021
'This is the writing wing of the NHS. This is where the open heart surgery is. What a beautiful operation. Read on.’ - Lemn Sissay ‘The very heart of who we are and what we are here for. An exciting and wonderful book’ - Michael Rosen This anthology offers a unique insight into the real experiences of the people at the heart of the NHS – from the student nurse a...
January 26th 2021
“The more we try to avoid the basic reality that all human life involves pain, the more we are likely to struggle with that pain when it arises, thereby creating even more suffering.” Are you, like milllions of Americans, caught in the happiness trap? Russ Harris explains that the way most of us go about trying to find happiness ends up making us miserable, driving the epidemics of str...
January 26th 2021
“There are some things that are so unforgivable that they make other things easily forgivable.” In 1960s Nigeria, three lives intersect. Ugwu, a boy from a poor village, works as a houseboy for a university professor. Olanna has abandoned her life of privilege in Lagos to live with her charismatic lover, the professor. And Richard, a shy Englishman, is in thrall to Olanna's enigmatic tw...
January 26th 2021
“If you’re not concerned about happiness at work, you should be. Because there are huge downsides when you don’t have it and upsides when you do.” What exactly does happiness mean at work? And why does it matter? According to Jessica Pryce-Jones, it’s not some abstract idea but a practical reality with a clear impact on you and your workplace. This book reveals the ha...
January 26th 2021
"How do you build a life when all that you know is changing? How do you conceive of love when you can no longer recognise those who mean the most to you? A phenomenal memoir - the first of its kind - Somebody I Used to Know is both a heart-rending tribute to the woman Wendy Mitchell once was, and a brave affirmation of the woman dementia has seen her become." Brave, illuminating and i...
January 26th 2021
“Does medicine still need breakthroughs? Is research still worth doing? Medicine should try its utmost to prevent premature mortality; I would arbitrarily set this as anything below eighty. More importantly, medicine should deal better with pain, suffering and disability. I do not believe, however, that better ways of relieving suffering will emerge from molecular medicine.” Seamu...
January 26th 2021
“We have developed what amounts to a cultural blind spot about these chapters of our past, and our collective squeamishness that prevents us from openly discussing British slavery and the darker aspects of British imperialism has rendered us unable to properly appreciate the place of black people and Africa in our national story.” In this vital re-examination of a shared history, histor...
January 26th 2021
“There are only two days with fewer than twenty-four hours in each lifetime, sitting like bookmarks astride our lives; one is celebrated every year, yet it is the other that makes us see living as precious.” Kathryn Mannix shares beautifully crafted stories from a lifetime of caring for the dying. Weaving her own experiences as a caregiver through stories of her patients, their families...
January 26th 2021
