Published By: MonorayPages: 320Released On: 17/04/2025 It’s the sleepover from hell that no one prepared you for. The doctors have gone to medical school, the nurses have gone to uni – but what about the patients?Be Patient is a warm, darkly comic account of Tilly’s desperate search for a diagnosis, against the backdrop of a hilariouslyContinue reading “Be Patient – Tilly Rose”
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The CIA Book Club – Charlie English
Published By: William CollinsPages: 384Released On: 13/03/2025 From copies of Orwell to Agatha Christie, the Western effort was to undermine the censorship of the Soviet bloc, offer different visions of thought and culture to the people, and build relationships with real readers in the East. Historian Charlie English follows the characters of the era, withContinue reading “The CIA Book Club – Charlie English”
Alive: An Alternative Anatomy – Gabriel Weston
Published By: Jonathan CapePages: 304Released On: 06/03/2025 What does it mean to live in a body? For Gabriel Weston, there was always something missing from the anatomy she was taught at medical school. Medicine teaches us how a body functions, but it doesn’t help us navigate the reality of living in one. As she becameContinue reading “Alive: An Alternative Anatomy – Gabriel Weston”
Greedy Guts – Gina Tonic
Published By: CoronetPages: 224Released On: 06/03/2025 Nobody talks about the nuances of life as a fat woman. To navigate friendship, careers, sex and chairs with handles in a body bigger than those around you. Growing up fat, working class and happy in the depths of South Wales, Gina Tonic was raised in one of theContinue reading “Greedy Guts – Gina Tonic”
Mavericks – Jenny Draper
Published By: WatkinsPages: 224Released On: 11/02/2025 Breaking away from history as told through the lens of kings, queens and nobles, this book instead lifts the lid on 24 fascinating stories of little-known underdogs, mavericks, trailblazers and oddballs. Through these stories you will meet characters such as: – The Chevalier d’Eon – a fencing master, spyContinue reading “Mavericks – Jenny Draper”
One Day, Everyone Will Have Always Been Against This – Omar El Akkad
Published By: CanongatePages: 208Released On: 13/03/2025 One Day, Everyone Will Have Always Been Against This is an urgent and necessary reckoning about what it means to live in the West today. As an immigrant, Omar El Akkad believed the West offered freedom and justice for all. Over the past twenty years he reported on the variousContinue reading “One Day, Everyone Will Have Always Been Against This – Omar El Akkad”
The Attraction of Cuba – Chris Hilton
Published By: Envelope BooksPages: 314Released On: 01/11/2023 Chris Hilton went to Havana in the early 2000s to escape the drudgery of everyday life in England―and, boy, did he escape it. Suddenly he found himself mixed up with a variety of gangland chancers, some Cuban, one British, all living on the edge of legality. There wasContinue reading “The Attraction of Cuba – Chris Hilton”
I Don’t Do Disability and Other Lies I’ve Told Myself – Adelle Purdham
Published By: Dundurn PressPages: 232Released On: 03/12/2024 With the arrival of her daughter with Down syndrome, Adelle Purdham began unpacking a lifetime of her own ableism. In a society where people with disabilities remain largely invisible, what does it mean to parent such a child? And simultaneously, what does it mean as a mother, aContinue reading “I Don’t Do Disability and Other Lies I’ve Told Myself – Adelle Purdham”
Too Young For Cancer – Katie Coleman
Published By: Alcove PressPages: 320Released On: 12/11/2024 A Stage IV cancer survivor reflects on treatment and recovery in this inspiring memoir that reveals the biases of the healthcare system—and the power of community. New Year’s Eve 2020 was supposed to be a turning point to better days for twenty-nine-year-old Katie Coleman. Instead, she found herselfContinue reading “Too Young For Cancer – Katie Coleman”
Wonderful Words That Tell a Tale – Tom Read Wilson
Published By: QuartoPages: 112Released On: 01/10/2024Illustrator: Ian MorrisReading Age: 8-12 Did you know, for example, that: Unlock a whole new side to language in this abundant literary adventure. The etymological route, definition, and word origin are explored for four words from every letter of the alphabet, unlocking over 100 wonderful word tales. One word per letterContinue reading “Wonderful Words That Tell a Tale – Tom Read Wilson”
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