Published August, 2020
By James Hamblin
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'You'll never think about your largest organ the same way again' David Epstein, author of Range Introducing the new science of skin and a more natural approach to being clean. Our skin plays an essential role in our health.

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Published June, 2019
By Shane O'Mara
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In this hymn to walking, neuroscientist Shane O'Mara invites us to marvel at the benefits it confers on our bodies and minds.In Praise of Walking celebrates this miraculous ability.

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Published February, 2019
By Gina Rippon
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Published February, 2018
By Daniel M. Davis
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Already we have found ways to harness these natural defences to create breakthrough drugs and therapies that help us fight cancer, diabetes, arthritis and many age-related diseases, and we are starting to understand whether or not activities such as mindfulness might play a role in enhancing our physical resilience.

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Published February, 2018
By Daniel M. Davis
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But within the last few years painstaking research has resulted in major advances in our understanding of this breathtakingly beautiful inner world: a vast and intricate network of specialist cells, regulatory proteins and dedicated genes that are continually protecting our bodies.

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Published November, 2017
By Kevin Fong
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Professor Kevin Fong flies with the Helicopter Emergency Medical Service, making split-second, life-or-death decisions in the most extreme circumstances.

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Published July, 2017
By Philip Caputo
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In March 1965, Marine Lieutenant Philip J Caputo landed in Danang with the first ground combat unit committed to fight in Vietnam. Sixteen months later, having served on the line in one of modern history's ugliest wars, he returned home - physically whole, emotionally wasted, his youthful idealism shattered. This book tells his story.

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Published June, 2017
By Thomas Morris
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`Thrilling... The "dizzying" story of heart surgery is every bit as important as that of the nuclear, computer or rocket ages. And yet the heart still feels sacred: just before the operation to fit one of the first artificial hearts, the patient's wife asked the surgeon if he would still be able to love her.

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Published May, 2017
By Thomas Morris
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For thousands of years the human heart remained the deepest of mysteries; And yet the heart still feels sacred: just before the operation to fit one of the first artificial hearts, the patient's wife asked the surgeon if he would still be able to love her.

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Published May, 2017
By Robert M. Sapolsky
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Why do we do what we do? This book is at once a tour and a majestic synthesis of the whole science of human behaviour. Brought to life through engaging stories, it offers the fullest picture yet of the origins of tribalism and xenophobia, hierarchy and competition, morality and free will, war and peace.

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