How do we become the life and soul of the party and not the party poopers? How do we age without growing old? Marie de Hennezel guides us through a true ‘art of growing old’ in The Warmth of the Heart Prevents Your Body From Rusting.
‘It’s up to us, the baby-boomer generation, to invent [...]

Still holding out for Mr. Right, even as middle age quickly approaches? Don’t hold your breath, says Lori Gottlieb. In Marry Him: The Case for Settling for Mr Good Enough the author and single mom explains why true love may be a fantasy.
Wonder why you’re still single? Had you imagined you’d be settled down [...]

American born English author Bill Bryson took the book world by storm with his Really Short History of Nearly Everything in 2008 and the paperback is coming soon.  For now he is Seeing Further: 350 Years of the Royal Society and Scientific Endeavour charting the story of science and the visionary Royal Society at London, [...]

In his groundbreaking publication Australia’s Remarkable Trees author Richard Allen explores the extraordinary lives of 50 of Australia’s oldest, largest and most unusual trees.  From timber top to valley floor, you don’t have to be a tree hugger to enjoy knowing about, and admiring the true splendour and wealth of Australia – its life giving [...]

Searching for Order by Anna Pavord traces the search for order in the natural world, a search that for hundreds of years occupied some of the most brilliant minds in Europe.
Redefining man’s relationship with nature was an important feature of the Italian Renaissance from the 14th to the end of the 16th century But [...]

The sixth edition by Nicholas J. Talley and Simon O’Connor of the must have textbook. It continues to serve all medical trainees well with its clear and concise explanation of history taking and Clinical Examination: A Systematic Guide to Physical Diagnosis
Set out systematically, this best selling textbook has comprehensive coverage of the skills [...]

If you have ever wondered if your hormones could be affecting your health, then this is the book for you. It Must Be My Hormones: Getting Your Life Back with Bio-Identical Hormone Therapy by Marion Gluck & Vicki Edgson will help you regain control of your hormones and your life.
Vicki Edgson featured on the hit [...]

2010 Edition: Complete Guide to Prescription and Nonprescription Drugs – H Winter Griffith. A no-nonsense guide that contains all the important information you need to know to secure your wellbeing.
Here is the classic guide to all major prescription and nonprescription drugs, which includes:

Revised information on new FDA changes
An easy-to-use chart format for quick access [...]

The Checklist Manifesto: How to Get Things Right by acclaimed surgeon and writer Atul Gawande is about finding a remedy in the humblest and simplest of techniques: the checklist. This highly readable intellectual adventure, in which lives are lost and saved, is essential reading for anyone wanting to get things right.
Today we find ourselves in [...]

Are you pregnant and confused about what,  and what not to eat? How do you cook when you’re in the throes of morning sickness or tired after a long day at the office? In Eating for Two award winning writer and former food editor of Gourmet Traveller Kathleen Gandy offers helpful tips and a hundred [...]

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