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Meet the forensic pathologist, Dr Richard Shepherd, in the true crime book of the year - brought to you by Penguin. 'The dead do not hide the truth and they never lie. Through me the dead can speak . . .' He solves the mysteries of unexplained or sudden death. He has performed over 23,000...

BONUS FEATURE: Exclusive interview with Robert Kurson and Michael May In his critically acclaimed bestseller Shadow Divers, Robert Kurson explored the depths of history, friendship, and compulsion. Now Kurson returns with another thrilling adventure–the stunning true story of one man’s...

In 1949, Ron Losee, a young Yale Medical School graduate, headed west with his wife and small daughter to begin the practice of medicine. They settled in Ennis, Montana, in a log cabin that also became their office and lab. Patients made themselves at home in the living room. One small bag held all their medical equipment. It was a proud moment when a patient first called Losee "Doc." His fee on that occasion was three dollars.

They save our lives every day, and we’ve never heard their stories. Experience the life-or-death intensity of working on the front lines, in this important book putting a spotlight on America’s greatest unsung heroes. Around the clock, across the country, these highly skilled and...

I’ve put together an audiobook filled with true stories of my 30 years’ experience working as a paramedic, firefighter, rescue diver, and flight medic. Many of them are tragic with some dark humor mixed in. If you're looking for cute kitten stories, this is not the audiobook for you. However, if you want a glimpse into the real world of what it’s like to be a firefighter and paramedic, look no further.

Bloomsbury presents Patient written and read by Ben Watt ________________________ THE CRITICALLY ACCLAIMED MEMOIR OF BEN WATT'S BATTLE WITH A RARE ILLNESS ________________________ 'Intensely moving' - Mick Brown, Daily Telegraph 'Quiet elegance and ringing epiphanic lyricism... a nearly flawless...

Brought to you by Penguin. It could happen to anyone. One fine April day, Mary Ann Kenny’s husband died suddenly while jogging near their family home. In the months that followed, Mary Ann – who had no history of mental illness – began suffering from depression, and then from a terrifying...

'Breathtaking' Irish Independent 'Powerful' Irish Times INSIDE THE MOMENTS WHEN EVERY SECOND MATTERS In these pages, Dr Suzanne Crowe opens the doors to a world few ever see: the charged and fragile realm of paediatric intensive care. From her earliest days as a junior doctor to becoming one of...

The Sunday Times No.1 Bestseller ‘Brave, compassionate and inspiring – it left me in floods of tears’ Adam Kay, author of This Is Going to Hurt For more than twenty-five years, David Nott has taken unpaid leave from his job as a general and vascular surgeon with the NHS to volunteer in...

Beneath the wide skies of Orkney, Linda Gask recalls her career as a consultant psychiatrist an her lifelong struggle with her own mental health. After the favelas of Brazil, the glittering cities of the Middle East, and the forests of Haida Gwaii. Will she find perspective, spiritual relief...

Bloomsbury presents Everything is True by Roopa Farooki, read by Tania Rodrigues. CHOSEN AS A BOOK OF 2022 BY THE GUARDIAN AND NEW STATESMAN 'A STAND OUT' SUNDAY TIMES 'STARTLINGLY HONEST AND DEVASTATINGLY GOOD' RACHEL CLARKE 'YOU EMERGE KNOWING HOW LUCKY YOU ARE TO HAVE READ IT' ALI SMITH, NEW...

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER “Facing death is the hardest thing of all, and Tallu Quinn faces hers in a way that broke and healed my heart. This book is a beautiful tribute to life, to truth, and to love.”—Glennon Doyle, author of the #1 New York Times bestseller Untamed Profound essays...

The Sunday Times No.1 Bestseller ‘Brave, compassionate and inspiring – it left me in floods of tears’ Adam Kay, author of This Is Going to Hurt For more than twenty-five years, David Nott has taken unpaid leave from his job as a general and vascular surgeon with the NHS to volunteer in...

The bizarre true story of the world’s first hand transplant, the surgeons who made it happen, and the compulsive thief who got a new set of fingerprints—and took them on the lam. When surgeons completed the world’s first hand transplant in 1998, it was supposed to be a moment of triumph...

Bizarre, bloody and baffling true stories from the hospital ED, told by bestselling author and paramedic Tim Booth. When paramedic Tim Booth finds himself rushing a patient's dead cat to a (human) hospital's Emergency Department for resuscitation, he finds himself wondering where it all went...

Funny and heartwarming stories from a Northland country vet In the rolling green hills of Kaipara, Scottish vet Rory Dean and his two fox terriers, Scrappy and Alfie, are on call day and night for whichever animal emergency awaits. In Adventures of a Country Vet, Rory shares stories of the...

One of Washington Post’s 5 “Feel-Good Books” of Summer 2024 New York City’s premier “house call veterinarian” takes you into the exclusive penthouses and four-star hotel rooms of the wealthiest New Yorkers and shows that, when it comes to their pets, they are just as neurotic as any...

A month after her 24th birthday, Lt. Mary Elizabeth Balster collapses among the rubble of a shelled supply room. On the night of November 30, 1944, holed up in the Heinrich Himmler Barracks in Morhange, France, Lt. Balster's evac receives a typical patient load, but this time one of the admissions is a 19-year-old tanker she'd nursed back to health five months before in Normandy. The charge nurse on Surgical gently informs the lieutenant that the private is critical. 

When all seems lost, where can you find hope? Katherine and Jay Wolf married right after college and sought adventure far from home in Los Angeles, CA. As they pursued their dreams--she as a model and he as a lawyer--they planted their lives in the city and their church community. Their son...

Health Visiting is one of those professions that most people think is a bit of a non-job. 'You just sit on sofas and drink tea, don't you? It's not like you're a real nurse, in hospital.' Well, Health Visitors are real nurses, with at least three years' training, and they are out there, on their...