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Books are listed in order of year of publication - newest titles are at the top. There are 36 books in this booklist

  • Cover image of book This Won
    This Won't Hurt: How Medicine Fails Women - by Dr Marieke Bigg

    £22.00   hardback   (2023) - ISBN 13: 9781529377699 | ISBN 10: 1529377692

    ‘A hugely informative and quietly furious call to arms.’ IRISH TIMES   ‘A ground-breaking new book.’ EVENING STANDARD   ‘A must read.’ DAILY EXPRESS   ‘She is balanced in her evidence analysis, forensic in her resea ... more

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  • Cover image of book Rebel Bodies: A Guide to the Gender Health Gap Revolution by Sarah Graham
    Rebel Bodies: A Guide to the Gender Health Gap Revolution - by Sarah Graham

    £16.99   hardback   (2023) - ISBN 13: 9781399401111 | ISBN 10: 1399401114

    'Crucial reading for us all' Stylist  'Remarkable, impressive and important' Maisie Hill, author of Period Power  'Validates for women that their experiences are not all in their heads' Dr Sarah E. Hill, author of How the Pill Chan ... more

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  • Cover image of book Inflamed: Deep Medicine and the Anatomy of Injustice by Rupa Marya and Raj Patel
    Inflamed: Deep Medicine and the Anatomy of Injustice - by Rupa Marya and Raj Patel

    £12.99   paperback   (2022) - ISBN 13: 9780141995236 | ISBN 10: 0141995238

    'A work of exhilarating scope and relevance ... What a rare and powerful experience to feel a book in your very body' Naomi Klein  'Health is not something we can attain as individuals, for ourselves, hermetically sealed off from the world ar ... more

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  • Cover image of book Unwell Women: A Journey Through Medicine And Myth in a Man-Made World by Elinor Cleghorn
    Unwell Women: A Journey Through Medicine And Myth in a Man-Made World - by Elinor Cleghorn

    £9.99   paperback   (2022) - ISBN 13: 9781474616874 | ISBN 10: 1474616879

    'We are taught that medicine is the art of solving our body's mysteries. And as a science, we expect medicine to uphold the principles of evidence and impartiality. We want our doctors to listen to us and care for us as people, but we also need their ... more

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  • Cover image of book Moody: The Hidden Power of Hormones by Amy Thomson
    Moody: The Hidden Power of Hormones - by Amy Thomson

    £9.99   paperback   (2022) - ISBN 13: 9781529113402 | ISBN 10: 1529113407

    'Informative, powerful' VOGUE   'A fascinating and friendly guide for you to understand you better' MELISSA HEMSLEY   'Amy's book is everything I should have learned at school' EMMA GANNON   Hormones were something Amy Thomson, f ... more

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  • Cover image of book The Care Crisis: What Caused It and How Can We End It? by Emma Dowling
    The Care Crisis: What Caused It and How Can We End It? - by Emma Dowling

    £9.99   paperback   (2022) - ISBN 13: 9781786630353 | ISBN 10: 1786630354

    An examination of the global economic crisis from the perspective of care.   Valuing care and care work does not simply mean attributing care work more monetary value. To really achieve change, we must go further. In this groundbreaking book, ... more

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  • Cover image of book Recovery: The Lost Art of Convalescence by Gavin Francis
    Recovery: The Lost Art of Convalescence - by Gavin Francis

    £5.99   paperback   (2022) - ISBN 13: 9781800810488 | ISBN 10: 1800810482

    When it comes to illness, sometimes the end is just the beginning. Recovery and convalescence are words that exist at the periphery of our lives - until we are forced to contend with what they really mean.   Here, GP and writer Gavin Francis explo ... more

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  • Cover image of book How Contagion Works: Science, Awareness and Community in Times of Global Crises by Paolo Giordano
    How Contagion Works: Science, Awareness and Community in Times of Global Crises - by Paolo Giordano

    £2.99   paperback   (2020) - ISBN 13: 9781474619288 | ISBN 10: 1474619282

    The Covid-19 pandemic is the most significant health emergency of our time.   Writing from Italy in lockdown, physicist and novelist Paolo Giordano explains how disease spreads in our interconnected world: why it mattershow it impacts ushow we ... more

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  • Cover image of book A Breath of Fresh Air: How to Feel Good All Year Round by Rebecca Frank
    A Breath of Fresh Air: How to Feel Good All Year Round - by Rebecca Frank

    £9.99   paperback   (2020) - ISBN 13: 9781911358893 | ISBN 10: 1911358898

    Switch off from social media and tune in to the tranquility of the natural world with over 50 seasonal activities to explore throughout the year.  This book is about switching off from social media and finding contentment in the here and now – ... more

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  • Cover image of book Botanical Brain Balms: Medicinal Plants for Memory, Mood and Mind by Elaine and Nicolette Perry
    Botanical Brain Balms: Medicinal Plants for Memory, Mood and Mind - by Elaine and Nicolette Perry

    £14.99   hardback   (2018) - ISBN 13: 9780993389283 | ISBN 10: 0993389287

    Sage improves memory, turmeric has been shown to be as effective as the conventional antidepressant fluoxetine and the calming credentials of chamomile are beyond dispute. Plant remedies for physical disorders are well documented but this book takes ... more

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  • Cover image of book The Little Book of Ikigai: The secret Japanese way to live a happy and long life by Ken Mogi
    The Little Book of Ikigai: The secret Japanese way to live a happy and long life - by Ken Mogi

    £8.99   paperback   (2018) - ISBN 13: 9781787470279 | ISBN 10: 178747027x

    Written by a Japanese expert and bestselling writer, The Little Book of Ikigai reveals all about this mysterious and fascinating miracle that is at the heart of Japan's record-breaking long life, astonishing appreciation of sensory beauty and inheren ... more

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  • Cover image of book The Gardener
    The Gardener's Companion to Medicinal Plants: An A-Z of Healing Plants and Home Remedies - by Monique S.J. Simmonds, Melanie-Jayne Howes and Jason Irving

    £14.99   hardback   (2017) - ISBN 13: 9780711238107 | ISBN 10: 0711238103

    The Gardener's Companion to Medicinal Plants is a beautifully illustrated giftable gardening reference book, which combines exquisite botanical illustrations with practical self-help projects. Every day sees a discovery in the press about the new use ... more

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  • Cover image of book How to Overcome Pain by Leon Chaitow
    How to Overcome Pain - by Leon Chaitow

    £8.99   paperback   (2017) - ISBN 13: 9781786780171 | ISBN 10: 1786780178

    Natural approaches to dealing with everything from arthritis, anxiety and back pain to headaches, PMS and IBS.  Living with pain can provoke frustration, anxiety, depression and sometimes even a reliance on pharmaceutical painkillers. In this ... more

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  • Cover image of book The Compassionate Chick
    The Compassionate Chick's Guide to Beauty - by Sunny Subramanian and Chrystle Fiedler

    £14.95   paperback   (2016) - ISBN 13: 9780778805472 | ISBN 10: 0778805476

    Want to look gorgeous without Mama Earth or animals paying the price? Well, now you can, with this go-to resource for making lush, yummy beauty products from scratch in your own kitchen.   Part DIY vegan beauty how-to and part self-improvement ... more

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  • Cover image of book 101 Ways to Live Well by Victoria Joy and Karla Zimmerman
    101 Ways to Live Well - by Victoria Joy and Karla Zimmerman

    £7.99   paperback   (2016) - ISBN 13: 9781786572127 | ISBN 10: 1786572125

    Feel like life's too busy to find your zen? Think again. Be a calmer, more productive, healthier you, without sacrificing precious hours. Discover the secret wellness hacks you can incorporate into your routine – whether it’s a 5-minute focus exe ... more

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  • Cover image of book Heart: The Inside Story of Our Body
    Heart: The Inside Story of Our Body's Most Important Organ - by Johannes Hinrich von Borstel

    £14.99   paperback   (2016) - ISBN 13: 9781925228809 | ISBN 10: 1925228800

    The heart — we all have one, pumping away reliably in our chest, never stopping till the day we die. But few of us think much about this heroic organ until it starts to go wrong.   In this lively and informative exploration of all aspects of ... more

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  • Cover image of book Try It! Natural Remedies by Laurel Vukovic
    Try It! Natural Remedies - by Laurel Vukovic

    £9.99   paperback   (2016) - ISBN 13: 9780241275283 | ISBN 10: 0241275288

    Did you know that a few drops of eucalyptus oil can prevent clothes moths? Or that jojoba and lavender oils are a highly effective moisturiser?   Try It: Natural Remedies is the ultimate collection of tried-and-tested recipes for every domest ... more

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  • Cover image of book Gut: The Inside Story of Our Body
    Gut: The Inside Story of Our Body's Most Under-Rated Organ - by Giulia Enders

    £9.99   paperback   (2016) - ISBN 13: 9781925228601 | ISBN 10: 1925228606

    The key to living a happier, healthier life is inside us.  Our gut is almost as important to us as our brain or our heart, yet we know very little about how it works. In Gut, Giulia Enders shows that rather than the utilitarian and -- let's be hon ... more

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  • Cover image of book It
    It's All in Your Head: Stories from the Frontline of Psychosomatic Illness - by Suzanne O'Sullivan

    £10.99   paperback   (2016) - ISBN 13: 9780099597858 | ISBN 10: 0099597853

    WINNER OF THE WELLCOME BOOK PRIZE 2016  Pauline first became ill when she was fifteen. What seemed to be a urinary infection became joint pain, then life-threatening appendicitis. After a routine operation Pauline lost all the strength in her ... more

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  • Cover image of book Self Sufficiency: Soap Making by Sarah Ade
    Self Sufficiency: Soap Making - by Sarah Ade

    £7.99   paperback   (2016) - ISBN 13: 9781504800372 | ISBN 10: 1504800370

    Our skin is our largest organ. We often think about how the things we put into our body affect us, but how much time do we take to consider how the things we put onto our body affect us? This timely book is packed full of helpful advice about how to ... more

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  • Cover image of book The Healing Therapies Bible by Claire Gillman
    The Healing Therapies Bible - by Claire Gillman

    £14.99   paperback   (2015) - ISBN 13: 9781841814537 | ISBN 10: 1841814539

    Discover over 50 therapies for mind, body and soul.  The Healing Therapies Bible profiles more than 50 therapies, explaining the principles on which they are based, their history in practice, and wherever possible, shows them in action.   ... more

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  • Cover image of book I Think You
    I Think You'll Find it's a Bit More Complicated Than That - by Ben Goldacre

    £9.99   paperback   (2015) - ISBN 13: 9780007505142 | ISBN 10: 0007505140

    In Bad Science, Ben Goldacre hilariously exposed the tricks that quacks and journalists use to distort science. In Bad Pharma, he put the $600 billion global pharmaceutical industry under the microscope.  Now the pick of the journalism by one of our ... more

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  • Cover image of book Missing Microbes: How Killing Bacteria Creates Modern Plagues by Martin Blaser
    Missing Microbes: How Killing Bacteria Creates Modern Plagues - by Martin Blaser

    £8.99   paperback   (2015) - ISBN 13: 9781780746883 | ISBN 10: 1780746881

    A clarion call to save humanity’s most essential fellow creatures – and our health.  Far beneath our skin exists an unfathomable, ancient universe – an internal ecosystem that is critical to our health. Dr Martin Blaser invites us into the wi ... more

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  • Cover image of book Living with the Enemy: Coping with the Stress of Chronic Illness Using CBT, Mindfulness & Acceptance by Ray Owen
    Living with the Enemy: Coping with the Stress of Chronic Illness Using CBT, Mindfulness & Acceptance - by Ray Owen

    £19.99   paperback   (2013) - ISBN 13: 9780415521208 | ISBN 10: 0415521203

    ‘This isn’t living, this is just existing.’   A long-term physical health condition – a chronic illness, or even a disability – can take over your existence. Battling against the effects of the condition can take so much of your time and energ ... more

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  • Cover image of book Migraine by Oliver Sacks
    Migraine - by Oliver Sacks

    £9.99   paperback   (2012) - ISBN 13: 9780330526142 | ISBN 10: 0330526146

    Migraine is an age-old – the first recorded instances date back over two thousand years – and often debilitating condition, affecting a ‘substantial minority’ of the population across the globe. In this book, Oliver Sacks offers at once a medical acc ... more

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  • Cover image of book The Mind
    The Mind's Eye - by Oliver Sacks

    £9.99   paperback   (2011) - ISBN 13: 9780330508902 | ISBN 10: 0330508903

    How does the brain perceive and interpret information from the eye? And what happens when the process is disrupted?   In The Mind’s Eye, Oliver Sacks tells the stories of people who are able to navigate the world and communicate with others d ... more

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  • Cover image of book Teach Us to Sit Still: A Sceptic
    Teach Us to Sit Still: A Sceptic's Search for Health and Healing - by Tim Parks

    £9.99   paperback   (2011) - ISBN 13: 9780099548881 | ISBN 10: 0099548887

    'Just when the medical profession had given up on me and I on it, just when I seemed to be walled up in a life sentence of chronic pain, someone proposed a bizarre way out: sit still, they said, and breathe...’   Teach Us to Sit Still is the vi ... more

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  • Cover image of book Conscious Medicine: Creating Health and Well-Being in a Conscious Universe by Gill Edwards
    Conscious Medicine: Creating Health and Well-Being in a Conscious Universe - by Gill Edwards

    £13.99   paperback   (2010) - ISBN 13: 9780749941987 | ISBN 10: 0749941987

    Radical changes are afoot in medicine as we build stronger bridges between science and spirituality. In Conscious Medicine Gill Edwards explains that mind and body are inseparable and that emotions are crucial in health and disease. Her new approach ... more

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  • Cover image of book Boost Your Immune System: The Drug-Free Guide to Fighting Infection and Preventing Disease by Patrick Holford and Jennifer Meek
    Boost Your Immune System: The Drug-Free Guide to Fighting Infection and Preventing Disease - by Patrick Holford and Jennifer Meek

    £9.99   paperback   (2010) - ISBN 13: 9780749953348 | ISBN 10: 0749953349

    We can all prevent disease and fight infection using a simple yet powerful medicine - food. Understanding nutrition and correctly supplementing your diet is the key to boosting your immune system. Today, our immune systems also face a growing number ... more

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  • Cover image of book 1001 Little Home Remedies and Natural Cures by Esme Floyd
    1001 Little Home Remedies and Natural Cures - by Esme Floyd

    £7.99   paperback   (2010) - ISBN 13: 9781847325181 | ISBN 10: 1847325181

    1001 Little Home Remedies and Natural Cures includes a plethora of ordinary household cures to treat over 100 common ailments and health complaints safely, effectively and inexpensively.   Doctor-approved, easy-to-follow remedies include 1001 ... more

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  • Cover image of book Grow Your Own Drugs: Easy recipes for natural remedies and beauty fixes by James Wong
    Grow Your Own Drugs: Easy recipes for natural remedies and beauty fixes - by James Wong

    £18.99   hardback   (2009) - ISBN 13: 9780007307135 | ISBN 10: 0007307136

    Whether you're struggling with insomnia, the kids have eczema, or your partner is feeling under the weather, this book could have the answer.   With easy recipes ethnobotanist James Wong shows how to make simple creams, salves, teas and much, ... more

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  • Cover image of book The Little Green Book of Health: 250 Tips for an Eco Lifestyle by Sarah Callard
    The Little Green Book of Health: 250 Tips for an Eco Lifestyle - by Sarah Callard

    £6.99   paperback   (2009) - ISBN 13: 9781847322265 | ISBN 10: 1847322263

    Covering every health topic from getting fit to remedying common ailments, The Little Green Book of Health offers 250 tips for maintaining good health in a totally natural and eco-friendly way.   With advice on how to protect your body from p ... more

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  • Cover image of book Women
    Women's Bodies, Women's Wisdom: The Complete Guide to Women's Health and Wellbeing - by Dr Christine Northrup

    £25.00   paperback   (2009) - ISBN 13: 9780749927363 | ISBN 10: 0749927364

    Women's Bodies, Women's Wisdom is a groundbreaking and inspiring healthcare guide for women of all ages. Dr Christine Northrup, a holistic physician trained in obstetrics and gynaecology, explains the workings of the female body and guides you throug ... more

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  • Cover image of book The Path to Inner Harmony by Michele MacDonnell, Paul Tucker, Mark Evans and John Hudson
    The Path to Inner Harmony - by Michele MacDonnell, Paul Tucker, Mark Evans and John Hudson

    £8.99   paperback   (2008) - ISBN 13: 9781844766376 | ISBN 10: 1844766373

    A guide to achieving beauty and peace through the Alexander Technique, t'ai chi, yoga and meditation.  * Improve your health and increase your energy levels with accessible exercises for better posture, co-ordination and greater flexibility.& ... more

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  • Cover image of book The Ultimate Holistic Health Book: Your Guide to Ultimate Health and Wellbeing by Dr Deborah McManners
    The Ultimate Holistic Health Book: Your Guide to Ultimate Health and Wellbeing - by Dr Deborah McManners

    £9.99   paperback   (2006) - ISBN 13: 9780749926724 | ISBN 10: 0749926724

    Dr Deborah McManners is a medical doctor and registered naturopath who works with her patients to achieve total health.  In The Ultimate Holistic Health Book she presents an amazing new way to build up your own health profile and assess any physical, ... more

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  • Cover image of book Refugee and Immigrant Health: A Handbook for Health Professionals by Charles Kemp & Lance Rasbridge
    Refugee and Immigrant Health: A Handbook for Health Professionals - by Charles Kemp & Lance Rasbridge

    £68.00   paperback   (2004) - ISBN 13: 9780521535601 | ISBN 10: 0521535603

    We live in an age of constantly shifting populations, as immigrants and refugees seek a safe haven from war, famine and poverty. The healthcare of these dispossessed people is now a stark challenge not only in zones of conflict but in those wealthier ... more

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