The Good Doctor - What patients want by Ron Paterson
$14.00 NZD
Category: Medicine | Reading Level: very good
What makes a good doctor? Are there really bad doctors out there? If so, how can we patients protect ourselves? Can more information, more trust and more assured competence be injected into the medical system to solve these problems? Drawing on his years of dealing with patient concerns, former Health a ...Show more
The Rise and Fall of National Women’s Hospital : a history by Linda Bryder
$25.00 NZD
Category: New Zealand | Reading Level: very good
A history of National Women’s Hospital that also tells a wider story of reproduction, motherhood and women’s health in twentieth-century New Zealand. Natural childbirth and rooming in; artificial insemination and in vitro fertilisation; sterilisation and abortion: women’s health and reproduction went th ...Show more
The Evolution of Everything - How New Ideas Emerge by Matt Ridley
$14.00 NZD
Category: Science | Reading Level: good-very good
We are taught that the world is a top-down place. Acclaimed author, Matt Ridley, shows just how wrong this is in his compelling new book. We are taught that the world is a top-down place. Generals win battles; politicians run countries; scientists discover truths; artists create genres; inventors make b ...Show more
Killing Us Softly - The Sense and Nonsense of Alternative Medicine by Paul Offit
$14.00 NZD
Category: Medicine | Reading Level: very good
More people than ever are using alternative medicine. But, as expert Dr Paul Offit explains, these untested therapies are ineffective, expensive and even deadly. Now that homeopathic remedies are offered on the NHS, it's clear that various therapies once considered alternative or complementary, have bec ...Show more
Things That Matter - Stories of Life and Death by David Galler
$10.00 NZD
Category: Medicine | Reading Level: good
In this highly articulate, down to earth, generous and thoughtful book, Dr David Galler tells stories of life and death from his position as head of intensive care at a busy city hospital. Weaving his own personal stories throughout - including the death of his parents - David frames a number of chapte ...Show more
With the End in Mind - Dying Death &... by Kathryn Mannix
$14.00 NZD
Category: Medicine | Reading Level: good-very good
What colour is cancer? Why do some people appear to have made miraculous recoveries? How can you tell when someone is in the final hours of their life? How can we ensure our most vulnerable are treated with the dignity they deserve? In this unprecedented memoir, a palliative medicine pioneer explores th ...Show more
Conversations with Neil's Brain - The neural nature of thought and language by William H. Calvin; George A. Ojemann
$15.00 NZD
Category: Psychology | Reading Level: very good
A Briefer History of Time by Stephen Hawking, Leonard Mlodinow
$12.00 NZD
Category: Science | Reading Level: very good
"Stephen Hawking s worldwide bestseller, A Brief History of Time, has been a landmark volume in scientific writing. Its author s engaging voice is one reason, and the compelling subjects he addresses is another- the nature of space and time, the role of God in creation, the history and future of the uni ...Show more
Engineering in the Ancient World by J. G Landels
$10.00 NZD
Category: Science | Reading Level: very good
In his classic book, J. G. Landels describes the technological advances of the Greeks and Romans with erudition and enthusiasm. He provides an important introduction to engineering, writing about power and energy sources, water engineering, cranes, and transportation devises. From aqueducts to catapults ...Show more
The Hidden Face Of God - How Science Reveals the Ultimate Truth by Gerald L Schroeder
$12.00 NZD
Category: Science | Reading Level: good-very good
Drawing on traditional religious topics, such as free will and man's place in the universe, this text shows that scientists have sometimes changed the surface debates on some issues, but have mainly deepened our appreciation and understanding of the ultimate questions and God's place in the world.
An Historical Account of the Origin and Progress of Astronomy with plates ilustrating, chiefly, the ancient systems by John Narrien
$250.00 NZD
Category: Science | Reading Level: good-very good
Evoluiton and Ethics and other essays by T H Huxley
$10.00 NZD
Category: Science | Reading Level: good