WINNER OF BEST POPULAR MEDICINE BOOK AT THE BMA MEDICAL BOOK AWARDSLONGLISTED FOR THE 2016 JHALAK PRIZEThe story of medicine in India is rich & complex uniting cutting-edge technological developments with ancient cultural traditions Aarathi Prasad investigates how Indian medicine came to be the way it is Her travels will take her to bonesetter clinics in Jaipur & Hyderabad & the waiting-rooms of Bollywood's best plastic surgeons & introduce her to traditional healers as well as the world-beating heart surgeon who is revolutionising treatment of the poor around the globe From the asthma treatment 'cure' that involves swallowing a live fish to ground-breaking neuroscience happening inside the Mughal walls of old Delhi In the Bonesetter's Waiting Room tells the story of the Indian people in sickness & in health In the Bonesetter's Waiting Room is published in partnership with the Wellcome Collection & will accompany a major exhibition at the Collection in Autumn 2017 exploring India's rich plurality of cultures of medicine healing & well-being in Indian cities Wellcome Collection is a free museum & library that aims to challenge how we think & feel about health Inspired by the medical objects & curiosities collected by Henry Wellcome it connects science medicine life & art Wellcome Collection exhibitions events & books explore a diverse range of subjects including consciousness forensic medicine emotions sexology identity & death Wellcome Collection is part of Wellcome a global charitable foundation that exists to improve health for everyone by helping great ideas to thrive funding over 14000 researchers & projects in more than 70 countries wellcomecollectionorg ...

' They won't know you the you that's hidden somewhere in the castle of your skin' Nine-year-old G leads a life of quiet mischief crab catching teasing preachers & playing among the pumpkin vines His sleepy fishing village in 1930s Barbados is overseen by the English landlord who lives on the hill just as their ' Little England' is watched over by the Mother Country Yet gradually G finds himself awakening to the violence & injustice that lurk beneath the apparent order of things As the world he knows begins to crumble revealing the bruising secret at its heart he is spurred ever closer to a life-changing decision Lyrical & unsettling George Lamming's autobiographical coming-of-age novel is a story of tragic innocence amid the collapse of colonial rule' Rich & riotous' The Times' Its poetic imaginative writing has never been surpassed' Tribune ...

Meet a family who live in the city & discover what they do & where they go with this cleverly designed ' Shine-a-Light' picture book! Spend a day in the city & follow the family as they travel to work & to school shop relax in the park enjoy a play & eat dinner in a restaurant Then hold each page up to a bright light to reveal a hidden image! A wonderful first introduction to life in the big city with a unique design that adds a whole new dimension of enjoyment for children A fun & innovative non-fiction title for your child's bookshelf ...

THE SUNDAY TIMES NO 1 BESTSELLER The tenth Logan Mc Rae novel from the No 1 bestselling author of THE MISSING & THE DEAD Trouble is coming Sergeant Logan Mc Rae's team find a body dumped in the woods
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Precious Ramotswe that cheerful Botswanan private investigator of 'traditional build' is now married to Mr JLB Matekoni of Tlokweng Road Speedy Motors The Agency is busy but Mma Ramotswe cannot ignore the plea which is made by a woman who comes to her with a tale of particular misfortune Unfortunately her attempts to help are interrupted by a close encounter between her tiny white van & a bicycle & by a spectacular disagreement between her assistant Mma Makutsi & one of the apprentices at the garage This apprentice has found a fancy girlfriend who drives a Mercedes-Benz How can he be rescued from his folly? & as for Mma Makutsi she has found a dancing class & a man who may not be able to dance very well but who admires her greatly & all of this happens against a background of quiet sessions of bush tea & of a land that stretches out forever under mile upon mile of empty sky ...

Across the globe women are embracing their entrepreneurial spirits & starting creative businesses In the Company of Women profiles over 100 of these influential & creative women from all ages races backgrounds & industries Chock full of practical inspirational advice for those looking to forge their own paths these interviews detail the keys to success (for example going with your gut; maintaining meaningful & lasting relationships) highlight the important of everyday rituals (meditating; creating a daily to-do list) & dispense advice for the next generation of women entrepreneurs & makers (stay true to what you believe in; have patience) The book is rounded out with hundreds of lush original photographs of the women in their work space ...

' That is how it works in the City Every time you think you know the answer to a question you discover that the question makes no sense ' This is the story of Anna Blume & her journey to find her lost brother William in the unnamed City Like the City itself however it is a journey that is doomed & so all that is left is Anna's unwritten account of what happened Paul Auster takes us to an unspecified & devastated world in which the self disappears amidst the horrors that surround us But this is not just an imaginary futuristic world like the settings of Kafka stories it is one that echoes our own & in doing so addresses some of our darker legacies In the Country of Last Things is a tense psychological take on the dystopian novel It continues Auster's deep exploration of his central themes the modern city the mysteries of storytelling & the elusive & unstable nature of truth ...

Nine-year-old Suleiman is just awakening to the wider world beyond the games on the hot pavement outside his home & beyond the loving embrace of his parents He becomes the man of the house when his father goes away on business but then he sees his father standing in the market square in a pair of dark glasses Suddenly the wider world becomes a frightening place where parents lie & questions go unanswered Suleiman turns to his mother who under the cover of night entrusts him with the secret story of her childhood ...

Please note this is a region 2 DVD & will require a region 2 (Europe) or region Free DVD Player in order to play Frannie (Meg Ryan) is a lonely but determined woman living alone in Manhattan who becomes involved in a murder investigation following the gruesome slaying of a young woman in her neighbourhood It soon appears that she may know more about the murderer than she thinks after witnessing what could have been the prelude to the crime Drawn to the homicide detective investigating the case she discovers the dark side of passion when she embarks on a risky & turbulent affair with him But as the death toll rises each victim getting closer to Frannie she begins to wonder if her new lover is hiding a deadly secret ...

A rainy night in London Shots are fired into a car which swerves on to the pavement ploughing into a bus stop It seems that a chilling gang initiation has cost an innocent victim their life But the reality is far more sinister One life is wiped out & three more are changed forever the young man whose finger was on the trigger; an ageing gangster planning a deadly revenge & the pregnant woman who struggles desperately to uncover the truth Two weeks away from giving birth how will she deal with a world where death is an occupational hazard? In a city where violence can be random or meticulously planned where teenage gangs clash with career criminals & where loyalty is paid for in blood anything is possible Secrets are uncovered as fast as bodies & the story's final twist is as breathtakingly surprising as they come ...