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Adventures in Human Being by Gavin Francis
$24.99 NZD
Category: Science, Technology & Nature | Series: Wellcome Ser.
Sunday Times bestsellerWe have a lifetime's association with our bodies, but for many of us they remain uncharted territory. In Adventures in Human Being, Gavin Francis leads the reader on a journey through health and illness, offering insights on everything from the ribbed surface of the brain to the s ...Show more
Chaos in the Liberal Order: The Trump Presidency and International Politics in the Twenty-First Century by Robert Jervis, Francis J Gavin, Joshua Rovner, Diane Labrosse
$57.99 NZD
Category: Gone Fishing
Donald Trump's election has called into question many fundamental assumptions about politics and society. Should the forty-fifth president of the United States make us reconsider the nature and future of the global order? Collecting a wide range of perspectives from leading political scientists, histori ...Show more
Intensive Care by Gavin Francis
$39.99 NZD
Category: Non-fiction
On the pandemic's forgotten front lines, a doctor cares for his community - from care homes to homeless shelters, islands to the inner city.
Island Dreams - Mapping an Obsession by Gavin Francis
$45.00 NZD
Category: Non-fiction | Reading Level: near fine
An exploration of isolation and connectedness based on thirty years of travel, from the Sunday Times bestselling author of Adventures in Human Being and Empire Antarctica. In Island Dreams, Gavin Francis examines our collective fascination with islands. He blends stories of his own travels with psycholo ...Show more
Recovery: The Lost Art of Convalescence by Gavin Francis
$11.99 NZD
$19.00 (36% off)
Category: Non-fiction
A short, uplifting account of hope and healing by the author of Adventures in Human Being.
Shapeshifters: On Medicine & Human Change by Gavin Francis
$40.00 NZD
Category: Science, Technology & Nature | Series: Wellcome Ser.
To be alive is to be in perpetual change: growing, healing, learning, aging. In Shapeshifters, award-winning writer and doctor Gavin Francis considers the transformations in mind and body that continue across the arc of human life. Some of these changes we have little choice about. We can't avoid pubert ...Show more
Shapeshifters - On Medicine and Human Change by Gavin Francis
$24.99 NZD
Category: Popular Science | Series: Wellcome Collection
'Stylish and exhilarating... from a wide-ranging mind and a profound humanity... inspiring' Hilary MantelUnreliable bodies and shifting symptoms are all in a day's work for a GP.In his years of practising, Gavin Francis has seen it all: the promising law student trapped under the spell of anorexia; the ...Show more
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