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The Birth of Homo, the Marine Chimpanzee: When the Tool Becomes the Master

Michel Odent

Deutschland

Martin Wagner

Deutschland

Pride and Joy: A guide for lesbian, gay, bisexual and trans parents

Sarah Hagger-Holt, Rachel Hagger-Holt

There have always been lesbian, gay, bisexual and trans (LGBT) parents. But now there is a 'gayby boom'. Changes in social attitudes, the law and medical technology mean that more LGBT people are becoming parents, and living proud and open family lives. Yet there are still few role models.Pride and Joy is full of stories, advice and real-life experience from LGBT parents and their children. So... read more

Informed is best: How to spot fake news about your pregnancy, birth and baby

Amy Brown

From the moment you share the news that you are pregnant or have a new baby it feels like everyone becomes an expert. Did you see that headline? Did you hear that story on TV? Have you heard the latest about what they say is best?In a world overflowing with information telling you what is best for you and your baby, making decisions can feel overwhelming. Who do you trust? Who is telling the t... read more

Nurturing Maternity Staff: How to tackle trauma, stress and burnout to create a positive working culture in the NHS

Smith, Jan

Breastfeeding Uncovered: Who Really Decides How We Feed Our Babies?

Brown, Amy

Apple

The Patient Paradox: Why Sexed Up Medicine is Bad for Your Health

Margaret McCartney

Patient Paradox

Mama: Love, Motherhood and Revolution

Antonella Gambotto-Burke

Mama

Childbirth and the Evolution of Homo sapiens

Michel Odent

Childbirth and the Evolution of Homo Sapiens

Irrationality: the enemy within

Stuart Sutherland

New, 21st anniversary edition, with a new foreword by Ben Goldacre, author of Bad Science and Bad Pharma, and an afterword by James Ball, covering developments in our understanding of irrationality over the last two decades.Why do doctors, army generals, high-ranking government officials and other people in positions of power make bad decisions that cause harm to others? Why do prizes serve no... read more

Nurturing New Families: A guide to supporting parents and their newborn babies

Naomi Kemeny

Supporting a family in the days and weeks after a baby is born is a precious gift indeed – as the mother recovers her strength and responds to her baby's needs, the care of a postnatal doula, friend or family member can be invaluable. In this guide to warm, mother- and- baby-centred postnatal care, Naomi Kemeny draws on her wealth of experience as a midwife, children's nurse and postnatal doul... read more

Childbirth in the Age of Plastics

Michel Odent

Since the middle of the twentieth century, the development of plastics has been one of the main factors influencing the history of medicine. For example, an anaesthesiologist was formerly an expert in delivering drugs by inhalation. Today, this expert delivers drugs through plastic catheters, in particular via intravenous and epidural routes. Where obstetrics is concerned, a typical modern wom... read more

The Roar Behind the Silence: Why kindness, compassion and respect matter in maternity care

Sheena Byrom, Soo Downe

Roar Behind the Silence

Complementary Feeding: Nutrition, Culture and Politics

Gabrielle Palmer

Gabrielle Palmer’s groundbreaking book The Politics of Breastfeeding highlighted the controversies surrounding the aggressive promotion of breastmilk substitutes. She now turns her attention to complementary feeding – the first foods that a child eats besides milk.For most of human existence, children went without industrially processed foods and branded food products. Can we applaud the progr... read more

Mistakes Were Made (But Not By Me)

Carol Tavris, Elliot Aronson

Why do people dodge responsibility when things fall apart? Why the parade of public figures unable to own up when they make mistakes? Why the endless marital quarrels over who is right? Why can we see hypocrisy in others but not in ourselves? Are we all liars? Or do we really believe the stories we tell? Renowned social psychologists Carol Tavris and Elliot Aronson take a compelling look into ... read more

Testing Treatments: Better Research for Better Healthcare

Paul Glasziou

Testing Treatments

Living with Dying: Finding care and compassion at the end of life

Margaret McCartney

Our ageing population is a modern success story, and success brings problems. The new demographic is for people to die in old age, or extreme old age, but with multiple illnesses and diagnoses, and on a cocktail of medication. But where is the balance of medicine between curing and caring? Are we neglecting the wellbeing of the dying person in our desire to fight death at all costs? Margaret M... read more

Moth Girls

Anne Cassidy

Helplessly drawn like moths to the light, two girls go missing in an evocative and gripping tale ...They called them the Moth Girls because they were attracted to the house. They were drawn to it. Or at least that is what is written in the newspapers that Mandy reads on the anniversary of when her two best friends went missing. Five years have passed since Petra and Tina were determined to exp... read more

Follow Me Back

Nicci Cloke

A thrilling read, for fans of Gone Girl and We Were Liars. There was no sign of a struggle, they whisper to each other. She took her phone but left her laptop behind. Apparently, she'd met someone online, they write to each other in class, phones buzzing. She ran away. She was taken. The first time Aiden Kendrick hears about Lizzie Summersall's disappearance is when the police appear at his fr... read more

Bullet Catcher

Joaquin Lowe

A coming-of-age tale reimagined as a searing Western epic. In the small town of Sand, populated by gunslingers and surrounded by endless desert, Imma washes dishes and grieves for a life she never had. She and her brother, Nikko, dreamed of escaping to become bullet catchers, a legendary band of outlaws who can deflect bullets with their hands. But they were wiped out years ago, Nikko with the... read more

You Think You Know Someone (Foxx and Connor Book 1)

J.B. Holman

Who is Dominion 1431? And why shoot the PM? 60 million suspects. Only one culprit.Eduard Foxx, secret agent, traitor and the tactician who planned the assassination, meets his match in Julie Connor, a quiet, unexceptional, self-deprecating, reclusive civil servant with a secret. For their own reasons, they each need to uncover the identity of Dominion 1431, the shadowy figure behind the assass... read more

Men, Love & Birth: The book about being present at birth your pregnant lover wants you to read

Mark Harris

Men, Love & Birth

My Child Won't Eat: How to Enjoy Mealtimes without Worry

Carlos González

Parents everywhere worry about what their babies and toddlers will and won't eat, and whether they are getting the nutrients they need. In My Child Won't Eat Dr Carlos González, a renowned paediatrician and father of three, tackles these fears, exploring why some children refuse food, the pitfalls of growth charts, and how growth and activity affect a child's appetite and nutritional needs. He... read more

Kiss Me: How to Raise Your Children with Love

Carlos González

How we parent our children is at the heart of our relationships with them – and Dr Carlos Gonzalez, a renowned Spanish paediatrician and father, believes that our children deserve all the love we can give them. If we reject the routines and excessive discipline promoted by self-styled childcare experts, and instead parent with love, respect and freedom, we can allow our children to grow and th... read more