An honest and deeply reported account of five women and the opportunities and frustrations they face in the year following their graduation from an elite university.
This popular and bestselling textbook provides an introduction to the field of childhood studies and offers a broad-based, comprehensive and accessible resource which brings together key themes in the area of childhood studies to provide a timely and scholarly introduction.
Memoir of Fleeming Jenkin is a book by Robert Louis Stevenson that serves as a tribute to the life and work of the electrical engineer and inventor Fleeming Jenkin.
A memoir of the authors twenty-five-year, self-designed experiment with a nonpharmaceutical approach to multiple sclerosis and of the indomitable mother who taught her to meet trouble with active resistance.
This book is about a young woman who was struggling with addictions, toxic people, and not noticing the red flags that were going on right in front of her face.
';Outstanding' Bonnie Garmus, bestselling author of Lessons in ChemistryThe remarkable untold story of how a group of sixteen determined women used the power of the collective and the tools of science to inspire ongoing radical change.
A TLS BOOK OF THE YEAR 'Anaximander is a delight and so is this book' -- James McConnachie, Sunday TimesNow widely available in English for the first time, this is Carlo Rovelli's first book: the thrilling story of a little-known man who created one of the greatest intellectual revolutions Over two thousand years ago, one man changed the way we see the world.
Living Normally with Dementia tells the successful story of Dagmarsminde, a small innovative nursing home in Denmark with a remarkable and life-affirming approach to dementia care.
The specialty of plastic surgery was developed and named by Sir Harold Gillies following his work between the two world wars reconstructing severely damaged servicemen from the First World War.
The brainchild of Daniel Alexander Payne Murray, Banneker: The Afro-American Astronomer was first conceived after Murray discovered what he found to be a beautifully written letter to Thomas Jefferson by a then unknown writer of color.
In the nineteenth century, a small but dedicated group of European and American women rose to agitate for the inclusion of women in the medical profession.
In the nineteenth century, a small but dedicated group of European and American women rose to agitate for the inclusion of women in the medical profession.
