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A Heavy Reckoning: War, Medicine and Survival in Afghanistan and Beyond by E. R. Mayhew
$14.99 NZD
$24.99 (40% off)
Category: Discounted Non-Fiction (selected titles) at 40% off RRP | Series: Wellcome Ser.
What happens when you reach the threshold of life and death - and come back? As long as humans have lived together on the planet, there have been wars, and injured soldiers and civilians. But today, as we engage in wars across the globe with increasingly sophisticated technology, we are able to bring pe ...Show more
Being Mortal - Illness, Medicine and What Matters in the End by Atul Gawande
$24.99 NZD
Category: Mind, Body & Spirit | Series: Wellcome Collection Ser. | Reading Level: near fine
For most of human history, death was a common, ever-present possibility. It didn't matter whether you were five or fifty - every day was a roll of the dice. But now, as medical advances push the boundaries of survival further each year, we have become increasingly detached from the reality of being mort ...Show more
Chasing the Sun: How the Science ... by Linda Geddes
$32.99 NZD
Category: Popular Science | Series: Wellcome Ser.
The full story of how our relationship with the sun shapes our health, productivity and moodOur ancestors constructed vast monuments like Stonehenge and Pyramids of Egypt and Central America to keep track of the sun and celebrate the annual cycle of death and rebirth. The returning sun heralds new begin ...Show more
Medieval Bodies: Life, Death and Art in the Middle Ages by Jack Hartnell
$55.00 NZD
Category: History | Series: Wellcome Ser.
Dripping with blood and gold, fetishized and tortured, gateway to earthly delights and point of contact with the divine, forcibly divided and powerful even beyond death, there was no territory more contested than the body in the medieval world. In Medieval Bodies, art historian Jack Hartnell uncovers th ...Show more
Schadenfreude - The Joy of Another's Misfortune by Tiffany Watt Smith
$27.99 NZD
Category: Humour | Series: Wellcome Ser.
An entertaining and insightful exploration of schadenfreude: the deliciously dark and complex joy we've all felt, from time to time, at news of others' misfortunes. You might feel schadenfreude when... the boss calls himself "Head of Pubic Services" on an important letter. a cool guy swings back on ...Show more
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