Wellcome Collection imprint: 8 books
A Practical Course in Personal Magnetism
The Victorian Guide to Health, Happiness, Power and Success: Doctor’s Orders from Wellcome Library
Language: English
Release Date: February 2, 2017
Finally, the secrets of natural magnetism made plain, in the 19th Century's delightful prelude to How to Win Friends and Influence People
"You are not the weak, downtrodden creature you have so long considered yourself, but a glorified, radiant, happy being!"
Drawn from the...
Sex by Numbers
What Statistics Can Tell Us About Sexual Behaviour
Language: English
Release Date: April 2, 2015
Whatever society we live in, and however open-minded we like to think we are, when it comes to our sex lives we all like to keep a few secrets. But this makes the jobs of sexologists -- professionals who study sexual behaviour -- pretty difficult.
Luckily, David Spiegelhalter, Professor of...
In the Bonesetter's Waiting Room
Travels Through Indian Medicine
Language: English
Release Date: May 19, 2016
WINNER OF BEST POPULAR MEDICINE BOOK AT THE BMA MEDICAL BOOK AWARDS
LONGLISTED FOR THE 2016 JHALAK PRIZE
The story of medicine in India is rich and complex: uniting cutting-edge technological developments with ancient cultural traditions.
Aarathi Prasad investigates how Indian medicine...
In Therapy
How conversations with psychotherapists really work
Language: English
Release Date: November 3, 2016
Worldwide, increasingly large numbers of people are seeing therapists on a regular basis. In the UK alone, 1.5 million people are in therapy. We go to address past traumas, to break patterns of behaviour, to confront eating disorders or addiction, to talk about relationships, or simply because we...
Notes on Blindness
A journey through the dark
Language: English
Release Date: February 9, 2017
Notes on Blindness was the basis for a major documentary in 2016.
'It's a gift. Not a gift I want, but it is a gift'
Days before the birth of his first son, writer and academic John M. Hull started to go blind. He would lose his sight entirely, plunged into darkness, unable to distinguish...
by Jonty Claypole
Language: English
Release Date: September 3, 2020
Language: English
Release Date: September 3, 2020
In an age of polished TED talks and overconfident political oratory, success seems to depend upon charismatic public speaking. But what if hyper fluency is not only unachievable but undesirable?
Jonty Claypole spent fifteen years of his life in and out of extreme speech therapy. From sessions...
A Heavy Reckoning
War, Medicine and Survival in Afghanistan and Beyond
Language: English
Release Date: May 25, 2017
What happens when you reach the threshold of life and death - and come back?
As long as humans have lived on the planet, there have been wars, and injured soldiers and civilians. But today, as we engage in wars with increasingly sophisticated technology, we are able to bring people back from...
In Therapy
The Unfolding Story
Language: English
Release Date: December 28, 2017
Worldwide, an increasingly diverse and growing number of people are seeking therapy. We go to address past traumas, to break patterns of behaviour, to confront eating disorders or addiction, to talk about relationships, or simply because we want to find out more about ourselves.
Susie Orbach...