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  • Changing the Way We Die

    Compassionate End of Life Care and The Hospice Movement

    by Fran Smith ...
    There’s a quiet revolution happening in the way we die. More than 1.5 million Americans a year die in hospice care—nearly 44 percent of all deaths—and a vast industry has sprung up to meet the growing demand. Once viewed as a New Age indulgence, hospice is now a $14 billion business and one of the most successful segments in health care. Changing the Way We Die, by award-winning journalists Fran ... Read more

    $9.99 USD

  • Coping with the Psychological Effects of Illness

    Strategies to manage anxiety and depression

    by Dr Fran Smith ...
    Sudden, severe ill health comes as a shock and presents several challenges, most notably, loss of confidence. Suddenly people are afraid to take exercise, have sex or even go to the shops. Their entire self-image takes a battering, and this roller-coaster of uncertainty often leads to anxiety and depression. This book looks at the learning curve involved in sudden and chronic illness, and explores ... Read more

    $9.99 USD

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    The Killing at Crowswood Castle

    by Fran Smith ...
    Narrated by Sophie Roberts ...
    Series series Vita Carew Mysteries

    Unabridged

    4 hours 36 min

    A vicious master, a cruel injustice, and a long-held secret. . .After travelling to the notoriously haunted Crowswood Castle to recover from illness, Cambridge student Vita Carew finds herself at the centre of a ghostly unsolved mystery.As renovations on the ancient castle near completion, old secrets emerge, and Vita must decipher the meaning of a hidden message in an old painting of the deceased ... Read more

    $24.99 USD

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    Best Wishes Sister B

    Kindly nuns take on the 21st Century

    by Fran Smith ...
    Narrated by Rachel Bavidge ...
    Series Audiobook 1 - The Sister B Letters

    Unabridged

    5 hours 42 min

    Prayer and ingenuity have kept the remote English convent of St Winifreda in the Fen going for centuries, but now the roof leaks, the bell tower is crumbling and rats have moved in. The Bishop’s accountant wants to send the retired sisters to a home, disperse the working nuns, pull down the buildings and sell the land off as a car park. But he has reckoned without the unstoppable force that is ... Read more

    $15.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

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    Compassionate End-of-Life Care

    by Fran Smith, Sheila Himmel ...
    Narrated by Justine Willis Toms ...

    Unabridged

    57 min

    We all hope for dying well and living fully until we do. The truth is that we don’t have a choice about whether or not we’re going to die but sometimes we have a choice about whether our dying is going to be easier or harder. Hospice is about treating people rather than treating disease. It looks beyond the physical suffering and includes the whole family. ... Read more

    $1.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

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    Dr Potter's Private Practice

    A Cozy Historical Mystery

    by Fran Smith ...
    Narrated by Sophie Roberts ...
    Series series Vita Carew Mysteries

    Unabridged

    4 hours 27 min

    A mysterious victim, a heartless doctor, and an assistant whose loyalty extends to murder.After falling behind during her first year studying science, Vita Carew plans a studious Christmas vacation in Cambridge. However, when an injured man with no memory is discovered and brought to her local hospital, she can’t help but be lured away from her books by an enticing mystery.Curious to learn more, ... Read more

    Was $34.99 USD Now $24.99 USD

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    Poison at Pemberton Hall

    by Fran Smith ...
    Narrated by Sophie Roberts ...
    Series series Vita Carew Mysteries

    Unabridged

    5 hours 14 min

    A dazzling diva, a glittering society dinner, and a killer with a terrible grudge…In Edwardian England, bookish and bespectacled Vita Carew longs to be left to her scientific studies. But she can't avoid the event of the season, a gala at Pemberton Hall. This glamorous concert and sumptuous dinner will mark the Pemberton household’s triumphant return to society after a run of misfortune.But ... Read more

    Was $34.99 USD Now $24.99 USD

  • Audiobook

    The Painted Penny Stamp

    A Cozy Historical Mystery

    by Fran Smith ...
    Narrated by Sophie Roberts ...
    Series series Vita Carew Mysteries

    Unabridged

    5 hours 50 min

    A quiet lodger, a secret vice, and a fortune-seeker who will stop at nothing.When a neighbor’s lodger is found dead, Vita Carew, a sharp-witted science student, is the first on the scene. The police pronounce it an accident, a fatal fall, but Vita remains unconvinced. Her access to the post–mortem reveals the truth: Albert Flett was murdered.As Vita investigates, she uncovers a trail of evidence ... Read more

    Was $34.99 USD Now $24.99 USD

  • Audiobook

    A Thin Sharp Blade

    by Fran Smith ...
    Narrated by Sophie Roberts ...
    Series series Vita Carew Mysteries

    Unabridged

    6 hours 56 min

    A professor's dismissal, a boxer's death, and a widow's secrets. Can Vita Carew solve the mystery?In 1903 England, Vita Carew's dreams of studying at Cambridge are shattered by a dismissive professor. But Vita’s intellect proves invaluable after her brother and a visiting American boxer take part in an ultimately lethal boxing match. Vita’s brother is gravely injured and the boxer dies, leaving ... Read more

    $24.99 USD

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    Big Ideas Simply Explained

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