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  • Poison

    A History and a Family Memoir

    by Gail Bell ...
    "Readers with a strong stomach will enjoy this unusual memoir laced with a natural history of poison." - Publishers WeeklyYears after Dr. William Macbeth died, his ornate medicine case passed to his estranged son. Over the protests of his family, the son buried it deep in the ground, out of sight and out of reach.Then ten-years-old, Macbeth's granddaughter Gail Bell watched the mysterious case of ... Read more

    $12.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Poisoner

    A Story of Family Secrets

    by Gail Bell ...
    "Readers with a strong stomach will enjoy this unusual memoir laced with a natural history of poison." - Publishers WeeklyYears after Dr. William Macbeth died, his ornate medicine case passed to his estranged son. Over the protests of his family, the son buried it deep in the ground, out of sight and out of reach.Then ten-years-old, Macbeth's granddaughter Gail Bell watched the mysterious case of ... Read more

    $12.39 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Quarterly Essay 18 Worried Well

    The Depression Epidemic and the Medicalisation of Our Sorrows

    by Gail Bell ...
    Series Book 18 - Quarterly Essay
    In The Worried Well, Gail Bell investigates Australia’s depression epidemic. Why, she wonders, do well over a million Australians now take antidepressant drugs?This is a fresh, frank and independent look at the depression culture and the move to medicalise sadness. Bell examines how the prescription culture operates, scrutinising the role of big drug companies and GPs and talking to those who take ... Read more

    $6.99 USD

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    Shot

    by Gail Bell ...
    Narrated by Louise Crawford ...

    Unabridged

    7 hours 45 min

    When Gail Bell was seventeen, she was shot in the back. Coming home from evening class later than usual one night, she took a short cut through the dark streets of a new estate, unaware she was being watched. When a car began following her, she felt a jolt of fear. Then the car stopped and out of the eerie silence came a cracking sound as a bullet struck her from behind. The car sped away and the ... Read more

    $24.99 USD

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    The Poison Principle

    by Gail Bell ...
    Narrated by Wendy Bos, Helen Garner ...

    Unabridged

    8 hours 48 min

    When Dr William Macbeth poisoned two of his sons in 1927, his wife and sister hid the murders in the intensely private realm of family secrets. Like the famous poisoner Dr Crippen, Macbeth behaved as if he were immune to consequences; unlike Crippen, he avoided detection and punishment ... or did he? As time passed, the story of Dr William Macbeth, well-dressed poisoner, haunted and divided his ... Read more

    $24.99 USD

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    The Worried Well

    The Depression Epidemic and the Medicalisation of Our Sorrows

    by Gail Bell ...
    Narrated by Marie-Louise Walker ...
    Series Audiobook 18 - Quarterly Essay

    Unabridged

    2 hours 41 min

    In the second Quarterly Essay of 2005, Gail Bell investigates Australia's depression epidemic. Why, she wonders, do well over a million Australians now take antidepressant drugs? This is a fresh, frank and independent look at the depression culture and the move to medicalise sadness. Bell examines how the prescription culture operates, scrutinising the role of big drug companies and GPs and ... Read more

    $24.99 USD

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    The Politics of Clive Palmer: Quarterly Essay 56

    by Guy Rundle ...
    Series Book 56 - Quarterly Essay
    In Clivosaurus, Guy Rundle observes Palmer close up, examining his rise to prominence, his beliefs, his deals and his politics – not to mention his poetry. Rundle shows that neither the government nor the media have been able to take Palmer's measure.Who is Clive Palmer, and what does his ascent say about Australia's creaking political system?In Clivosaurus, Guy Rundle observes Palmer close up, ... Read more

    $6.99 USD

  • Brain on Fire

    My Month of Madness

    by Susannah Cahalan ...
    NOW A MAJOR MOTION PICTURE STARRING CHLOË GRACE MORETZA “captivating” (The New York Times Book Review), award-winning memoir and instant New York Times bestseller that goes far beyond its riveting medical mystery, Brain on Fire is a powerful account of one woman’s struggle to recapture her identity.When twenty-four-year-old Susannah Cahalan woke up alone in a hospital room, strapped to her bed and ... Read more

    $7.99 USD

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  • All Things Bright and Beautiful

    by James Herriot ...
    Series Book 2 - All Creatures Great and Small
    From the #1 New York Times –bestselling author of All Creatures Great and Small : more true stories of a veterinarian in small-town Yorkshire, England. Herriot's series of personal memoirs is the basis for both the classic BBC and beloved Masterpiece shows.After his first day on the job, James Herriot's mentor warns him that the life of a country veterinarian is full of small tr... ... Read more

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  • The Shift

    One Nurse, Twelve Hours, Four Patients' Lives

    by Theresa Brown ...
    “An engrossing human drama . . . The Shift is one nurse's story, but it contains elements of every nurse's experience."—The Wall Street JournalPracticing nurse and New York Times columnist Theresa Brown invites us to experience not just a day in the life of a nurse but all the life that happens in just one day on a busy teaching hospital’s cancer ward. In the span of twelve hours, lives can be ... Read more

    $11.99 USD

  • Taming The Black Dog

    How to Beat Depression - A Practical Manual for Sufferers, Their Relatives and Colleagues

    by Patrick Ellverton ...
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  • Understand Alzheimer's

    A First-Time Caregiver's Plan to Understand & Prepare for Alzheimer's & Dementia

    by Calistoga Press ...
    A diagnosis of Alzheimer's disease can be frightening and overwhelming-and not just for the patient. Becoming the primary caregiver for a newly diagnosed loved one can be one of the most challenging-and one of the most rewarding-experiences possible. In Understand Alzheimer's: A First-Time Caregiver's Plan to Understand & Prepare for Alzheimer's & Dementia, you'll find a wealth of practical and ... Read more

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