Rakuten Kobo

Shopping Cart

Item(s) unavailable for purchase

Please review your cart. You can remove the unavailable item(s) now or we'll automatically remove it at Checkout.

itemsitem

- Unlimited access to eBooks
  
  Unlimited access to audiobooks
  
  No commitment, cancel anytime at kobo.com/account/subscriptions
  
  Get 1 credit every month for the audiobook of your choice
  
  No commitment, cancel anytime at kobo.com/account/subscriptions
  
  Unlimited access to eBooks
  
  Unlimited access to audiobooks
  
  No commitment, cancel anytime at kobo.com/account/subscriptions
  Audiobook
  by ,
  
  Available:
  
  . No commitment, cancel anytime at kobo.com/account/subscriptions.
  
  Pre-order
  1 audiobook monthly
  
  + FREE 30-day trial
  
  Special Offer
  
  Get 1 credit every month to exchange for an audiobook of your choice
  
  *No commitment, cancel anytime
  
  FREE

itemsitem

Unlimited access to eBooks

Unlimited access to audiobooks

No commitment, cancel anytime at kobo.com/account/subscriptions

Get 1 credit every month for the audiobook of your choice

No commitment, cancel anytime at kobo.com/account/subscriptions

Unlimited access to eBooks

Unlimited access to audiobooks

No commitment, cancel anytime at kobo.com/account/subscriptions
Audiobook
by ,

Available:
. No commitment, cancel anytime at kobo.com/account/subscriptions.

Pre-order
1 audiobook monthly

+ FREE 30-day trial

Special Offer

Get 1 credit every month to exchange for an audiobook of your choice

*No commitment, cancel anytime

FREE

Recommended For You

Skip side bar filters

Green & Gold: Ireland as a Clean Energy World Leader

by John Travers ...

While many agree Ireland can become a world leader in clean energy, there's little agreement on how. John Travers captures the challenge from an Irish perspective. He assesses, in clear terms, practical energy alternatives tomeet all our needs, achieve energy independence, and provide an opportunity for Ireland to be a world leader and global beacon of clean energy. ... Read more

$10.59 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

While many agree Ireland can become a world leader in clean energy, there's little agreement on how. John Travers captures the challenge from an Irish perspective. He assesses, in clear terms, practical energy alternatives tomeet all our needs, achieve energy independence, and provide an opportunity for Ireland to be a world leader and global beacon of clean energy.
... Read more
A Shot of Hope

Stories of Quiet Resilience

by John Travers ...

A Shot of Hope: Stories of Quiet Resilience by John Travers‘This remarkable book of real-life experiences in often the most challenging circumstances will inspire you by finding hope where others might see only despair.’ – Professor Tony Holohan‘This writing is like a love letter to medicine.’ – Dr Aisling Ní Shúilleabháin‘This is narrative medicine at its best.’ – Professor Marie Murray‘In this ... Read more

$11.87 USD

A Shot of Hope: Stories of Quiet Resilience by John Travers‘This remarkable book of real-life experiences in often the most challenging circumstances will inspire you by finding hope where others might see only despair.’ – Professor Tony Holohan‘This writing is like a love letter to medicine.’ – Dr Aisling Ní Shúilleabháin‘This is narrative medicine at its best.’ – Professor Marie Murray‘In this
... Read more

With the End in Mind

Dying, Death, and Wisdom in an Age of Denial

by Kathryn Mannix ...

For readers of Atul Gawande and Paul Kalanithi, a palliative care doctor's breathtaking stories from 30 years spent caring for the dying.Modern medical technology is allowing us to live longer and fuller lives than ever before. And for the most part, that is good news. But with changes in the way we understand medicine come changes in the way we understand death. Once a familiar, peaceful, and ... Read more

$12.99 USD

Also available as: Audiobook

For readers of Atul Gawande and Paul Kalanithi, a palliative care doctor's breathtaking stories from 30 years spent caring for the dying.Modern medical technology is allowing us to live longer and fuller lives than ever before. And for the most part, that is good news. But with changes in the way we understand medicine come changes in the way we understand death. Once a familiar, peaceful, and
... Read more

Also available as: Audiobook
Dear Life

A Doctor's Story of Love and Loss

by Rachel Clarke ...

In Dear Life, palliative care specialist Dr. Rachel Clarke recounts her professional and personal journey to understand not the end of life, but life at its end.Death was conspicuously absent during Rachel's medical training. Instead, her education focused entirely on learning to save lives, and was left wanting when it came to helping patients and their families face death. She came to specialize ... Read more

$1.99 USD

Also available as: Audiobook

In Dear Life, palliative care specialist Dr. Rachel Clarke recounts her professional and personal journey to understand not the end of life, but life at its end.Death was conspicuously absent during Rachel's medical training. Instead, her education focused entirely on learning to save lives, and was left wanting when it came to helping patients and their families face death. She came to specialize
... Read more

Also available as: Audiobook
There’s a Cure for This: A Memoir

by Emma Wehipeihana (Espiner) ...

“I don’t know why medicine felt like coming home but, for some reason, it fits. I keep thinking about how the tohu, once awarded, can never be taken back. There are few things in life that emphatic. Better not fuck it up.” From award-winning writer Dr Emma Espiner comes this striking and profound debut memoir. Encompassing whānau, love, death, ’90s action movies... ... Read more

$11.89 USD

“I don’t know why medicine felt like coming home but, for some reason, it fits. I keep thinking about how the tohu, once awarded, can never be taken back. There are few things in life that emphatic. Better not fuck it up.” From award-winning writer Dr Emma Espiner comes this striking and profound debut memoir. Encompassing whānau, love, death, ’90s action movies...
... Read more
I Am, I Am, I Am

Seventeen Brushes with Death

by Maggie O'Farrell ...

In this astonishing memoir, the New York Times bestselling author of The Marriage Portrait and Hamnet shares the seventeen near-death experiences that have punctuated and defined her life.The childhood illness that left her bedridden for a year, which she was not expected to survive. A teenage yearning to escape that nearly ended in disaster. An encounter with a disturbed man on a remote path. And ... Read more

$10.99 USD

Also available as: Audiobook

In this astonishing memoir, the New York Times bestselling author of The Marriage Portrait and Hamnet shares the seventeen near-death experiences that have punctuated and defined her life.The childhood illness that left her bedridden for a year, which she was not expected to survive. A teenage yearning to escape that nearly ended in disaster. An encounter with a disturbed man on a remote path. And
... Read more

Also available as: Audiobook
The Little Big Things

The Inspirational Memoir of the Year

by Henry Fraser ...

**THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER"Henry Fraser is one of the most remarkable people I've ever met" J.K. Rowling"What a story of transformation, inner power and inspiration" Jonny Wilkinson**The memoir of the year by Henry Fraser, motivational speaker and mouth artist with a foreword by J.K. Rowling.Being challenged in life is inevitable, but being defeated is optional...Henry Fraser was 17 years old ... Read more

$5.99 USD

Also available as: Audiobook

**THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER"Henry Fraser is one of the most remarkable people I've ever met" J.K. Rowling"What a story of transformation, inner power and inspiration" Jonny Wilkinson**The memoir of the year by Henry Fraser, motivational speaker and mouth artist with a foreword by J.K. Rowling.Being challenged in life is inevitable, but being defeated is optional...Henry Fraser was 17 years old
... Read more

Also available as: Audiobook
Life, Death and Biscuits

by Anthea Allen ...

THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER‘A heart-breaking story of courage and compassion from the front line of the toughest battle our nurses have had to fight. Anthea Allen’s writing is raw, honest and full of love for those she cares for.’ Susanna ReidAn extraordinarily powerful memoir based on the diaries of intensive care nurse Anthea Allen, who worked on the front line of one of the largest hospitals in ... Read more

$5.99 USD

THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER‘A heart-breaking story of courage and compassion from the front line of the toughest battle our nurses have had to fight. Anthea Allen’s writing is raw, honest and full of love for those she cares for.’ Susanna ReidAn extraordinarily powerful memoir based on the diaries of intensive care nurse Anthea Allen, who worked on the front line of one of the largest hospitals in
... Read more
Will You Read This, Please?

Edited by Joanna Cannon ...

‘Moving and vital’ i NEWS‘A beautiful book’ EVENING STANDARD‘Deserves to be read by as wide an audience as possible’ DAILY MIRRORHow do we give a voice to those who so often remain unheard? Will You Read This, Please? is a frank and impactful collection of twelve stories written in conjunction with our best British writers, including Tracy Chevalier and Clare Mack... ... Read more

$12.99 USD

Also available as: Audiobook

‘Moving and vital’ i NEWS‘A beautiful book’ EVENING STANDARD‘Deserves to be read by as wide an audience as possible’ DAILY MIRRORHow do we give a voice to those who so often remain unheard? Will You Read This, Please? is a frank and impactful collection of twelve stories written in conjunction with our best British writers, including Tracy Chevalier and Clare Mack...
... Read more

Also available as: Audiobook
The Leopard in my House

One man’s adventures in cancerland

by Mark Steel ...

‘I feel like there’s a leopard in my house, locked in a room. I’ve contacted the leopard authorities and they assure me they are used to dealing with leopards like this, and they have a plan for removing the leopard. It will take a while, though, and once in a while I can hear it growl.And that’s all very reassuring. Even so, several times a day I think to myself: “Hang on, there’s a leopard in my ... Read more

$14.59 USD

Also available as: Audiobook

‘I feel like there’s a leopard in my house, locked in a room. I’ve contacted the leopard authorities and they assure me they are used to dealing with leopards like this, and they have a plan for removing the leopard. It will take a while, though, and once in a while I can hear it growl.And that’s all very reassuring. Even so, several times a day I think to myself: “Hang on, there’s a leopard in my
... Read more

Also available as: Audiobook
The Golden Rule

A Compassionate Guide to Ageing Well, Caring for Loved Ones and Living Later Life with Confidence

by Lucy Pollock ...

A new way to think about ageing - for ourselves and the people we love. With warmth and wisdom, geriatrician Dr Lucy Pollock shows us how'The Golden Rule is part manifesto for better integration and appreciation between generations, and part reflection on a career spent looking after our elders, [. . .] with good humour, sanity, wisdom and quite a few jokes' The Times__Plan A: stay young forever ... Read more

$12.79 USD

Also available as: Audiobook

A new way to think about ageing - for ourselves and the people we love. With warmth and wisdom, geriatrician Dr Lucy Pollock shows us how'The Golden Rule is part manifesto for better integration and appreciation between generations, and part reflection on a career spent looking after our elders, [. . .] with good humour, sanity, wisdom and quite a few jokes' The Times__Plan A: stay young forever
... Read more

Also available as: Audiobook
Surviving Centrepoint

My years in New Zealand’s most infamous cult

by Rachel C. King ...

Shortly before I turned 13, my life changed forever when my family moved to the notorious Centrepoint Community on Auckland's North Shore, then at its peak. Centrepoint was founded by Bert Potter, its 'spiritual leader'. He called himself God. During my four years there I was pressured into inappropriate and often frightening situations by many of its adult members. Like so many others, I have ... Read more

$11.89 USD

Shortly before I turned 13, my life changed forever when my family moved to the notorious Centrepoint Community on Auckland's North Shore, then at its peak. Centrepoint was founded by Bert Potter, its 'spiritual leader'. He called himself God. During my four years there I was pressured into inappropriate and often frightening situations by many of its adult members. Like so many others, I have
... Read more

Rakuten Kobo

eReaders

Apps

Accessories

What is Kobo Super Points?

Reward Yourself

Shopping Cart

You're getting the VIP treatment!

Your Shopping Cart is empty

Available:

1 audiobook monthly

+ FREE 30-day trial

Available:

1 audiobook monthly

+ FREE 30-day trial

Recommended For You

“john travers”

Green & Gold: Ireland as a Clean Energy World Leader

A Shot of Hope

People who read these also enjoyed

With the End in Mind

Dear Life

There’s a Cure for This: A Memoir

I Am, I Am, I Am

The Little Big Things

Life, Death and Biscuits

Will You Read This, Please?

The Leopard in my House

The Golden Rule

Surviving Centrepoint

eReaders

Apps

Accessories

Shopping Cart

You're getting the VIP treatment!

Your Shopping Cart is empty

Available:

1 audiobook monthly

+ FREE 30-day trial

Available:

1 audiobook monthly

+ FREE 30-day trial

Recommended For You

“john travers”

Show:

People who read these also enjoyed