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Empire Antarctica

Ice, Silence, and Emperor Penguins

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Meet the majestic Emperor Penguins of Antarctica in this “mesmerizing and memorable” travel memoir about a doctor’s year-long appointment to the remote Halley Research Station (The Economist).Gavin Francis fulfilled a lifetime’s ambition when he spent 14 months as the basecamp doctor at Halley, a profoundly isolated British research station on the Caird Coast of Antarctica. So remote, it is said ... Read more

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Meet the majestic Emperor Penguins of Antarctica in this “mesmerizing and memorable” travel memoir about a doctor’s year-long appointment to the remote Halley Research Station (The Economist).Gavin Francis fulfilled a lifetime’s ambition when he spent 14 months as the basecamp doctor at Halley, a profoundly isolated British research station on the Caird Coast of Antarctica. So remote, it is said
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True North: Travels in Arctic Europe

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Driven by a yearning to experience the vast skies and frozen beauty of the North, Gavin Francis goes in search of the people living along the northern limits of Europe. From the first Greek explorers to the Vikings to modern polar adventurers, he travels through history and legend to find out why – and how – we are drawn to the North.Francis's encounters in the Arctic teach him as much about that ... Read more

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Driven by a yearning to experience the vast skies and frozen beauty of the North, Gavin Francis goes in search of the people living along the northern limits of Europe. From the first Greek explorers to the Vikings to modern polar adventurers, he travels through history and legend to find out why – and how – we are drawn to the North.Francis's encounters in the Arctic teach him as much about that
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The Bridge Between Worlds

A Brief History of Connection

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In a world preoccupied by borders, bridges celebrate the possibility of connectionDr Gavin Francis crosses bridges both actual and metaphorical on a journey through six continents, twenty countries and four decades of travel, exploring answers to questions of peace and conflict, connection and community.From Rome’s Ponte Sant’Angelo to Brooklyn, Victoria Falls to London, Singapore to Siberia, ... Read more

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In a world preoccupied by borders, bridges celebrate the possibility of connectionDr Gavin Francis crosses bridges both actual and metaphorical on a journey through six continents, twenty countries and four decades of travel, exploring answers to questions of peace and conflict, connection and community.From Rome’s Ponte Sant’Angelo to Brooklyn, Victoria Falls to London, Singapore to Siberia,
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Empire Antarctica

Ice, Silence & Emperor Penguins

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WINNER OF THE SCOTTISH BOOK OF THE YEAR AWARDGavin Francis spent fourteen months in one of the remotest places in the world: Halley, a research station in Antarctica. Storm-locked and frozen, it is said to be easier to evacuate a casualty from the International Space Station than it is to bring someone out of Halley in winter.In the icy emptiness of Antarctica, where one misstep outdoors can mean ... Read more

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WINNER OF THE SCOTTISH BOOK OF THE YEAR AWARDGavin Francis spent fourteen months in one of the remotest places in the world: Halley, a research station in Antarctica. Storm-locked and frozen, it is said to be easier to evacuate a casualty from the International Space Station than it is to bring someone out of Halley in winter.In the icy emptiness of Antarctica, where one misstep outdoors can mean
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The Unfragile Mind

A Physician's Call for Restoring Hope and Humanity to Mental Health Care

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**A timely, layered approach to the overdiagnosis epidemic in our mental health climate—from a doctor and internationally acclaimed author—that makes the case for applying compassion and curiosity rather than strict labels“I thought Gavin Francis couldn’t get any better, but I was wrong. This is his best and most important book.”? Bill Bryson, New York Times–bestselling author of A Walk in the ... Read more

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**A timely, layered approach to the overdiagnosis epidemic in our mental health climate—from a doctor and internationally acclaimed author—that makes the case for applying compassion and curiosity rather than strict labels“I thought Gavin Francis couldn’t get any better, but I was wrong. This is his best and most important book.”? Bill Bryson, New York Times–bestselling author of A Walk in the
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Island Dreams

Mapping an Obsession

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SHORTLISTED FOR WATERSTONES BOOK OF THE YEARIn Island Dreams, Gavin Francis combines stories of his own travels with psychology, philosophy and myth, shedding new light on the importance of islands and isolation in our collective consciousness.Francis draws on thirty years of island adventures from the Faroe Islands to the Aegean, from the Galapagos to the Andaman Islands. He contrasts these ... Read more

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SHORTLISTED FOR WATERSTONES BOOK OF THE YEARIn Island Dreams, Gavin Francis combines stories of his own travels with psychology, philosophy and myth, shedding new light on the importance of islands and isolation in our collective consciousness.Francis draws on thirty years of island adventures from the Faroe Islands to the Aegean, from the Galapagos to the Andaman Islands. He contrasts these
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Recovery

The Lost Art of Convalescence

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**“An essential book for our times, full of wisdom, compassion and sound advice. Every patient needs a copy of this gem.” –Katherine May, author of Wintering and EnchantmentA gentle, expert guide to the secrets of recovery, showing why we need it and how to do it better**For many of us, time spent in recovery—from a broken leg, a virus, chronic illness, or the crisis of depression or anxiety—can ... Read more

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**“An essential book for our times, full of wisdom, compassion and sound advice. Every patient needs a copy of this gem.” –Katherine May, author of Wintering and EnchantmentA gentle, expert guide to the secrets of recovery, showing why we need it and how to do it better**For many of us, time spent in recovery—from a broken leg, a virus, chronic illness, or the crisis of depression or anxiety—can
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Why The NHS Is Worth Saving

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'Needle-sharp analysis from the front line' Ian Rankin'Utterly compelling' Henry Marsh'Wonderful ... A heartbreaking chronicle of the NHS's near-demise, and a call to action' Leah Hazard'A reminder of what is important, what we hold dear, and who we are' Christie Watson'Compassionate, clever, curious, principled, humane ... A succinct, elegant and beautifully written account of what ... ... Read more

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'Needle-sharp analysis from the front line' Ian Rankin'Utterly compelling' Henry Marsh'Wonderful ... A heartbreaking chronicle of the NHS's near-demise, and a call to action' Leah Hazard'A reminder of what is important, what we hold dear, and who we are' Christie Watson'Compassionate, clever, curious, principled, humane ... A succinct, elegant and beautifully written account of what ...
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Adventures in Human Being

A Grand Tour from the Cranium to the Calcaneum

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"Adventures in Human Being, with its deft mix of the clinical and the lyrical, is a triumph of the eloquent brain and the compassionate heart." -- Wall Street JournalWe assume we know our bodies intimately, but for many of us they remain uncharted territory, an enigma of bone and muscle, neurons and synapses. How many of us understand the way seizures affect the brain, how the heart is connected ... Read more

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"Adventures in Human Being, with its deft mix of the clinical and the lyrical, is a triumph of the eloquent brain and the compassionate heart." -- Wall Street JournalWe assume we know our bodies intimately, but for many of us they remain uncharted territory, an enigma of bone and muscle, neurons and synapses. How many of us understand the way seizures affect the brain, how the heart is connected
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Shapeshifters

A Journey Through the Changing Human Body

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From birth to death, a lyrical exploration of the role of transformation in human lifeTo be alive is to be in perpetual metamorphosis: growing, healing, learning, aging. In Shapeshifters, physician and writer Gavin Francis considers the inevitable changes all of our bodies undergo -- such as birth, puberty, and death, but also laughter, sleeping, and healing-and those that only some of our bodies ... Read more

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From birth to death, a lyrical exploration of the role of transformation in human lifeTo be alive is to be in perpetual metamorphosis: growing, healing, learning, aging. In Shapeshifters, physician and writer Gavin Francis considers the inevitable changes all of our bodies undergo -- such as birth, puberty, and death, but also laughter, sleeping, and healing-and those that only some of our bodies
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Recovery

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**“An essential book for our times, full of wisdom, compassion and sound advice. Every patient needs a copy of this gem.” –Katherine May, author of Wintering and EnchantmentA gentle, expert guide to the secrets of recovery, showing why we need it and how to do it better**For many of us, time spent in recovery—from a broken leg, a virus, chronic illness, or the crisis of depression or anxiety—can ... Read more

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**“An essential book for our times, full of wisdom, compassion and sound advice. Every patient needs a copy of this gem.” –Katherine May, author of Wintering and EnchantmentA gentle, expert guide to the secrets of recovery, showing why we need it and how to do it better**For many of us, time spent in recovery—from a broken leg, a virus, chronic illness, or the crisis of depression or anxiety—can
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Intensive Care

A GP, a Community & a Pandemic

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A Spectator Book of the YearAn Observer, New Statesman, Financial Times, Irish Times and Scotsman 2021 Non-Fiction Highlight'Compassionate, beautifully written .. will only grow in importance and interest as the years go by' Jenny Colgan, Spectator'Searing yet beautiful ... less a hot take that an astute manifesto for what matters most in life, as... ... Read more

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A Spectator Book of the YearAn Observer, New Statesman, Financial Times, Irish Times and Scotsman 2021 Non-Fiction Highlight'Compassionate, beautifully written .. will only grow in importance and interest as the years go by' Jenny Colgan, Spectator'Searing yet beautiful ... less a hot take that an astute manifesto for what matters most in life, as...
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