Neurology and clinical neurophysiology
Normal Schmormal: My occasionally helpful guide to parenting kids with special needs
The heartwarming and hilarious part-memoir, part-guide from comedian and father-of-six Ashley Blaker, tackling parenting, adoption and raising children with special needs.
The Secret Language of the Body: Regulate your nervous system, heal your body, free your mind
‘Inspiring, refreshing and practical’ Bessel van der Kolk, author of The Body Keeps the Score
The new essential self-healing bible – a revolutionary body-first guide to regulating your nervous system, curing long-term pain and healing from trauma for good.
A Brief History of Intelligence: Why the Evolution of the Brain Holds the Key to the Future of AI
Bridges the gap between AI and neuroscience by telling the story of how the brain came to be.
‘I found this book amazing’ Daniel Kahneman, Winner of the Nobel Prize in Economics and bestselling author of Thinking Fast & Slow
Where the Seals Sing
There are fewer grey seals in the world than endangered African elephants, but the British Isles host almost half of this global population. Every year these charismatic animals, with their expressive eyes and whiskers more sensitive than our fingertips, haul out on our shores to breed and raise their pups.
The Diving-Bell and the Butterfly: Collins Modern Classics edition
One of the most remarkable memoirs ever written.
The diary of Jean-Dominique Bauby who, with his left eyelid (the only surviving muscle after a massive stroke) dictated a remarkable book about his experiences locked inside his body. A masterpiece and a bestseller in France.
A Place for Everything
‘Painful, raw and with an honesty that rings clear as a bell’ Catherine Simpson, author of When I Had a Little Sister
A searing account of a mother’s late-diagnosis of autism – and its reaching effects on a whole family.
The Secret Life of the Mind: How Our Brain Thinks, Feels and Decides
• Where do our thoughts come from?• How can we manipulate our dreams?• What is the role of the unconscious?• How do we make decisions and trust the judgement of both others and ourselves?
The Teenage Brain: A neuroscientist’s survival guide to raising adolescents and young adults
Why is it that the behaviour of teenagers can be so odd? As they grow older, young children steadily improve their sense of how to behave, and then all of a sudden, they can become totally uncommunicative, wildly emotional and completely unpredictable.
Aging with Grace: The Nun Study and the science of old age. How we can all live longer, healthier and more vital lives.
AGING WITH GRACE reveals the cutting-edge research that has transformed scientists’ understanding of healthy aging and shows what everyone can do to help prevent Alzheimer’s disease.
Phantoms in the Brain: Human Nature and the Architecture of the Mind
‘Phantoms in The Brain’ takes a revolutionary new approach to theories of the brain, from one of the world’s leading experimental neurologists.