
Titles in This Set
My Stroke of Insight
Doctor You: Introducing the Hard Science of Self-Healing
Trust Me, I'm a (Junior) Doctor
Where Does It Hurt? What the Junior Doctor Did Next
Mind Change: How Digital Technologies Are Leaving Their Mark on Our Brains
Details
Condition: Brand New
Format: Paperback
Publisher: Hodder & Stoughton, Coronet, Rider
Overview
Mind Change brings together five compelling non-fiction reads exploring the human brain, healing, and modern life. From Jill Bolte Taylor's firsthand account of surviving a massive stroke to Jeremy Howick's evidence-based case for the body's self-healing power, this paperback set spans neuroscience and medicine. Max Pemberton's two memoirs pull back the curtain on life as a junior doctor in busy hospital wards, while Susan Greenfield examines how digital technology is reshaping cognition and identity. Together, these five titles offer curious adult readers an engaging, thought-provoking journey through health, healing, and the modern mind.
About the Books
This five-book collection gathers some of the most talked-about non-fiction voices in neuroscience, medicine, and modern life, each offering a distinct lens on the human brain and body. My Stroke of Insight is Jill Bolte Taylor's remarkable memoir of the massive stroke that silenced the left side of her brain, told by a Harvard-trained brain scientist uniquely equipped to describe what happened to her mind from the inside. Doctor You turns the same scientific rigor toward everyday health, with Jeremy Howick, an expert in evidence-based medicine, building a careful case for the body's own capacity to heal, while questioning where conventional medicine may over-intervene. Max Pemberton's two books, Trust Me, I'm a (Junior) Doctor and its follow-up Where Does It Hurt? What the Junior Doctor Did Next, pull readers into hospital wards and long shifts, capturing the humor, exhaustion, and hard-won compassion of early medical practice with candid, diary-style storytelling. Rounding out the set, Susan Greenfield's Mind Change steps back from the hospital and into daily digital life, asking what smartphones, social media, and screens are doing to attention, memory, and a sense of self. Read individually or as a set, these five titles complement one another, moving from personal crisis and recovery to clinical training to the wider cultural forces reshaping how we think. Anyone drawn to popular science, medical memoir, or books about the brain and behavior will find plenty to think about here, delivered by knowledgeable, engaging authors writing for a general adult audience.
Key Benefits
Book-by-Book Guide
My Stroke of Insight — Neuroanatomist Jill Bolte Taylor recounts surviving a massive stroke and what it taught her about the brain's capacity for perception and recovery.
Doctor You: Introducing the Hard Science of Self-Healing — Jeremy Howick makes an evidence-based case for the body's own healing power and questions when medical intervention may go too far.
Trust Me, I'm a (Junior) Doctor — Max Pemberton shares candid, often funny diary entries from his first years working as a junior doctor in busy hospital wards.
Where Does It Hurt? What the Junior Doctor Did Next — Pemberton continues his frontline hospital story, following his training into new wards and tougher cases.
Mind Change: How Digital Technologies Are Leaving Their Mark on Our Brains — Susan Greenfield examines how screens, social media, and constant connectivity may be reshaping attention, memory, and identity.
About the Authors
Jill Bolte Taylor is a Harvard-trained neuroanatomist known worldwide for her account of surviving a stroke. Jeremy Howick is a researcher in evidence-based medicine who has spent his career studying how and why treatments work. Max Pemberton is a British doctor and columnist whose diary-style writing on hospital life has made him a popular voice in medical memoir. Susan Greenfield is a neuroscientist and author who researches the brain and writes for general readers about how modern life affects the mind. Together, these four authors bring both scientific authority and genuine storytelling to this collection.
Why You'll Love This Collection
This set is perfect for anyone fascinated by the brain, healing, and modern life, making a thoughtful birthday gift, holiday present, or home library addition. Blending memoir, medical insight, and cultural commentary, these five paperbacks make compelling commuting reads, book club picks, or a stocking stuffer for the curious science lover in your life.
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