Library Recommends - 6th Form Edition by Mairéad HARNEY

This is going to hurt

mharney8 — 2020-06-24 14:17:39 UTC

If you haven't read this hilarious account of life as a junior doctor yet, you need to get your copy now!

Welcome to the life of a junior doctor: 97-hour weeks, life and death decisions, a constant tsunami of bodily fluids, and the hospital parking meter earns more than you.

Scribbled in secret after endless days, sleepless nights and missed weekends, hilarious, horrifying and heartbreaking, this diary is everything you wanted to know – and more than a few things you didn't – about life on and off the hospital ward.

Natives

mharney8 — 2020-06-24 14:20:29 UTC

From the first time he was stopped and searched as a child, to the day he realised his mum was white, to his first encounters with racist teachers - race and class have shaped Akala's life and outlook. In this unique book he takes his own experiences and widens them out to look at the social, historical and political factors that have left us where we are today.

Covering everything from the police, education and identity to politics, sexual objectification and the far right, Natives speaks directly to British denial and squeamishness when it comes to confronting issues of race and class that are at the heart of the legacy of Britain's racialised empire.

Prisoners of Geography

mharney8 — 2020-06-24 14:23:56 UTC

Geography shapes not only our history, but where we're headed...

All leaders are constrained by geography. Their choices are limited by mountains, rivers, seas and concrete. Yes, to follow world events you need to understand people, ideas and movements - but if you don't know geography, you'll never have the full picture.

If you've ever wondered why Putin is so obsessed with Crimea, why the USA was destined to become a global superpower, or why China's power base continues to expand ever outwards, the answers are all here.

In ten chapters and ten maps, Prisoners of Geography looks at the past, present and future to offer an essential insight into one of the major factors that determines world history.

This Podcast Will Kill You

mharney8 — 2020-06-24 14:26:01 UTC

A Podcast for anyone who has ever wanted to know more about disease!
Join Erin and Erin as they describe the origins of the black plague, medical mysteries such as the Dancing Plague, right up to modern issues such as antibiotic resistance. This podcast is a must for anyone interested in science or medicine.
Make sure to check out their website for book recommendations
https://thispodcastwillkillyou.com/

The Intelligence

mharney8 — 2020-06-24 14:42:55 UTC

In need of illumination? Turn on The Intelligence, every weekday.

The Intelligence is a current-affairs podcast, published every weekday by Economist Radio, that provides a fresh perspective on the events shaping your world.
https://theintelligence.economist.com/

Audiobooks - Yellowface

mharney8 — 2024-11-06 09:48:31 UTC

THIS IS ONE HELL OF A STORY.

IT’S JUST NOT HERS TO TELL.

When failed writer June Hayward witnesses her rival Athena Liu die in a freak accident, she sees her opportunity… and takes it.

So what if it means stealing Athena’s final manuscript?

So what if it means ‘borrowing’ her identity?

And so what if the first lie is only the beginning…

Audiobooks - How to Kill your Family

mharney8 — 2024-11-06 09:51:25 UTC

They say you can’t choose your family. But you can kill them.

Meet Grace Bernard.

Daughter, sister, serial killer....

Grace has lost everything.

And she will stop at nothing to get revenge.

Audiobooks - Tomorrow and Tomorrow and Tomorrow

mharney8 — 2024-11-06 09:52:40 UTC

This is the story of Sam and Sadie. It's not a romance, but it is about love.

When Sam catches sight of Sadie at a crowded train station one morning he is catapulted straight back to childhood, and the hours they spent immersed in playing games.

Their spark is instantly reignited and sets off a creative collaboration that will make them superstars. It is the 90s, and anything is possible.

What comes next is a decades-long tale of friendship and rivalry, fame and art, betrayal and tragedy, perfect worlds and imperfect ones. And, above all, our need to connect: to be loved and to love.

The Life of Pi

mharney8 — 2024-11-06 10:18:35 UTC