Biographies, Autobiographies & Memoirs / Medical

‘Victory is a life well lived or a day enjoyed.’ In this inspiring memoir, Frank recounts his life and experiences as an elite runner, as well as his fourteen-year battle with Parkinson’s Disease. He is well aware that Parkinson’s will ultimately win, but he is determined to not get ahead of himself, as after all tomorrow is another day.

This book tells the remarkable story of one woman’s devotion to a life of care in the medical profession.

Bestselling author and psychologist Tony Bates has spent his career seeking to understand the lives of others. Here he turns his therapeutic eye on himself and describes the events and people in his...

Part investigative tale, part time capsule, And a Bang on the Ear sees Philip painstakingly piece together the events that led up to, and followed, the accidental clash of heads that left him in a coma before waking up to 30 years of pain and paralysis. Full of hope and humour, rage and rehabilitation, this is an autobiography unlike any other.

What is life like at the edge of science in a pandemic? World renowned immunologist Professor Luke O’Neill tells all, sharing his diaries from the front-line of the scientific fight for a vaccine as the world grappled with Covid 19.

Autobiography of distinguished psychiatrist David Enoch, author of modern classic Uncommon Psychiatric Syndromes, and committed Christian, now aged 94. A valuable first-hand contribution to 20th-century history as well as a candid and truly inspirational story of one man’s journey through life.

Anders Bortne enjoys a good life in Oslo. Happily married with two delightful children, he works as a speechwriter and has a cartoon strip in the newspaper. But Anders has been sleepless for sixteen years and it’s taking a toll. No remedy has gone untested; not one has worked. Perhaps the solution is closer than he thinks…

On an ordinary day in April of 2018 Seán Cox traveled to Anfield to watch his beloved Liverpool play. But he never made it to the match. A vicious, unprovoked attack left him with a severe brain injury, unable to walk or talk. Here, Martina tells their remarkable story.

The incredible story of Dr Aidan MacCarthy, the only person to have survived both the evacuation at Dunkirk and the nuclear bombing of Nagasaki, surviving burning planes, sinking ships, jungle warfare, starvation, and captivity in the interim.

This book shares the story of an Irish man who built his career from the ground up to become the plastic surgeon to the stars.