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101 Top Tips in Medicine - Cynical and Otherwise by John Larkin
Category: Health | Series: Radcliffe Ser.
The 101 vital medical tips other textbooks don't teach you - Following the success of the award winning Cynical Acumen, John Larkin outlines key knowledge for medical students and junior doctors. Clustered around the headings of cynical, survival, clinical, career and miscellaneous tips, gems on offer h ...Show more
Brittany & Co. Take on Paris by John Larkin
Category: Children's Fiction
Brittany and Co. are horse crazy, but when their headmistress, Ms Tralala, bans their actual horses from their extracurricular school horse club, they decide instead to compete in The First Inaugural International Hobby Horse Championships in Paris (TFIIHHCiP). To raise money for their trip they attempt ...Show more
Cynical Acumen by John Larkin
Category: Health | Series: Radcliffe Ser.
Winner of the Medical Journalists' Association Specialist Book of the Year Award 2006 Cynical Acumen approaches medicine in the real world, dealing with issues ignored by other books. It is a unique, 'what you really need to know' textbook designed to help medical students and senior house officers look ...Show more
Goontown by John Larkin
Category: Children's Fiction
Homework on the first day of school is never good. Especially when it involves a mad scientist, chickens, insane logic, a turbo-charged clothesline, several near-death experiences and the collapse of civilisation. Ages 9+.
Horse Girl Rides Again by John Larkin
Category: Children's Fiction
Most people think Rebecca is simply a very tall young girl with a longish face, but her brother Kevin knows the truth, Rebecca is a horse. Ages 9-11.
How to Avoid Being Eaten By Sharks … and other advice by John Larkin
Category: Children's Fiction
A collection of hilarious, nonsensical, witty and mischievous subjects - the best (and worst) advice for growing up. There is one sure-fire method to avoid being eaten by sharks. Don't go in the ocean. How can you avoid being eaten by sharks? What does it mean to 'skateboard' someone? Is there a chance ...Show more
How to Keep Your Doctor Happy by John Larkin; Fifield Victoria (Illustrator)
Category: Health
Hospital consultant John Larkin explains what is going through a doctor's brain, and how to use that to your mutual advantage - and he doesn't pull any punches. Learn the things that annoy doctors most and how (usually) to avoid them.
Spaghetti Legs by John Larkin
Category: Children's Books
Eric's legs may be skinny, but can they move! For one week of the year after his win at the athletics carnival, he's a hero; but for the other fifty one, he's a loser. People at Pendle Hill High drift into his life - and drift out again. He's just the guy they call Spaghetti legs. But he wants to be dif ...Show more
The Pause by John Larkin
Category: Young Adult
A hard-hitting story about mental health and living with depression and anxiety I watch the train emerge from the tunnel. It will be quick. It will be efficient. It will be final. Declan seems to have it all: a family that loves him, friends he's known for years, a beautiful girlfriend he would ...Show more
The Shadow Girl by John Larkin
Category: Young Adult
"I tried to be forgettable. That s how I survived. The shadow girl never imagined she'd live on the streets. After her parents disappear, life with her aunt and uncle takes a sinister turn. Terrified that the authorities will believe her uncle over her, she flees. She tricks her way into a new school an ...Show more