by NRB | 16 Jun 2020 | Non-fiction |
In Good Dog Kate Leaver writes in praise of having dogs in our lives, whether for their health benefits or their loyalty and companionship. When 65-year-old Andy Szasz ended up in hospital with pneumonia and influenza, the doctors put him in a medically induced coma...
by NRB | 17 May 2018 | Non-fiction |
There’s an antidote to loneliness, one Kate Leaver believes in powerfully, as her debut book The Friendship Cure shows. There is serious competition for the title of most pressing health epidemic of our time, including workplace stress, mental illness...
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