James le Fanu: The Rise and Fall of Modern Medicine 2nd Edition 2011,
This is a gripping story full of drama and suspense, heroes and villains and, despite charting dark periods when evil triumphed over virtue, has an optimistic message at the end. James ee Fanu has an enviable talent for making medical history fascinating and has produced a story about medicine's rise and fall since the Second World War that will surprise, intrigue and shock you. He claims that in a period of intense innovation between 1940 and 1970 medicine conquered all the major chronic diseases affecting the very young and the very old. Le Fanu now argues for a certain interpretation of modern day medicine - one where statistics and clinical medicine have slowed medical breakthroughs to a halt and are strangling the spontaneity and freedom which were the hallmark of the 1940's to 1970's which produced almost all twelve major moments.
Recommended by Dr Lodge, The Rise and Fall of Modern Medicine is essential for any student of medicine and this edition contains new chapters.
Roald Dahl: Matilda
“I'm wondering what to read next." Matilda said. "I've finished all the children's books.”
Matilda is an extremely independent little girl, who has a difficult time at home struggling to find her own way. Her teacher, Miss Honey, recognises that Matilda is ‘wonderful’, and helps her to set an example for her peers.
This is a classic book that you won’t be able to put down. If you like the story, you could also go and see the new musical in the West End!
Available in the Junior Library.
By Harriet Robson, member of the Junior Library Committee
