Books for the General Public
Book Reviews for the General Public
Bright-Sided: How the Relentless Promotion of Positive Thinking Has Undermined AmericaTrick or Treatment?: Alternative Medicine on TrialCoping Successfully with Pain (Overcoming common problems)
Bright-Sided: How the Relentless Promotion ...
by Barbara Ehrenreich

Not an obvious book for a cancer website. Did I like this book? Yes, with some qualifications. There is little evidence to sug...
Trick or Treatment?: Alternative Medicine o...
by Simon Singh
£6.38
Trick or Treatment - Alternative medicine on trial" is written by Simon Singh, a scientist and Edzard Ernst a medical doctor a...
Coping Successfully with Pain (Overcoming c...
by Neville Shone
£6.38
Coping Successfully with Pain. Some cancers are more painful than others, some cancers can be completely cured but you can som...
Understanding Cancer (Family Doctor) (Family Doctor Series)Is it in Your Genes?: The Influence of Genes on Common Disorders and Diseases That Affect You and Your Family (Handbooks)Supercell (Making Sense of Science)
Understanding Cancer (Family Doctor) (Famil...
by Gareth J.G. Rees
£3.50
This is the book I use in my evening classes and one day courses . I like it because it is accurate, short (about 100 pages) a...
Is it in Your Genes?: The Influence of Gene...
by Philip R. Reilly
£14.00
Technical but interesting! This book covers a whole range of diseases, not just cancer and in short sections explains what we ...
Supercell (Making Sense of Science)
by Frances R. Balkwill
£6.99
This is a good introduction to what cells are and what they do. It’s aimed at children, but there is lots of good information ...
What Can I Do to Help: 75 Practical Ideas for Family and Friends from Cancer's FrontlineThe Usborne Illustrated Dictionary of Biology (Illustrated Dictionaries)
What Can I Do to Help: 75 Practical Ideas f...
by Deborah Hutton

“What can I do to help” written by Deborah Hutton, is a book of practical ways family and friends can help someone diagnosed w...
The Usborne Illustrated Dictionary of Biolo...
by Corinne Stockley
£7.19
I like Usborne books, the illustrations are usually superb and the science is pretty accurate, if somewhat simplified. Accord...