This is a wonderful book. Henry Marsh tells stories, his own, his patients’, his profession’s and the creaking political football of the system. I regret that I waited until the paperback was available before I read it. He writes with wonderful candour about the decisions that are needed when dealing with surgery in the mostContinue reading “The Weekend Read – Do No Harm by Henry Marsh”
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The Weekend Read (and so much more) – Elsie Magazine
As a restart to a season of book reviews I thought I would draw your attention to a briefer read with a lovely look. I love magazines, from Private Eye to the New Yorker via Esquire, Vogue numerous music mags including the late lamented The Word and things like Amateur Photographer from my youth. IContinue reading “The Weekend Read (and so much more) – Elsie Magazine”
The Weekend Read – Putting health at the heart of your practice by Sheila Scott
I was reading this book when the sad news of the death of Colin Hall Dexter reached me. Never could such an apt tribute have been written to Colin and his philosophy of practice. He was known as a champion of prevention, of private practice and of communication but if there is one phrase thatContinue reading “The Weekend Read – Putting health at the heart of your practice by Sheila Scott”
The Weekend Read – The Behaviour Gap by Carl Richards
Some of the things that I tell my clients when I start working with them: I am not a solicitor although I have a working knowledge of the law as it affects dentists and their practices. I do know good solicitors and I am able to help them choose one. I am not an accountantContinue reading “The Weekend Read – The Behaviour Gap by Carl Richards”
The Weekend Read – Thinking Fast and Slow by Daniel Kahneman
I read this book after reading John Seymour’s review. John is an NLP trainer with his feet firmly on the ground who taught my wife during her NLP Practitioner Training, I have been fortunate to spend some time in his company and value his knowledge, experience and wisdom. Instead of reinventing the wheel I thoughContinue reading “The Weekend Read – Thinking Fast and Slow by Daniel Kahneman”
The Weekend Read – The Examined Life by Stephen Grosz
Growing up in non-conformist Wales in a Catholic household meant that Good Friday was a black day. No shops, no pubs, no cinema and no newspapers. I was told it was because this was the day that Jesus was crucified and it should be treated with solemnity. The habit has stuck – to a certainContinue reading “The Weekend Read – The Examined Life by Stephen Grosz”
The Weekend Read – with a difference.
I’m on holiday for a few days – hopefully the sun will shine. Here are the books I have packed. No idea why the page looks the way it does. 1) Acts of Union & Disunion by Linda Colley, Recently serialised on Radio 4 she traces the history of political unions and how they areContinue reading “The Weekend Read – with a difference.”
The Weekend Read: Business Networking for the Bewildered by Andrew D. Pope
I met Andrew at a seminar organised by my publisher (sounds awfully grand doesn’t it?). This is his first book and I know it will not be his last. Let me say from the outset that any and every professional (dentists included) must be able and willing to network with the owners of other smallContinue reading “The Weekend Read: Business Networking for the Bewildered by Andrew D. Pope”
The Weekend Read – Top 10 Books from 2013
Not all these were published in 2013, it took me until 2013 to get around to reading them. Wilfull Blindness by Margaret Heffernan. I have been trying to get any and everyone in medecine & dentistry to read this. The book explores how wilful blindness develops and then goes on to outline some of theContinue reading “The Weekend Read – Top 10 Books from 2013”
The Weekend Read – Mandela’s Way
Following the man’s passing last night it seems the right time to mention this lovely book. It it gives far greater insights into the man that was Nelson Mandela than “Long Walk to Freedom”. I have read it a couple of times but got more from it as an audio book where the lessons seemContinue reading “The Weekend Read – Mandela’s Way”
The Incisal Edge 