Wellcome Trust Book Prize

Given by Wellcome Trust

Altres noms: Wellcome Book Prize (Anglès)
86 obres / 87 Items 96,701 Llibres 4,758 Ressenyes 4.1
"The Wellcome Trust Book Prize will highlight the value literature can bring to medicine by recognising the outstanding books that change the way each of us understands health and disease. The mostra'n més Wellcome Trust aims to stimulate interest, excitement and debate about medicine and literature, reaching audiences not normally engaged with medical science."
- from the website. mostra'n menys
Stages:
Tots, Winner (10), Shortlist (51), Longlist (26)
Categories:
Tots, No Category (87)
Years:
Tots, 2019 (12), 2018 (12), 2017 (12), 2016 (6), 2015 (6), 2014 (7), 2012 (14), 2011 (6), 2010 (6), 2009 (6)

Winner 10

ObraAny
Murmur de Will Eaves2019
To Be a Machine: Adventures Among Cyborgs, Utopians, Hackers, and the Futurists Solving the Modest Problem of Death de Mark O'Connell2018
The Heart de Maylis de Kerangal2017
It's All in Your Head: True Stories of Imaginary Illness de Suzanne O'Sullivan2016
The Iceberg de Marion Coutts2015
Far From the Tree: Parents, Children and the Search for Identity de Andrew Solomon2014
William Harvey: A Life in Circulation de Thomas Wright2012
Turn of Mind de Alice LaPlante2011
The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks de Rebecca Skloot2010
Keeper: One House, Three Generations, and a Journey into Alzheimer's de Andrea Gillies2009

Shortlist 51

ObraAny
Mind on Fire de Arnold Thomas Fanning2019
Heart: A History de Sandeep Jauhar2019
The Trauma Cleaner de Sarah Krasnostein2019
Amateur: A True Story About What Makes a Man de Thomas Page McBee2019
My Year of Rest and Relaxation de Ottessa Moshfegh2019
Stay with Me de Ayọ̀bámi Adébáyọ̀2018
The Butchering Art: Joseph Lister's Quest to Transform the Grisly World of Victorian Medicine de Lindsey Fitzharris2018
With the End in Mind: Dying, Death, and Wisdom in an Age of Denial de Kathryn Mannix2018
Mayhem: A Memoir de Sigrid Rausing2018
The Vaccine Race: Science, Politics, and the Human Costs of Defeating Disease de Meredith Wadman2018
How to Survive a Plague: The Inside Story of How Citizens and Science Tamed AIDS de David France2017
When Breath Becomes Air de Paul Kalanithi2017
The Tidal Zone de Sarah Moss2017
The Gene: An Intimate History de Siddhartha Mukherjee2017
I Contain Multitudes: The Microbes Within Us and a Grander View of Life de Ed Yong2017
The Outrun de Amy Liptrot2016
Signs for Lost Children de Sarah Moss2016
Playthings de Alex Pheby2016
The Last Act of Love: The Story of My Brother and His Sister de Cathy Rentzenbrink2016
NeuroTribes: The Legacy of Autism and the Future of Neurodiversity de Steve Silberman2016
Do No Harm: Stories of Life, Death, and Brain Surgery de Henry Marsh2015
Bodies of Light de Sarah Moss2015
The Incredible Unlikeliness of Being: Evolution and the Making of Us de Alice Roberts2015
My Age of Anxiety: Fear, Hope, Dread, and the Search for Peace of Mind de Scott Stossel2015
All My Puny Sorrows de Miriam Toews2015
The Signature of All Things de Elizabeth Gilbert2014
Wounded: A New History of the Western Front in World War I de Emily Mayhew2014
Creation: How Science Is Reinventing Life Itself de Adam Rutherford2014
Hallucinations de Oliver Sacks2014
Far From the Tree: Parents, Children and the Search for Identity de Andrew Solomon2014
Inconvenient People: Lunacy, Liberty and the Mad-Doctors in Victorian England de Sarah Wise2014
The hour between dog and wolf : risk-taking, gut feelings and the biology of boom and bust de John Coates2012
The Train in the Night: A Story of Music and Loss de Nick Coleman2012
Our Lady of Alice Bhatti de Mohammed Hanif2012
Perfect People de Peter James2012
Merivel: A Man of His Time de Rose Tremain2012
The Two Kinds of Decay: A Memoir de Sarah Manguso2011
The Emperor of All Maladies: A Biography of Cancer de Siddhartha Mukherjee2011
State of Wonder de Ann Patchett2011
Nèmesi de Philip Roth2011
My Dear I Wanted to Tell You de Louisa Young2011
Grace Williams Says it Loud de Emma Henderson2010
Medic: Saving Lives - From Dunkirk to Afghanistan de John Nichol2010
Teach Us to Sit Still: A Sceptic's Search for Health and Healing de Tim Parks2010
So Much for That de Lionel Shriver2010
Angel of Death: The Story of Smallpox de Gareth Williams2010
Illness: The Cry of the Flesh (The Art of Living) de Havi Carel2009
The Hypochondriacs: Nine Tormented Lives de Brian Dillon2009
Intuition de Allegra Goodman2009
Sizwe's Test: A Young Man's Journey Through Africa's AIDS Epidemic de Jonny Steinberg2009
Cutting for Stone de Abraham Verghese2009

Longlist 26

ObraAny
Polio: The Odyssey of Eradication de Thomas Abraham2019
This Really Isn't About You de Jean Hannah Edelstein2019
Freshwater de Akwaeke Emezi2019
Sight de Jessie Greengrass2019
Astroturf de Matthew Sperling2019
Educated: A Memoir de Tara Westover2019
The White Book de Kang Han2018
In Pursuit of Memory: The Fight Against Alzheimer's de Joseph Jebelli2018
Plot 29: A Memoir de Allan Jenkins2018
Midwinter Break de Bernard MacLaverty2018
I Am, I Am, I Am: Seventeen Brushes with Death de Maggie O'Farrell2018
Behave: The Biology of Humans at Our Best and Worst de Robert M. Sapolsky2018
Homo Deus: A Brief History of Tomorrow de Yuval Noah Harari2017
The Golden Age de Joan London2017
Cure: A Journey into the Science of Mind Over Body de Jo Marchant2017
The Essex Serpent de Sarah Perry2017
A Brief History of Everyone Who Ever Lived: The Human Story Retold Through Our Genes de Adam Rutherford2017
Miss Jane de Brad Watson2017
[sic]: A Memoir de Joshua Cody2012
The Evolution of Inanimate Objects de Harry Karlinsky2012
What is Madness? de Darian Leader2012
Intrusion de Ken MacLeod2012
No Time to Lose: A Life in Pursuit of Deadly Viruses de Peter Piot2012
The Believing Brain: From Ghosts and Gods to Politics and Conspiracies---How We Construct Beliefs and Reinforce Them as Truths de Michael Shermer2012
Identically Different: Why We Can Change Our Genes de Tim Spector2012
The Moral Molecule: The Source of Love and Prosperity de Paul J. Zak2012

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