Stories
- Comic
The island of tranquillity
What would your island of tranquillity look like?
- Article
The island of unclaimed bodies
In New York, those who live and die on the extreme edges of society are buried on an isolated island, often forgotten and unmourned. But recent legal changes aim to reduce stigma and restore their dignity.
- Book extract
A doctor, his community and coronavirus
Reflecting on his experiences during the Covid-19 pandemic, GP Gavin Francis vividly recalls a home visit to a man stricken with breathing difficulties.
- Long read
Rehab centres and the ‘cure’ for addiction
Guy Stagg takes us on a brief history of rehab centres and their approaches to addiction and recovery.
Catalogue
- Books
Islands of compassion : a history of the Jewish hospitals of New York / [Tina Levitan].
Levitan, Tina, 1922-Date: [1964]
- Books
- Online
Islands landnamabok. Hoc est: liber originum Islandiae ... / Versione Latina ... Ex manuscriptis Legati Magnaeani.
Date: 1774- Books
Islands of incarceration : convict and quarantine islands of the Australian coast / by seven authors ; editors: John Pearn, Peggy Carter.
Date: 1995- Books
Islands of genius : the bountiful mind of the autistic, acquired, and sudden savant / Darold A. Treffert ; foreword by Daniel Tammet.
Treffert, Darold A.Date: 2010- Books
International dining with Spice Islands / by the Spice Islands Home Economics Staff.
Spice Islands Home Economics StaffDate: 1963