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A Body Made of Glass: A History of Hypochondria

by Caroline Crampton

Other books by Caroline Crampton

The Way to the Sea: The Forgotten Histories of the Thames Estuary by Caroline Crampton

Our most recommended books

Stasiland: Stories from Behind the Berlin Wall by Anna Funder

A Fortunate Man: The Story of a Country Doctor by Jean Mohr & John Berger

Yoga For People Who Can’t Be Bothered To Do It by Geoff Dyer

The Common Reader by Virginia Woolf

Unfinished Business: A Memoir by John Houseman

Kings of the Yukon: An Alaskan River Journey

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The Way to the Sea: The Forgotten Histories of the Thames Estuary
by Caroline Crampton

Stasiland: Stories from Behind the Berlin Wall
by Anna Funder

A Fortunate Man: The Story of a Country Doctor
by Jean Mohr & John Berger

Yoga For People Who Can’t Be Bothered To Do It
by Geoff Dyer

The Common Reader
by Virginia Woolf

Unfinished Business: A Memoir
by John Houseman