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When he arrives in Bilbury, a small village on the edge of Exmoor, the young doctor doesn't realize how much he has to learn. But he soon finds the extent of his ignorance when he meets his patients. There is Anne Thwaites, who gives birth in the middle of a field and local rogue Thumper Robinson, who knows a good many tricks that aren't in any textbooks. And there is Mike Trickle, a TV show host, who causes great excitement when he buys a house in the village. The young doctor's employer is elderly Dr. Brownlow, who lives in a castle-like house and drives an old Rolls Royce.

Bilbury Country is the fourth book in The Young Country Doctor series by Dr Vernon Coleman. The books are all set in the village of Bilbury in the English county of Devon. It's the 1970s and the village is old-fashioned and, in many ways, cut off from the world. Bilbury Country includes the usual cast of villagers - as well as the doctor and his wife. `The fourth book in the series describes what happens to Bilbury and its villagers when a newspaper story turns a trickle of visitors into a flood. Full of charm and humour.' - News & Star The Bilbury books have attracted great reviews and ...

Bilbury Grange is the second in Vernon Coleman's series of Young Country Doctor books. The place is the English county of Devon. The time is the 1970s. A young doctor, just married and in a new home (a vast and rambling country house in desperate need of repairs and renovation), has taken over a small village practice when suddenly the authorities decide that the village isn't big enough to have its own doctor. The villagers decide otherwise. Bilbury is the village everyone dreams of living in. It's the village where people speak to strangers and where doors are left unlocked.

The fifth book in the Bilbury series by Vernon Coleman.

The facts about vaccination - so that you can make up your own mind. Dr Vernon Coleman MB ChB DSc FRSA has been researching and writing about vaccines for 50 years. He has lectured doctors and nurses on the subject. He used to debate vaccination on TV and radio but won every public debate and these days vaccine supporters will no longer debate with him.

Vernon Coleman's very personal, wry look at Paris and the Parisians. A light hearted, loving, much praised introduction to the heart and soul of the city by a bestselling writer who loves Paris and has had a home there for 20 years. Readers will need to appreciate irony. Selected as Book of the Month by `French' magazine and highly praised by `Destination France' and other expert reviewers. `Is it travel writing or reference? Actually it cleverly manages to combine both .Before you've finished reading I guarantee you'll be planning a visit.Secrets of Paris gives you just that - an insight ...

A step by step analysis of the future we can expect.

The diagnosis, treatment and reporting of dementia is a massive and previously unrecognised scandal. The staggering fact is that most cases of dementia could probably be cured in a week or two. Anyone who says otherwise is either woefully misinformed or a drug company mouthpiece. The author, Dr Vernon Coleman MB ChB DSc FRSA is a Sunday Times bestselling author and Britain's most successful medical writer. His books have sold over two million copies in the UK and been translated into 26 languages.

Is This What Really Happened? is a novel. But could it be true? It's the story of what might have happened if Elvis Presley hadn't died but had faked his own death and moved to Paris. Meticulously researched, the book (first published under the title "My Secret Years") describes how Elvis, exhausted and aware that superstardom was killing him, agrees to quit showbusiness and America to start a new life abroad. Colonel Tom Parker approves the scheme because he knows it will boost record sales. The whole affair is carefully planned by a friend Presley met in Paris when he was serving in the ...

'The End of Medicine' by Dr Vernon Coleman will change the way you see the world. Wherever in the world you live, this book will change the way you think of doctors and nurses. The medical establishment has decided that to protect us all from imaginary global warming doctors must dramatically change the way they work. As a result doctors are abandoning established practices and their responsibilities to patients. Million will die because of the changes. 'The End of Medicine' is full of answers to questions you didn't know you had to ask. And it includes details of the way nanotechnology ...

Disaster strikes during a long, relentless storm which batters the village and blankets the whole area in a thick covering of snow. The doctor nearly loses his life, and the village schoolteacher loses her cottage roof. The excitement really starts when the villagers join together to raise money to repair the devastated cottage. Vernon Coleman describes an old fashioned music hall evening (during which just about everything that can go wrong goes wrong), and one of the funniest cricket matches ever described is reported in Chapters 16 and 17.

All these highly praised stories were first published in national newspapers and magazines ( eg Punch, Sunday Times, London Evening News etc) and are now collected in book form for the first time. Many of the stories were published in the 1960s and 1970s. None are about Bilbury. Most (though not all) of these stories have a twist in the tale. Some have a medical flavour. Some are pure fiction. Some are autobiographical. Some are a mixture of all of these. Vernon Coleman is the author of over 100 books which have sold more than two million hardback and paperback copies in the UK and been ...

This book is different to the others in the series because the pieces here were originally wriiten for a newspaper column. Everything in here is, however, set in Bilbury and involves the usual village characters (plus some new ones). `I have just read Bilbury Pie (recommended by a local library). I enjoyed it so much I read it like eating a box of chocolates - two or three chapters at a time to make it last and savour the flavour. I thank you for giving people pleasure and plenty of smiles.' - Mrs G, Banbury, England The author of Bilbury Pie, Vernon Coleman, is a Sunday Times bestselling ...

A straightforward guide to the various forms of arthritis (including rheumatoid arthritis, osteoarthritis and other arthritic disorders) written by a registered and licensed medical practitioner and containing information on pain control, drugs, exercise and alternative solutions. This is a solid, fact-filled and sensible bestseller which contains none of the tempting "here today, gone tomorrow" miracle cures that are frequently promoted in the press but found not to work! Contents include: The facts about rheumatoid arthritis The facts about osteoarthritis What doctors can do What you can ...

Bodypower is the international bestseller (Top Ten in the Sunday Times) which was voted one of the Top 100 books of all time in a large survey of readers. It is, of course, very unpopular with drug companies and others who don't like the idea of patients looking after themselves. Widely praised by professional reviewers and many doctors, serialised around the world and the subject of several TV series, Bodypower explains how you can use the power of your body to keep you healthy and to make you well in 90% of illnesses. The author, Dr Vernon Coleman MB ChB DSc FRSA, is a registered medical ...

Vernon Coleman explains how insane billionaire globalists are plotting to take over the world. He describes the terrifying future they have designed for you, your children and your grandchildren and analyses in detail the way in which ruthless, greedy people have taken control..

Dr Vernon Coleman has been lied about and demonised simply for telling the truth. This is his extraordinary personal story.

`He's the Lone Ranger, Robin Hood and the Equalizer rolled into one.' - Glasgow Evening Times Vernon Coleman explains why things are never again going to be the way they used to be. He deals with banking, immigration, the economy, the benefits system, the EU, the nanny State,overpaid bosses, inflation, our bonus culture, disappearing privacy, our creaking infrastructure, the ever more complicated tax system, education, public sector worker pensions, commodity shortages and endless wars. He explains, in short, why Britain is well and truly stuffed. In order to survive we all have to know ...

Vernon Coleman's first volume of autobiography. “Memories” is exactly what it says on the cover: a mixture of recollections, anecdotes, confessions, personal impressions, experiences, feelings and regrets.

First published in 2009 this book has now (2015) been revised and updated. Bloodless Revolution includes two dozen life changing things we can do when we've got rid of the political parties (the main cause of our problem). Remember: `Revolutions are only impossible before they take place. Afterwards they were inevitable.' - Vernon Coleman If we want less government, lower taxes and more freedom there is one incredibly simple way for us to change our world and obtain what we want. Vernon Coleman calls it the 'bloodless revolution'. This book explains how you can make a difference and take ...