This is a Voice
Book
Your voice is a powerful instrument. You use it every single day, but do you know how to look after it? Or to get the best out of it?
Our books
Wellcome Collection publishes books that relate to our exhibitions, collections and areas of interest.
States of Mind
Book
A collection of literature, science and art delving into the mysteries of human consciousness, with an introduction by Mark Haddon.
The Book of Human Emotions
Book
A gleeful, thoughtful collection of 156 feelings, both rare and familiar, by Tiffany Watt Smith.
All books
In the Bonesetter’s Waiting Room
Book
The story of the Indian people, in sickness and in health; a unique perspective on the most diverse and fascinating country in the world.
The Voices Within
Book
A wide-ranging look at the voices in all our heads, examining how we think and what it means for our lives and sense of self.
This is a Voice
Book
Your voice is a powerful instrument. You use it every single day, but do you know how to look after it? Or to get the best out of it?
States of Mind
Book
A collection of literature, science and art delving into the mysteries of human consciousness, with an introduction by Mark Haddon.
Tibet's Secret Temple Postcard Book
Book
A book of 25 large format cards, showcasing exquisite details from the temple murals and key artefacts from 'Tibet's Secret Temple'.
Crucial Interventions
Book
Crucial Interventions is a captivating look at the early history of surgery, one of the world’s most mysterious and macabre professions.
The Book of Human Emotions
Book
A gleeful, thoughtful collection of 156 feelings, both rare and familiar, by Tiffany Watt Smith.
Adventures in Human Being
Book
Both a user's guide to the body and a celebration of its elegance, this book will transform the way you think about being alive.
Sex by Numbers
Book
Sex by Numbers is an informed, entertaining and eye-opening look at the most enduring of human obsessions.
Forensics
Book
The book examines techniques - from DNA analysis to entomology to digital evidence - that experts use to solve crimes.
The Institute of Sexology
Book
A lavishly illustrated hardback book accompanying ‘The Institute of Sexology’ exhibition.
The Sick Rose
Book
The Sick Rose is a beautifully gruesome and strangely fascinating visual tour through disease in an age before colour photography.
Death
Book
Disturbing, macabre and moving, this beautifully clothbound book examines our enduring desire to make peace with death.
A Guide for the Incurably Curious
Book
This beautifully illustrated souvenir guide traces the history of Henry Wellcome’s collections.
Brains
Book
This fully illustrated and fascinating exploration of the brain has been published to tie in with the ‘Brains’ exhibition.
High Society
Book
'High Society' explores the spectrum of mind-altering substances across the globe and throughout history.
The Art of Medicine
Book
For thousands of years artists have played a special role in the human quest to understand anatomy, health and disease.
Dirt
Book
Dirt is waste, excrement, rubbish - but what then is soil? Is cleanliness next to godliness - or sterility?
Identity and Identification
Book
This book explores the philosophical, biological, historical and sociopolitical issues underlying our conception of self.
Madness and Modernity
Book
'Madness and Modernity' sets out to chart the theme of madness across a variety of territories in Vienna in 1900.
Medical London
Book
'Medical London' charts the many roles that diseases, treatments and cures have played in the city's sprawling story.
War and Medicine
Book
'War and Medicine' seeks to understand the complex relationship between medical advances and armed conflict.
Skeletons
Book
A 64-page book including all of the burial site photographs commissioned for the exhibition.
Sleeping and Dreaming
Book
'Sleeping and Dreaming' takes a fresh look at the apparently simple questions of why humans need to sleep and dream.
Cures and Curiosities
Book
The Wellcome Library is one of the most extraordinary libraries in the world.
The Heart
Book
Received First Prize in the popular medicine category for the 2008 Medical Book Awards sponsored by the British Medical Association.
Future Face
Book
This book examines what faces really tell us, what makes them unique, and how art and science transform them.
The Phantom Museum
Book
An anthology of stories, true and imagined, inspired by objects from Henry Wellcome's collection.
Pearls of the Orient
Book
This lavishly illustrated book celebrates the variety and beauty of the Asian collections preserved in the Wellcome Library.
