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Blue A Memoir - Keeping the Peace and Falling to Pieces John Sutherland June 2017 Non-Fiction Book of the Month. A candid, objective, cooly passionate, and often unsettling account of policing from a police officer. John Sutherland joined the Met in 1992 aged 22, we... Format: Hardback - Released: 25/05/2017 
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Letting Go A True Story of Murder, Loss and Survival by Rachel Nickell's Son Alex Hanscombe June 2017 Non-Fiction Book of the Month. A truly touching, considered, and frank life story. In 1992 Rachel Nickell was sexually assaulted and stabbed 49 times in front of her nearly three year... Format: Paperback - Released: 18/05/2017
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Finding Gobi The True Story of a Little Dog and an Incredible Journey Dion Leonard June 2017 Non-Fiction Book of the Month. A book to put a great big beaming (and somewhat tearful) smile on your face. ‘Finding Gobi’ documents the quite amazing story of one man’s... Format: Hardback - Released: 01/06/2017
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Meetings with Remarkable Manuscripts Christopher de Hamel Winner of the Wolfson History Prize 2017. Christopher de Hamel is a man happy in his work – his enthusiasm and love for his subject lights up this account of medieval manuscripts and their history. With first-rate illustrations, we too... Format: Hardback - Released: 22/09/2016
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The House of the Dead Siberian Exile Under the Tsars Daniel Beer Shortlisted for the Wolfson History Prize 2017. One and a half times the size of Western Europe Siberia has acted as an open prison for centuries. Through physical work the mad, the bad and the dangerous were thought to find... Format: Paperback - Released: 25/05/2017
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Dad, You Suck Tim Dowling Tim Dowling’s candid and highly humorous weekly Guardian column charts his life with his wife and three sons… unless they are cross with his exposés when they become ‘Sean his life partner and their three adopted research chimps’. Cherry picking... Format: Paperback - Released: 18/05/2017
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Selfie How We Became So Self-Obsessed and What it's Doing to Us Will Storr We live in the age of the individual. We are supposed to be slim, prosperous, happy, extroverted and popular. This is our culture's image of the perfect self. We see this person everywhere: in advertising, in the press, all over... Format: Hardback - Released: 15/06/2017
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The Secret Life Three True Stories Andrew O'Hagan The slippery online ecosystem is the perfect breeding ground for identities: true, false, and in between. We no longer question the reality of online experiences but the reality of selfhood in the digital age. In The Secret Life: Three True... Format: Hardback - Released: 08/06/2017
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In Pursuit of Memory The Fight Against Alzheimer's Joseph Jebelli Far more than the story of a disease, In Pursuit of Memory zooms inside the human brain to see how Alzheimer's works and out again to show, entwined with the history and science, a thrilling hunt for answers. Joseph Jebelli's... Format: Hardback - Released: 01/06/2017
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Pinpoint How GPS is Changing Technology, Culture, and Our Minds Greg Milner Pinpoint tells the sweeping story of GPS from its conceptual origins as a bomb guidance system to its presence in almost everything we do. Milner examines the different ways humans have understood physical space, delves into the neuroscience of cognitive... Format: Paperback - Released: 12/05/2017
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Science in the Soul Selected Writings of a Passionate Rationalist Richard Dawkins Science in the Soul is a sparkling showcase for Professor Dawkins' rapier wit, the clarity, precision and vigour he brings to an argument, the beauty of his prose, the depth of his feeling and his capacity for joy. With an... Format: Hardback - Released: 08/06/2017
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Sleep Better The Science and the Myths Graham Law, Shane Pascoe This book presents a combination of sleep hygiene, evidence-based techniques, psychological skills, and mindfulness practices to help improve your sleep. It examines common myths and stereotypes which may damage your chances of sleeping well. Format: Paperback - Released: 15/06/2017
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Daring to Drive The Young Saudi Woman Who Stood Up to a Kingdom of Men Manal Al-Sharif A gripping memoir about a young woman from Saudi Arabia who becomes the accidental leader of a wildly subversive movement to put women behind the steering wheel. Daring to Drive is an account of Manal al-Sharif's fight for equality in... Format: Hardback - Released: 13/06/2017
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Farewell to the Horse The Final Century of Our Relationship Ulrich Raulff Farewell to the Horse is an engaging, brilliantly written and moving discussion of what horses once meant to us. Cities, farmland, entire industries were once shaped as much by the needs of horses as humans. The intervention of horses was... Format: Hardback - Released: 25/05/2017
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All Out War The Full Story of How Brexit Sank Britain's Political Class Tim Shipman All Out War is a book about leaders and their closest aides, the decisions they make and how and why they make them, as well as how they feel when they turn out to be wrong. It is about men... Format: Paperback - Released: 01/06/2017
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Insight The Power of Self-Awareness in a Self-Deluded World Dr Tasha Eurich Integrating hundreds of studies with her own research and work in the Fortune 500 world, organizational psychologist Tasha Eurich shatters conventional assumptions about what it takes to truly know ourselves - like why introspection isn't a bullet train to insight,... Format: Hardback - Released: 18/05/2017
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Out of the Shadow of a Giant Hooke, Halley and the Birth of British Science John Gribbin, Mary Gribbin Whilst Newton is widely regarded as one of the greatest scientists of all time, and the father of the English scientific revolution, John and Mary Gribbin uncover the fascinating story of Robert Hooke and Edmond Halley, whose scientific achievements neatly... Format: Hardback - Released: 18/05/2017
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Flavour A User's Guide to Our Most Neglected Sense Bob Holmes For anyone who wants to be a better cook, get the best restaurant experience no matter where you go, or if you just want to make better decisions in the supermarket or about your diet. Flavour will help you discover... Format: Hardback - Released: 27/04/2017
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The Village News The Truth Behind England's Rural Idyll Tom Fort The Village News is a whimsical, funny and informative travelogue by pedal power of a variety of villages across our nation that encapsulate, or showcase, all the best elements of what could be seen as the English village. Littered between... Format: Hardback - Released: 06/04/2017
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Sound Stories of Hearing Lost and Found Bella Bathurst Much needed light is shed on the isolating world of the deaf through the author’s own personal journey recounting how she gradually lost her hearing leaving her with rage then hard won acceptance only to find she had a condition... Format: Hardback - Released: 04/05/2017
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