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• Category:Richard Brook
  ...mind body-connection as Richard helps you understand the mechanics behind the fundamental areas of your life! ...ationship dynamics how they differ with each person you meet; and explains the importance of healing practices such as yoga, meditation & therapies.
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• My Magical Oasis: Art Therapy Colouring Book for Creative Minds by Eglantine de la Fontaine et al
  |summary=Yet another colouring book with an adult audience in mind, but one that offers more scope for DIY activity to make it more of a perso ...up, here I'm mentioning this volume because it allegedly would change your mind.
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• Theory of Mind by Sanjida O'Connell
  |title=Theory of Mind ...ary= Part love story, part thriller, and part psychology study, "Theory of Mind" takes in apes, romance, autism and robots, but binds them together with an
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• CBD Spray Benefits & The Best CBD Nasal Sprays On The Market
  ...there could be an even better way. One such method to consider outside of the CBD creams and drops is that of [https://senseicbdoil.com/cbd-spray CBD spr '''How does a CBD nasal spray differ to other CBD products?'''
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• Friends Like These by Sarah Alderson
  ...here once was. But yes, she doesn’t really have much time for the past and the people from it. ...k into Lizzie’s life. She fell out of it about the same time she fell down the stairs at work. Smash, she went. Splat. It wasn’t pretty and it resulted
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• How Pleasure Works: The New Science of Why We Like What We Like by Paul Bloom
  |title=How Pleasure Works: The New Science of Why We Like What We Like |sort=How Pleasure Works: The New Science of Why We Like What We Like
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• Why We Think the Things we Think: Philosophy in a Nutshell by Alain Stephen
  |title=Why We Think the Things we Think: Philosophy in a Nutshell ...how ideas are formed'' was the highest science, although that sounds like the psychology that I did indeed study. Still, study it many people do – and
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• Warduff and the Corncob Caper by Mat Head
  |title=Warduff and the Corncob Caper ...at she, and all the other farm animals, are on the menu! Can Warduff save the day?
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• Eye Benders: The Science of Seeing and Believing by Clive Gifford and Professor Anil Seth
  |title=Eye Benders: The Science of Seeing and Believing ...art and a whole lot of fun in a book that adults may well enjoy as much as the children.
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• Worlds Elsewhere by Andrew Dickson
  ...om – this is an exploration of Shakespeare around the world, and considers the global and cultural reach of a man who never once left England… ...are – a man who never once left England, which has made him an icon across the globe? Travelling across four continents, six countries and 400 years, ''Wo
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• The Music Instinct: How Music Works and Why We Can't Do without it by Philip Ball
  |title=The Music Instinct: How Music Works and Why We Can't Do without it |sort=Music Instinct: How Music Works and Why We Can't Do without it
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• How to Win: The Argument, the Pitch, the Job, the Race by Dr Rob Yeung
  |title=How to Win: The Argument, the Pitch, the Job, the Race |summary=Business Psychologist Dr Rob Yeung discusses ways to get ahead in the workplace in this self-help manual packed with useful tips, real-life exper
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• That Was a Shiver, and Other Stories by James Kelman
  ...st is a deep, dark mixture of fiction whose literary riches may well elude the reader. ...orks to be the more interesting places to turn. Opening these pages, from the pen of such an esteemed pro, came with no small sense of anticipation.
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• Where my Heart Used to Beat by Sebastian Faulks
  ...my Heart Used to Beat'' is a journey through age, war, love, and the human mind. Haunting, moving and yet more proof of Faulks immense talent. ...anity and raises the question – is life comprised of events themselves, or the way in which an individual chooses to remember them?
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• Is it worth buying and investing in contemporary art
  ...uctions also pay attention to ''small'' investors who have decided to join the art. Especially for them, inexpensive lots are exhibited with starting pric Factors that affect the value of an art piece:
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• How to Be Happy (or at least less sad): A Creative Workbook by Lee Crutchley
  |title=How to Be Happy (or at least less sad): A Creative Workbook ...gentle, non-preachy way to look at the good things in life. And, yes - it works.
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• You Can Be Amazing: Transform Your Life with Hypnosis by Ursula James
  ...lacing old and familiar negative thoughts and messages with positive ones. The book is clear, well written and supportive, and is highly recommended. ...a CD of hypnotic suggestions which reinforce the messages and exercises in the book.
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• Thinking Allowed by Julian Wiles
  |summary=Not a prescriptive 'how to run your business' book, but an easy-to-read series of short articles an ...apter numbers (you pick from the menu) and it's not even necessary to read the book in any particular order.
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• Warlock Holmes: A Study in Brimstone by G S Denning
  ...ements of the Sherlock Holmes stories and you may be surprised how well it works. ...mes? A genius eccentric whose mind works on a different plain, or perhaps the more obvious option is that he was a Warlock? Surely his ability to see wh
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• A Week in December by Sebastian Faulks
  |summary=Brilliant state-of-the-nation novel from Sebastian Faulks. I loved it. ...ooks with the Queen. Looping all these people together is a Tube driver on the Circle Line.
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• The Book of Disquiet by Fernando Pessoa
  |title=The Book of Disquiet ...st masterpiece. A collection of random musings of a fiercely contemplative mind rather than a novel, it is best treated as you would a book of poetry to be
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• Hearts and Minds by Rosy Thornton
  ...hink. Beware though - you'll have a job getting the characters out of your mind! Highly recommended. ...ly problem though. His appointment wasn't universally welcomed and some of the feminist Fellows (if that doesn't sound like a contradiction in terms) woul
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• Fall Down Seven Times, Get Up Eight: A Young Man's Voice From the Silence of Autism by Naoki Higashida and David Mitchell
  |title=Fall Down Seven Times, Get Up Eight: A Young Man's Voice From the Silence of Autism ...is daily struggles and unique perspective on the world in this sequel to ''The Reason I Jump.''
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• Inventions in 30 Seconds by Dr Mike Goldsmith
  ...de takes us on a whistle-stop tour of 30 ingenious inventions that changed the world. ...things work or how things are made. It seems that the minute I have found the answer to one of his questions, another has formulated inside his head to r
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• Beneath the World, A Sea by Chris Beckett
  |title=Beneath the World, A Sea ...and fears. Ben becomes fascinated by the Duendes, but the closer he gets, the more he begins to unravel, with terrifying results...
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• Top Ten Books About Language
  ...ing that goes beyond language, and with our favourite variety of language: the one that makes books. Why not [mailto:sue@thebookbag.co.uk tell us] about y |title=How Language Works: How Babies Babble, Words Change Meaning and Languages Live or Die
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• Gut Feelings: The Intelligence of the Unconscious by Gerd Gigerenzer
  |title=Gut Feelings: The Intelligence of the Unconscious |summary=Hunches, gut feelings, intuition. From how a baseball player catches a ball to why incest is wrong to why people do or
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• Found by Harlan Coben
  ...a steroid test. Troy isn't exactly Mickey's favourite person, but he knows the team won't play so well without him, so when Troy asks Mickey for help to p ...the agenda of the mysterious 'Bat Lady', leader of the Abeona Shelter and the only person besides Mickey who believes his father could still be alive...
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• Words and Pictures: Writers, Artists and a Peculiarly British Tradition by Jenny Uglow
  ...ount of the relationship between words and pictures in books in Britain in the 18th and 19th centuries, and is recommended. From childhood, we start by looking at the pictures in books and these images often remain with us for a long time, pa
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• The Stuff of Thought: Language as a Window into Human Nature by Steven Pinker
  |title=The Stuff of Thought: Language as a Window into Human Nature ..."instant classic" was ever justifiably applied, it should be applied to ''The Stuff of Thought''.
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• Busy: How to Thrive in a World of Too Much by Tony Crabbe
  |title=Busy: How to Thrive in a World of Too Much ...ed me up short: there was definitely something wrong here - and then I had the opportunity to listen to an audio download of ''Busy'' and I knew that it w
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• Over My Dead Body by Hazel McHaffie
  ...ntentious issues of medical ethics in works of fiction, does the same with the matter of organ donation in this book. ..., the situation of this mother quite successfully conveys just how complex the ethics of organ donation are.
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• Pom and Pim by Lena Landstrom and Olaf Landstrom
  |summary=You should always look on the bright side of life. Pom and Pim do. ...day things start off well, but bad luck comes their way. Can they look on the bright side of every situation, even when they feel tripped up time and tim
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• All Yours by Claudia Pineiro
  |summary=The mundane order of the life of a surburban wife is turned upside down by her determination to prot ...s. Inés takes charge of the ensuing trouble in her usual capable way, with the full confidence of someone who is always in control. But in trying to prote
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• Lost Magic: The Very Best of Brian Moses by Brian Moses
  |title=Lost Magic: The Very Best of Brian Moses ...t a lot of people will have a definite favourite from these pages, even if the author himself cannot decide…
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• Please Mr Panda by Steve Antony
  ''Give me the pink one,'' replies Mr Penguin<br> ''No, you can not have a doughnut. I have changed my mind.''
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• Kurt Vonnegut: Letters by Kurt Vonnegut and Dan Wakefield
  ...ection of all kinds of letters by the Amarican writer Kurt Vonnegut, whose works of fiction are often categorised as science fiction. ...mely death, these letters enable readers to understand the workings of the mind behind classics such as ''Slaughterhouse-5'' and ''Cat's Cradle''.
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• Carry Me Home by Terri Wiltshire
  ...the point. It's a story of a family, well-crafted, deep-rooted, and worth the read. ...te girl is raped by a black man, a hobo from the last train through town. The townsfolk are up in arms.
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• Dead in the Water (A Kate Shugak Investigation) by Dana Stabenow
  |title=Dead in the Water (A Kate Shugak Investigation) ...er, but like the other two books which I've read two decades have not aged the story and they're darned good reads.
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• Microstyle: The Art of Writing Little by Christopher Johnson
  |title=Microstyle: The Art of Writing Little ...Christopher Johnson is here to take you by the hand and guide you through the basics of ''writing small''.
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• 3 Questions to Ask Yourself When Choosing a Writing App
  ...e actual task of writing. To help you achieve the first effect rather than the latter, here are three crucial questions to ask yourself when deciding whic '''1. What do I need the most help with?'''
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• The Genius and the Goddess by Aldous Huxley
  |title=The Genius and the Goddess |sort=Genius and the Goddess
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• Seven Second Delay by Tom Easton
  ...running for her life, but is seven seconds enough of a head start to keep the government off her tail? ...r is not over, and as she falls into the hands of the Agents, she realises the real price of freedom.
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• The Last of the Greenwoods by Clare Morrall
  |title=The Last of the Greenwoods |sort=Last of the Greenwoods
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• The Currency of Paper by Alex Kovacs
  |title=The Currency of Paper ...lenging, but worth the effort. Alex Kovacs popped into Bookbag Towers to [[The Interview: Bookbag Talks To Alex Kovacs|chat to us]].
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• A Dedicated Man by Peter Robinson
  ...in the Inspector Banks series is fresh and intriguing. It has a twist at the end which I didn't see coming. Recommended. ...ondon for north Yorkshire? The sixteen-year-old decodes that she could be the local heroine and sets off to investigate for herself.
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• In the Company of Sherlock Holmes: Stories Inspired by the Holmes Canon by Laurie R King and Leslie Klinger (editors)
  |title= In the Company of Sherlock Holmes: Stories Inspired by the Holmes Canon |summary=The book that took the literary world into the courthouse – all the while intending to provide many more cases for us to read in return.
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• Can You Say It Too? Brrr! Brrr! by Sebastien Braun
  ...n't tell you is that they only have children for their own entertainment – the little tykes can be hilariously funny. One fun area is when a baby starts ...m at Nosy Crow have deliberately made a sturdy book that will survive even the most troublesome of tiny hands.
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• Hogs Hate Hugs by Tiziana Bendall-Brunello and John Bendall-Brunello
  ...s don't believe him. This is cute book but we had a few reservations about the methods. ...this case, Little Hog has a solution. He makes a bold sign and hangs it on the tree. ''HOGS HAT HUGS!'' it reads. And that’s that.
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• Kipper by Mick Inkpen
  ...er, and everyone would love a book, love a book, love a book about Kipper. The 10 episode DVD is a great bonus in this 21st anniversary edition. ...e a dog like Kipper. Now we're treated to a 21-year anniversary edition of the original book, complete with a 10 episode DVD.
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• One Hundred Names For Love: A Stroke, a Marriage, and the Language of Healing by Diane Ackerman
  |title=One Hundred Names For Love: A Stroke, a Marriage, and the Language of Healing |summary=An unsentimental look how the knowledge which a wife had of the way in which her husband's brain worked helped to lagely restore his power
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• Thereby Hangs a Tail by Spencer Quinn
  ...vestigator and his dog solve a mystery. Narrated by the dog - and yes, it works. ...suspenseful than Agatha Christie's relatively tame works. But the pun in the book's title suggested that there might be an element of humour, so I succu
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• How to Wash a Woolly Mammoth by Michelle Robinson and Kate Hindley
  |title=How to Wash a Woolly Mammoth |summary=A How To guide for something you probably don't know How To do. As useful as it is entertaining.
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• Sanctuary Line by Jane Urquhart
  ...he Mexican workers who came each year for the harvest and those members of the Butler family who came Ireland - some to grow fruit and others to become li ...and love affairs which might or might not be the same thing - and loss, of how place affects us and makes us who we are, or highlights who we are not.
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• Why Can't Elephants Jump? by Mick O'Hare
  ...ale or unoriginal. Highly recommended. Mick O'Hare was kind enough to be [[The Interview: Bookbag Talks To Mick O'Hare|interviewed by Bookbag]]. ...any more, then do yourself a favour and pick up the latest collection from the New Scientist's [http://www.last-word.com/ Last Word column].
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• Beaded Jewellery by Maya Brenner
  ...f you want to impress people with stunning handmade jewellery then this is the book for you. ...to me. I also wanted a book which I could use when I got more advanced at the jewellery-making skills. This fitted my needs perfectly.
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• Foxy Tales - The Cunning Plan by Caryl Hart and Alex T Smith
  |title=Foxy Tales - The Cunning Plan ...s and absurd adventures should be a hit. The engaging illustrations add to the book’s appeal.
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• The Pleasure of Thinking: A Journey Through the Sideways Leaps of Ideas by Theodore Dalrymple
  |title=The Pleasure of Thinking: A Journey Through the Sideways Leaps of Ideas |sort=Pleasure of Thinking: A Journey Through the Sideways Leaps of Ideas, The
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• Build It! 25 Creative STEM Projects for Budding Engineers by Caroline Alliston
  ...Creative and fun activity projects for curious kids who want to understand how things work. ...ger scientist in mind, so there is a focus on the fun aspect, with many of the projects involving toys.
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• Citrus and Spice: A Year of Flavour by Sybil Kapoor
  ...ink between aroma, food, flavour and emotion with recipes to appeal to all the senses. ...the food – which gave a dish its flavour. It's the overall experience of the food. Sybil Kapoor wants me to think differently.
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• Opera by Robert Cannon
  ...the subject and is written to some extent with the informed specialist in mind. ...acets of opera in its development over the centuries, and its relevance to the modern world. While he does not intend to write a history as such, he has
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• Dark Benediction by Walter M Miller Jr
  ...uctions. Miller is considered one of the finest science fiction writers of the 1950s, and in ''Dark Benediction'', fourteen of this author's best short st ...' and its tale of civilization's demise, there are smaller and more subtle works focusing on one or two characters. This range fits well together without se
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• The Chippendale Factor by John Malcolm
  |title=The Chippendale Factor ...ut the rogues of the antiques trade takes a little getting into but repays the effort.
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• Vanishing Girls by Lauren Oliver
  ...t that was before the accident that left Dara's beautiful face scarred and the two sisters totally estranged. Nicole, known as Nick, and younger sister Da ...to her, climbing out of her window and running through the woods. Forever the sensible sister, Nick starts working at a local theme park, while Dara hide
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• All Our Worldly Goods by Irene Nemirovsky
  ...elf in world affairs and private lives in this highly recommended story of the power of love. ...reputation Pierre proposes. In doing so he alienates his grandfather and the wealthy Renaudins. Pierre and Agnes' marriage and its consequences would re
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• Supercontinent by Ted Nield
  ...e natural sciences, the Earth and the place of humans on the planet and in the world in general. How much popular interest can be generated by the presentation of the supercontinent cycle? Certainly enough for a magazine article, a chapter in
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• The Pale House Devil by Richard Kadrey
  |title=The Pale House Devil ...o keep them going. But when a young woman called Tilda hires them to kill the 'something' that appears to be haunting a wealthy gentleman's house they fi
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• The Boy Who Killed Demons by Dave Zeltserman
  |title=The Boy Who Killed Demons ...miles with those behind the sofa moments of foreboding; a kind of darker [[The Growing Pains of Adrian Mole by Sue Townsend|Adrian Mole]] aged 15-and-a-ha
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• The Khazar Codex by Graham Fulbright
  |title=The Khazar Codex ...ci Code'' and there is a mystery to solve, but there's far more depth in ''The Khazar Codex''.
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• Queenie Malone's Paradise Hotel by Ruth Hogan
  ...and riveting depth of feeling for her characters. With a touch of mystery, the paranormal, and unexpected shots of humour, and who could ask for more? ...help of Queenie Malone, caring, and gregarious, Tilda begins to pick apart the tricky and uncertain relationship she had with her sometimes cruel and dist
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• Little Doubt (D I Kelly Porter) by Rachel Lynch
  ...t wants to be involved in the first but isn't bothered about the second. How's DI Kelly Porter going to cope? ...cond woman was stabbed to death a few hours later. Keira Bradley lived on the Beacon estate and Ormond's view seemed to be that anyone living there shoul
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• The Naked Don't Fear the Water by Matthieu Aikins
  |title=The Naked Don't Fear the Water |sort=Naked Don't Fear the Water
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• The Indies Enterprise by Eric Orsenna
  |title=The Indies Enterprise ...s quietly understated fictional account of the most momentous discovery of the Americas shows his range of talent and insight.
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• Flowerpot Farm: A First Gardening Activity Book by Lorraine Harrison
  ...e for a youngster thinking about growing their own fruit, veg or flowers. The use of pots means that they can go ahead and get their wellies on in any si ...l show them how to create their own fruit, veg and flower garden no matter how small a space they have to work with.
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• The Snow Queen by Hans Christian Andersen, Lucie Arnoux and Misha Hoekstra (translator)
  |title=The Snow Queen ...for his life, but soon found her way to start a miraculous journey to find the truth behind his disappearance and behaviour…
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• The Interview: Bookbag Talks To Danaan Elderhill
  |title=The Interview: Bookbag Talks To Danaan Elderhill ...to our lives with her book [[The Magic Book of Cookery by Danaan Elderhill|The Magic Book of Cookery]]. We had quite a few questions for her when she pop
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• Candor by Pam Bachorz
  |summary=A new take on the old ''there must be something in the water'' adage, welcome to Candor where subliminal messages in music help yo The children of Candor know how to behave and the children of Candor stick to those rules:
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• The Trading Game: A Confession by Gary Stevenson
  |title=The Trading Game: A Confession |summary=A warts-and-all look at the trading floor of a major bank in the last decade.
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• Why We Make Things and Why It Matters: The Education of a Craftsman by Peter Korn
  |title=Why We Make Things and Why It Matters: The Education of a Craftsman ...raftsman and reflects on how creative work with one's hands contributes to mind/body wholeness.
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• Cockfosters by Helen Simpson
  ...f results from this sterling short story writer, which does not always hit the bulls-eye but certainly shows great variety. ...what might be remaining ahead – but you soon discover that not only do all the pieces here have titles that are unadorned place names, but they all concer
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• Branding Only Works On Cattle by Jonathan Salem Baskin
  |title= Branding Only Works On Cattle ...yped way; it provides incisive observations about what the Internet did to the purchasing process; it champions measurable goals for well focused campaign
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• Joe and the Race to Rescue by Victoria Eveleigh
  |title=Joe and the Race to Rescue |summary=The final book in this excellent trilogy is the best yet. and we have to shout ''HURRAH!'' when we see a horse book for bo
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• The Boy at the Top of the Mountain by John Boyne
  |title=The Boy at the Top of the Mountain |sort=Boy at the Top of the Mountain
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• Memory by Harriet Harvey Wood
  ...ng. So much of it, in fact, you cannot remember any of it, and wonder what the book was ever designed to do. ...oint of view of the experience, and created my current sense of it for me. The other two options I remember considering, I have since forgotten.
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• Ellipsis by Nikki Dudley
  ...orrific death, then it's suspense all the way till the end. It's also how the ''ellipsis'' of daily life can have drastic consequences. ...many, many questions that his immediate family struggle to answer. But as the story progresses we discover that secrets have been kept for a long time.
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• L'Auberge by Julia Stagg
  ...in the Pyrenees taken over by a young English couple. The author lives in the Pyrenees and definitely knows what she's talking about. ...er people in Fogas who don't see what's happening in quite the same way as the mayor.
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• Mr Mercedes by Stephen King
  ...ary=Disappointing on many levels, I did like the protagonist, and wouldn’t mind reading about him again, perhaps in a better sequel. ...staying alive. Is this actually the murderer? Why is he crawling out of the woodwork now? And can Hodges stop him from killing again?
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• In Search of Memory: The Emergence of a New Science of Mind by Eric R Kandel
  |title=In Search of Memory: The Emergence of a New Science of Mind ...ons on the future of neuroscience as well as an excellent insight into how the science is done. Highly recommended.
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• The One Safe Place by Tania Unsworth
  |title=The One Safe Place |sort=One Safe Place, The
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• Sand by Hugh Howey
  ...e in. 'Sand' is a masterclass in dystopian world building by an author at the peak of his powers. ...‘Wool’ trilogy under his belt and following this up was always going to be the difficult second album syndrome. Well, be prepared to be sucked quickly in
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• The Short Giraffe by Neil Flory and Mark Cleary
  |title=The Short Giraffe |sort=Short Giraffe, The
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• Charlotte Says by Alex Bell
  ...explores the origin story of the murderous Charlotte dolls. Creeptastic to the max and a fantastic addition to Stripes's Red Eye horror series. ''Charlotte says... don't open the door.''
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• The Wind's Twelve Quarters and The Compass Rose by Ursula K Le Guin
  |title=The Wind's Twelve Quarters and The Compass Rose |sort=Wind's Twelve Quarters and The Compass Rose
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• Shh! We Have a Plan by Chris Haughton
  ...agging along for the fun of it, and he finds himself getting shushed along the way each time he shouts out 'hello birdy!' ...with him...and then there are LOTS of birdies with him! His friends with the nets begin to get ready to try and catch one, but a rather larger bird is c
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• The Tower by Alessandro Gallenzi
  |title=The Tower |sort=Tower, The
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• Career options in a bookshop that might interest you
  ...d when you think about what you want to do with your life, but it's one of the more interesting and fulfilling ones. Bookshops offer more than just books; ...portunity to work with people from all walks of life and to help them find the books they're looking for. There are many interesting [https://uk.jooble.or
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• The Welsh Girl by Peter Ho Davies
  |title=The Welsh Girl ...hemes are lightly sprinkled across an excellently told story, however, and the whole is just a charm – and highly recommended.
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• The Interview: Bookbag Talks To Nigel McClea
  |title=The Interview: Bookbag Talks To Nigel McClea ...hope is there for my readers? I still get a lump in my throat when I read the death of Harry.
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• Diana's Story by Deric Longden
  |summary=Author Deric Longden tells of how he and his wife coped with her illness, which would now be diagnosed as ME. ...this book thinking it was about Diana, Princess of Wales, but upon reading the back cover, I decided to give it a go anyway.
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• The Hidden by Mary Chamberlain
  |title=The Hidden ...historian and author Mary Chamberlain takes the reader to the dark days of the Channel Islands under German Occupation, and tells a hugely moving tale of
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