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Pub. Date
2016
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English
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Kit has been projecting into other species for seven years. Longer than anyone else at ShenCorp. Longer than any of the scientists thought possible. But lately she has the feeling that when she jumps she isn't alone? Since she was twelve, Kit has been a phenomenaut, her consciousness projected into the bodies of lab-grown animals for the purpose of research. Kit experiences a multitude of other lives ? fighting and fleeing, predator and prey ? always...
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Thomlinson Library volume 1782
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printed by F[reeman]. C[ollins] for R[obert]. Clavel at the Peacock, and J[onathan]. Robinson at the Golden Lion in St. Paul's Church-yard; and A[wnsham]. and J[ohn]. Churchill at the Black Swan in Pater-noster Row
Pub. Date
1692
Language
English
3) Stay close
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English
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Harlan Coben is back with a powerful psychological thriller that explores how our decisions define us and how our present selves are inescapably shaped by our pasts.
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Dash and Lily volume 1
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MIRA Ink
Pub. Date
2012
Language
English
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I?ve left some clues for you. If you want them, turn the page. If you don?t, put the book back on the shelf, please.At the urge of her lucky-in-love brother, sixteen-year-old Lily has left a red notebook full of dares on her favourite bookshop shelf, waiting for just the right guy to come along and accept. Curious, snarky Dash isn?t one to back down from a challenge - and the Book of Dares is the perfect distraction he?s been looking for.As they send...
5) Cleanness
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Publisher
Picador
Pub. Date
2020
Language
English
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'Cleanness is stunning, provocatively revelatory and atmospherically profound. Here is love and sex as art, as pulse, as truth' - Lisa Taddeo, author of Three Women Sofia, Bulgaria, a landlocked city in southern Europe, stirs with hope and impending upheaval. Soviet buildings crumble, wind scatters sand from the far south, and political protesters flood the streets with song. In this atmosphere of disquiet, an American teacher navigates a life transformed...
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Macmillan
Pub. Date
2018
Language
English
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Our attention has never been as overwhelmed or in-demand as it is today; we've never been so busy while accomplishing so little, and we've grown uncomfortable with boredom and a lack of stimulation and distraction. In Hyperfocus, Chris Bailey - described by TED.com as 'the most productive man you could ever hope to meet' - provides profound insights into how we can best manage our attention. He reveals how the brain switches between two mental modes...
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Publisher
Penguin Life
Pub. Date
2018
Language
English
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Accessible psychotherapy to put us back in touch with our emotions, from the Mental Health Consultant to Mad Men In this practical and fascinating new account of psychological suffering, pioneering psychotherapist Hilary Jacobs Hendel shows that we should focus not on cognitive behavioural therapy or medication, but on our emotions. We were all taught that our thoughts affect our emotions, but in truth it is largely the other way around: we have to...
8) The mothers
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Publisher
Riverhead Books
Pub. Date
2016
Language
English
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Set within a contemporary black community in Southern California, Brit Bennett's mesmerizing first novel is an emotionally perceptive story about community, love, and ambition. It begins with a secret. "All good secrets have a taste before you tell them, and if we'd taken a moment to swish this one around our mouths, we might have noticed the sourness of an unripe secret, plucked too soon, stolen and passed around before its season." It is the last...
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Pub. Date
2017
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English
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Death affects us all. Yet it is still the last taboo in our society, and grief is still profoundly misunderstood... In Grief Works we hear stories from those who have experienced great love and great loss - and survived. Stories that explain how grief unmasks our greatest fears, strips away our layers of protection and reveals our innermost selves. Julia Samuel, a grief psychotherapist, has spent twenty-five years working with the bereaved and understanding...
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Penguin
Pub. Date
2020
Language
English
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Literary sunshine' New York Times 'A gorgeous and witty storyteller' Elizabeth Gilbert, author of City of Girls 'The world will love it' Ann Patchett 'A wonderful read' Elizabeth Strout Coming of age isn't just for kids. Astrid Strick has always tried to do her best for her three children. Now, they're finally grown up - but you could be forgiven for thinking otherwise. Elliott doesn't have any idea who he really is, or how to communicate with his...
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HarperOne
Pub. Date
2016
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English
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An authoritative guide to understanding and navigating the hormonal changes and health issues women experience in midlife and beyond, from one of the leading medical experts in the field. The physical changes that occur after women turnforty are unavoidable-and can be unnerving. Menopause affects every aspect of life-from sex and sleep to mood and mental clarity to weight and body temperature. While there are a number of resources available,...
12) The aftermath
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English
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Hamburg, 1946. Charged with overseeing the rebuilding of this devastated city, Colonel Lewis Morgan is requisitioned a house, where he will be joined by his wife, Rachael, and son, Edmund. But rather than force its owners, a German widower and his daughter, to leave their home, he insists that the two families live together.
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Publisher
Cornerstone Digital
Pub. Date
2017
Language
English
Description
?This book is the one. Think Sapiens and triple it.? - Julia Hobsbawm, author of Fully Connected We all have ten types of human in our head. They?re the people we become when we face life?s most difficult decisions. We want to believe there are things we would always do - or things we never would. But how can we be sure? What are our limits? Do we have limits? The Ten Types of Human is a pioneering examination of human nature. It looks at the best...
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