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Who Owns England?
Author :
Guy Shrubsole
Published: 2019
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Synopsis extract:
subtitle: How we lost our Green & Pleasant Land, and how to Take It Back
Synopsis 15 words
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01 Jan '19
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1 Jan '19
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non-fiction
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Angels of Albion
Author :
Jane Robinson
Published: 1996
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Synopsis extract:
Drawn from contemporary accounts by women (mem-sahibs) caught up in the 1857 Indian Mutiny (aka 1st War of Independence)
Synopsis 18 words
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25 Oct '18
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25 Oct '18
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non-fiction
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Exit West
Author :
Mohsin Hamid
Published: 2000
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Synopsis extract:
Two young people in an unspecified middle eastern troubled city fall for each other and escape through a science fiction mechanism and drift apart
Synopsis 24 words
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28 Aug '18
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28 Aug '18
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non-fiction
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Feral
Author :
George Monbiot
Published: 2000
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Synopsis extract:
Essays on our relationship with the wild world through the author's personal experiences.
Synopsis 13 words
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23 Aug '18
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23 Aug '18
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non-fiction
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Confessions of a Recovering Environmentalist
Author :
Paul Kingsnorth
Published: 2017
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Synopsis extract:
Collection of essays from 2011 to 2016 broadly explaining his transition from environmental activism in the 90s to a deep ecology approach and the Dark Mountain project.
Synopsis 25 words
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06 Aug '18
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6 Aug '18
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non-fiction
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Single & Single
Author :
John le Carre
Published: 2000
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Synopsis extract:
Organised crime from Russia and Turkey meets HM Customs via a defector from the bank that cleans their money. ...
Synopsis 28 words
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25 Jul '18
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25 Jul '18
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fiction
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How To Read Water
Author :
Tristan Gooley
Published: 2016
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Synopsis extract:
A discourse on water from drops to oceans and its characteristics and quirks
Synopsis 13 words
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22 Jul '18
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22 Jul '18
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non-fiction
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No Is Not Enough
Defeating the New Shock Politics
Author :
Naomi Klein
Published: 2017
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No summary or synopsis available
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21 Jul '18
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21 Jul '18
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non-fiction
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The Shining Girls
Author :
Lauren Beukes
Published: 2013
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Synopsis extract:
Serial killer's failed victim tracks him down.
Synopsis 7 words
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21 Jun '18
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21 Jun '18
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fiction
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Barkskins
Author :
Annie Proulx
Published: 2016
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Synopsis extract:
Rambling through 350 years of history of humans in the boreal forsests of N.america focusing on the intersecting stories of the Sel family of Mi'kmak native americans and the Duchet/Duke family of settlers.
Synopsis 34 words
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19 Jun '18
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19 Jun '18
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fiction
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The Legacy of Luna
Author :
Julia Butterfly Hill
Published: 2000
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Synopsis extract:
Luna is a giant redwood. ...
Synopsis 46 words
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28 Apr '18
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28 Apr '18
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non-fiction
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The Ashes of London
Author :
Andrew Taylor
Published: 2016
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Synopsis extract:
The aftermath of the great fire. ...
Synopsis 45 words
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22 Apr '18
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22 Apr '18
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fiction
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In a Green Shade
Author :
Richard Mabey
Published: 1983
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Synopsis extract:
Collection of previously published essays from magazines and newspapers from about 1974
Synopsis 11 words
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01 Apr '18
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1 Apr '18
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non-fiction
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The Quality of Silence
Author :
Rosamund Lupton
Published: 2000
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Synopsis extract:
Woman and 10yo deaf daughter travel across Alaska in winter on the Dalton Highway to find husband/father. ...
Synopsis 27 words
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01 Apr '18
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1 Apr '18
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fiction
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Guns, Germs and Steel
Author :
Jared Diamond
Published: 1997
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Synopsis extract:
Human history explained from a geological, ecological, anthropological, linguistic and archeological perspective
Synopsis 12 words
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17 Mar '18
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17 Mar '18
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non-fiction
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The Moth Snowstorm
Nature and Joy
Author :
Michael McCarthy
Published: 2015
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Synopsis extract:
Personal account of authors involvement and love for the world. ...
Synopsis 22 words
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01 Mar '18
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1 Mar '18
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non-fiction
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Turtles All The Way Down
Author :
John Green
Published: 2000
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No summary or synopsis available
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22 Feb '18
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22 Feb '18
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non-fiction
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When We Were Orphans
Author :
Kazuo Ishiguro
Published: 2000
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No summary or synopsis available
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04 Feb '18
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4 Feb '18
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fiction
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Waging Heavy Peace
Author :
Neil Young
Published: 2012
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Synopsis extract:
Autobiography - or rather a collection of memories.
Synopsis 8 words
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19 Jan '18
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19 Jan '18
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non-fiction
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The History of Bees
Author :
Maja Lunde
Published: 2000
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Synopsis extract:
Three intertwined stories across time (1850, 2007, 2049) about bees and beekeeping. ...
Synopsis 24 words
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14 Jan '18
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14 Jan '18
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fiction
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Lilac and Flag
Author :
John Berger
Published: 2000
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Synopsis extract:
Peasants in the city
Synopsis 4 words
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28 Dec '17
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28 Dec '17
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fiction
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The Left Hand of Darkness
Author :
Ursula le Guin
Published: 2000
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Synopsis extract:
Sci planet Winter is visited by an emissary from a confederation of planets to invite them to join. ...
Synopsis 36 words
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02 Dec '17
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2 Dec '17
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fiction
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A Delicate Truth
Author :
John le Carre
Published: 2000
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Synopsis extract:
Post Iraq war and post new labour story about rendition and privatisation of the state.
Synopsis 15 words
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09 Nov '17
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9 Nov '17
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fiction
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Things We Never Said
Author :
Nick Alexander
Published: 2016
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Synopsis extract:
50 something Sean's wife has just died of cancer leaving him a box of memory tapes she created whilst in terminal care revealing some truths about their 30 year relationship.
Synopsis 28 words
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15 Oct '17
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15 Oct '17
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fiction
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A Good Man in Africa
Author :
William Boyd
Published: 1981
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Synopsis extract:
Morgan is a 30 something diplomat in the British Commission in the second city of a west african ex colony. ...
Synopsis 67 words
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13 Oct '17
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13 Oct '17
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fiction
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