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The Quarry
Author :
Iain Banks
Published: 2000
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Of middle class friends and family. A dying (young) father assembles his old Uni pals for a farewell observed by his teenage son. The past is not perhaps as consequential as it seems...
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16 Nov '20
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16 Nov '20
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fiction
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The Book of Trespass
Crossing the lines that divide us
Author :
Nick Hayes
Published: 2020
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How we lost our land, and why, and why it matters.
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15 Sep '20
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15 Sep '20
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non-fiction
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The Machine Stops
Author :
E M Forster
Published: 2000
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No summary or synopsis available
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06 Jun '20
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6 Jun '20
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fiction
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The Three Body Problem
Author :
Cixin Liu
Published: 2000
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Synopsis extract:
From the Chinese Cultural Revolution to an alien invasion fleet due to arrive in 2450.
Synopsis 14 words
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21 Apr '20
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21 Apr '20
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fiction
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The Fire Court
Author :
Andrew Taylor
Published: 2000
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No summary or synopsis available
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03 Feb '20
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3 Feb '20
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fiction
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The Mind’s Eye
Van Veeteren Book 1
Author :
Hakan Nesser
Published: 2000
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No summary or synopsis available
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01 Jan '20
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1 Jan '20
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non-fiction
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Underland
Author :
Robert Macfarlane
Published: 2019
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Exploring beneath the ground as a way of exploring deep time
Synopsis 30 words
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30 Dec '19
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30 Dec '19
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non-fiction
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The Living and The Dead in Winsford
Author :
Hakan Nesser
Published: 2015
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Synopsis extract:
Woman and her dog spend the winter in isolated cottage on Exmoor on the run from her demons
Synopsis 18 words
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30 Nov '19
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30 Nov '19
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fiction
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The Handmaid's Tale
Author :
Margaret Atwood
Published: 2000
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Synopsis extract:
Post deluvian life in a rump of the USA where fertility has collapsed and fertile women are enslaved as concubines by the ruling elite of an authoritarian state
Synopsis 28 words
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01 Nov '19
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1 Nov '19
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fiction
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Hagseed
Author :
Margaret Atwood
Published: 2016
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Synopsis extract:
Reworking of the Tempest (Shakespeare) through description of a workshop performance in a prison used by the director to take revenge on those who slighted him.
Synopsis 26 words
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01 Oct '19
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1 Oct '19
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fiction
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The Closed Circle
Author :
Jonathan Coe
Published: 2000
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No summary or synopsis available
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02 Sep '19
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2 Sep '19
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fiction
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The Patterning Instinct
A Cultural History of Humanity's Search for Meaning
Author :
Jeremy Lent
Published: 2000
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No summary or synopsis available
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02 May '19
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2 May '19
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non-fiction
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The Way
Author :
Edward (Teddy) Goldsmith
Published: 1992
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No summary or synopsis available
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23 Feb '19
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23 Feb '19
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non-fiction
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The Sudden Appearance of Hope
Author :
Claire North
Published: 2000
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No summary or synopsis available
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01 Jan '19
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1 Jan '19
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fiction
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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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