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Borkmann’s Point
Van Veeteren Book 2
Author :
Hakan Nesser
Published: 2000
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No summary or synopsis available
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21 Jan '21
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21 Jan '21
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fiction
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Entangled Life
How fungi make our worlds, change our minds and shape our futures
Author :
Merlin Sheldrake
Published: 2020
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An introduction to the world from the point of view of fungi. Symbiotic beings which live as a network.
Synopsis 107 words
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21 Jan '21
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21 Jan '21
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non-fiction
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The Garden Jungle
Gardening to Save the Planet
Author :
Dave Goulson
Published: 2019
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The wildlife in the English garden explored. Be friends with your bugs and wee beasties. Plus recipes!
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04 Jan '21
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4 Jan '21
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non-fiction
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The Case of Comrade Tulayev
Author :
Victor Serge
Published: 1943
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Life in the Soviet Union in the Party around 1938/9 and the during preceding 30 years
Synopsis 69 words
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03 Jan '21
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3 Jan '21
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fiction
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Where the Crawdads Sing
Author :
Delia Owens
Published: 2018
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Girl child of 7 lives alone in the North Carolina marsh after her family all leave her abusive dad. Grows into a strange isolated young woman, who is taught by nature and the marsh.
Synopsis 406 words
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26 Nov '20
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26 Nov '20
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fiction
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Little Siberia
Author :
Antti Tuomainen
Published: 2000
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Maybe the original Finnish Noir - with all the confusing events and comedy moments that noir fiction should have. Set in a small town in northern Finland where the village priest has to take on a role guarding a meteorite and working out WTF is going on a
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16 Nov '20
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16 Nov '20
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fiction
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The King's Evil
Author :
Andrew Taylor
Published: 2000
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The third (?and final) part of the Marwood trilogy concerning the intertwining lives of James Marwood and Kate/Jane Lovett in London after the Great Fire.
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16 Nov '20
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16 Nov '20
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fiction
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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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