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John Hobson has compiled this light-hearted collection of snippets of knowledge in the form of rhyming couplets. He found it great fun and hopes his readers do too. Example: Energy can be produced from many a natural source, waterfalls, volcanic steam, the tides and wind of course. Another with potential to out-do them all by miles is the mc created by renewing people's smiles.

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This is the first collection of short stories by M J David. Drawn from personal experience and life in general, this eclectic mix of stories are captivating and will leave the reader wanting more. Some will have you asking questions about your life and how you live. Others will leave you with a sense of hope. Will you work out what the question is, in Dean Ruth Blackman's riddle? What will be Charlotte's final decision? Is life truly eternal, for Tobias and Monica Collingwood? How much pain does a father suffer during childbirth? And finally, how beautiful is the beautiful game when we really think about it? Although some of the collection is based on fact, the author states that, of those stories, only names and places have been changed and each of them have quite different endings.

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From the author of the internationally acclaimed Patrick Melrose books: a major new novel exploring some of the biggest ideas and most pressing questions of our times. 'Both moving and so funny I had to stop every few pages to wipe tears from my eyes' OBSERVER, BEST BOOKS OF 2021'Emotionally cogent and intellectually fascinating... I was gripped by it' Ian McEwanDouble Blind follows three close friends and their circle through a year of extraordinary transformation. Set between London, Cap d'Antibes, Big Sur and a rewilded corner of Sussex, this thrilling, ambitious novel is as compelling about ecology, psychoanalysis, genetics and neuroscience as it is about love, fear and courage. When Olivia meets a new lover, Francis, just as she is welcoming her dearest friend Lucy back from New York, her life expands precipitously. Her connection to Francis, a committed naturalist living off-grid, is immediate and startling. Eager to involve Lucy in her joy, Olivia introduces the two -- but L

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