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David Baddiel would love there to be a God. He has spent a lot of time fantasising about how much better life would be if there actually was such a thing as a Superhero Dad who chased off Death. Unfortunately for him, there isn’t. Or at least, that is Baddiel’s view in this book, which argues that it is indeed the very intensity of his, and everyone else’s, desire for God to exist that proves His non-existence. Anything so deeply wished – for we will, considers Baddiel, make real. The admission of his own divine yearnings makes for a book that is more vulnerable – and more understanding of the value and power of religion – than most atheist polemics.
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A deep dive into the global waste industry by award-winning journalist Oliver Franklin-Wallis.Â
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‘A GENUINELY NEW HISTORY OF OUR NATION’ DAN JONES
‘A LASTING WORK OF SOCIAL HISTORY’ THE TIMES
***** FIVE STARS FROM THE INDEPENDENT *****
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Hugely entertaining and affectionate, Jonathan Hollins’s tales are full of wonderful creatures and steeped in the unique local history, cultures and peoples of the South Atlantic islands, far removed from the hustle of continental life.Â
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A deep dive into the global waste industry by award-winning journalist Oliver Franklin-Wallis.Â
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The third and final updated edition of David Attenborough’s classic Life trilogy. Life on Earth covered evolution, Living Planet , ecology, and now The Trials of Life tackles ethology, the study of how animals behave.
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The charming and joyful follow-up book from ‘the nation’s taster in chief,’ Felicity Cloake.
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Alfred Milner was one of Britain’s most famous empire builders who both contributed to the Allied victory in World War I and left an indelible imprint on the history of South Africa. Yet is legacy is contested and little understood. Largely responsible for the Boer War – a conflict marking the end of the British Empire – afterwards Milner helped to unify South Africa, but brewed resentment among Afrikaners. In Britain, from 1916 Milner was part of Lloyd George’s five-man War Cabinet, and the driving force behind the Imperial War Cabinet which increased the status of Britain’s Dominions. In this biography, Richard Steyn argues that Milner’s reputation should not be solely defined by his 8 years’ service in South Africa. If he was the wrong man to send to that country, he was the right person in a far greater international conflict.
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A photography book that is a vital accompaniment to the many fans of Hilary Mantel’s bestselling Wolf Hall Trilogy
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The charming and joyful follow-up book from ‘the nation’s taster in chief,’ Felicity Cloake.
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‘Managing Expectations’ is a collection of delicately crafted, hilarious and heartfelt essays, described as a ‘tell-most’, in which Minnie Driver uses her formidable storytelling skills to examine and understand her less-than-ordinary life. Suffused with warmth and humour, Minnie shares poignant, candid and honest stories of her unconventional childhood, the shock of fame, motherhood, love, success, failure, the power of sisterly love, and the loss of her beloved mother. In her own words, it’s about how things not working out actually worked out in the end, and how reaching for the dream is easily more interesting, expansive, sad and funny than the dream itself coming true.
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Recently widowed, Winnie, 84, was in need of some companionship. Someone to help with the weekly food shop and offer tips on the crossword. Ben, 34, was looking for a new housemate. As the UK was locked down in 2020, Ben and Winnie’s lives interwove, forming an unlikely friendship, where lessons were learnt and grief, both personal and that of a nation, was explored.
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