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The Road to Little Dribbling
More Notes from a Small Island
2016 || Paperback || Bill Bryson || Transworld Publishers Ltd
WINNER: NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC TRAVELLER READER AWARD FOR BEST TRAVEL BOOK OF THE YEAR 2016WINNER: BOOKS ARE MY BAG READER AWARD FOR BEST AUTOBIOGRAPHY OR BIOGRAPHY 2016Twenty years ago, Bill Bryson went on a trip around Britain to celebrate the green and kindly island that had become his adopted country. The hilarious book that resulted, Notes from a Small Island, was taken to the nation's heart and became the bestselling travel book ever, and was also voted in a BBC poll the book that best rep...
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The Hunger
"Deeply disturbing, hard to put down" - Stephen King
2024 || Paperback || Alma Katsu || Transworld Publishers Ltd
As the survivors turn against each other, a few begin to realise that the threat they face reaches beyond the fury of the natural elements, to something more primal and far more deadly. Based on the true story of The Donner Party, The Hunger is an eerie, shiver-inducing exploration of human nature, pushed to its breaking point.
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The Terror
the novel that inspired the chilling BBC series
2024 || Paperback || Dan Simmons || Transworld Publishers Ltd
Stephen King hailed Dan Simmons' bestselling novel as 'a brilliant, massive combination of history and supernatural horror' and it's now a chilling 10-part AMC Original TV series from Ridley Scott.
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Inventing Ourselves
The Secret Life of the Teenage Brain
2019 || Paperback || Sarah-Jayne Blakemore || Transworld Publishers Ltd
Winner of the 2020 British Psychological Society Popular Science PrizeWinner of the 2018 Royal Society Science Book Prize. ............................................................................. ...........
Up to the minute brain science from a world class scientist. Sarah-Jayne Blakemore explains how the adolescent brain transforms as it develops and shapes the adults we become. 'Beautifully written with clarity, expertise and honesty about the most important subject for all of us.
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Post Corona
From Crisis to Opportunity
2024 || Paperback || Scott Galloway || Transworld Publishers Ltd
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Meadowland
the private life of an English field
2024 || Paperback || John Lewis-Stempel || Transworld Publishers Ltd
_________________'BRITAIN'S FINEST LIVING NATURE WRITER' - THE TIMESWINNER OF THE THWAITES WAINWRIGHT PRIZE 2015What really goes on in the long grass?Meadowland gives an unique and intimate account of an English meadow’s life from January to December, together with its biography.
A Short History of Nearly Everything
2016 || Paperback || Bill Bryson || Transworld Publishers Ltd
The author describes himself as a reluctant traveller, but even when he stays safely at home he can't contain his curiosity about the world around him. This title is about his quest to understand everything that has happened from the Big Bang to the rise of civilization - how we got from there, being nothing at all, to here, being us.
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At Home
A Short History of Private Life
2024 || Paperback || Bill Bryson || Transworld Publishers Ltd
The author was struck one day by the thought that we devote a lot more time to studying the battles and wars of history than to considering what history really consists of. This inspired him to start a journey around his own house, considering how the ordinary things in life came to be. This book is about the history of the way we live.
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Icons of England
2024 || Paperback || Bill Bryson || Transworld Publishers Ltd
A celebration of the English countryside that focuses on the rolling green landscapes and magnificent monuments that set England apart from the rest of the world. It also presents an eclectic variety of personal icons, from pub signs to seaside piers, from cattle grids to canal boats, and from village cricket to nimbies.
Hello World
How to be Human in the Age of the Machine
2020 || Paperback || Hannah Fry || Transworld Publishers Ltd
'One of the best books yet written on data and algorithms. . .deserves a place on the bestseller charts.' (The Times) You are accused of a crime.
Who would you rather determined your fate - a human or an algorithm?An algorithm is more consistent and less prone to error of judgement. Yet a human can look you in the eye before passing sentence. Welcome to the age of the algorithm, the story of a not-too-distant future where machines rule supreme, making important decisions - in healthcare, tran...