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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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by rogerco
on 27 Nov 2020
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27 Nov 2020
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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 398 words
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by rogerco
on 27 Nov 2020
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27 Nov 2020
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export
fiction
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The Three Body Problem
Author :
Cixin Liu
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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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by Roger
on 21 Apr 2020
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21 Apr 2020
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fiction
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Underland
Author :
Robert Macfarlane
Published: 2019
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What lies beneath. A practical poetic exploration of the third dimension of land.
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by rogerco
on 01 Jan 2020
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01 Jan 2020
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Uncategorised
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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by Roger
on 30 Nov 2019
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30 Nov 2019
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fiction
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The Handmaid's Tale
Author :
Margaret Atwood
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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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by Roger
on 01 Nov 2019
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01 Nov 2019
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Imported
fiction
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Hag-seed
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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by Roger
on 01 Oct 2019
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01 Oct 2019
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Imported
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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by Roger
on 23 Feb 2019
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23 Feb 2019
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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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by Roger
on 25 Oct 2018
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25 Oct 2018
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Imported
non-fiction
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Exit West
Author :
Mohsin Hamid
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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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by Roger
on 28 Aug 2018
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28 Aug 2018
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Imported
fiction
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Feral
Author :
George Monbiot
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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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by Roger
on 23 Aug 2018
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23 Aug 2018
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Imported
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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by Roger
on 06 Aug 2018
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06 Aug 2018
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Imported
non-fiction
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Single & Single
Author :
John le Carre
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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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by Roger
on 25 Jul 2018
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25 Jul 2018
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Imported
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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by Roger
on 22 Jul 2018
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22 Jul 2018
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Imported
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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by Roger
on 21 Jul 2018
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21 Jul 2018
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Imported
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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by Roger
on 21 Jun 2018
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21 Jun 2018
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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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by Roger
on 19 Jun 2018
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19 Jun 2018
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Imported
fiction
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The Legacy of Luna
Author :
Julia Butterfly Hill
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Synopsis extract:
Luna is a giant redwood. ...
Synopsis 46 words
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by Roger
on 28 Apr 2018
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28 Apr 2018
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Imported
non-fiction
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The Ashes of London
Author :
Andrew Taylor
Published: 2016
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Synopsis extract:
The aftermath of the great fire. ...
Synopsis 45 words
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by Roger
on 22 Apr 2018
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22 Apr 2018
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Imported
fiction
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In a Green Shade
Author :
Richard Mabey
Published: 1983
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Synopsis extract:
Collection of previously published essays from magazines and newspapers from about 1974
Synopsis 11 words
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by Roger
on 01 Apr 2018
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01 Apr 2018
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Imported
non-fiction
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The Quality of Silence
Author :
Rosamund Lupton
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Synopsis extract:
Woman and 10yo deaf daughter travel across Alaska in winter on the Dalton Highway to find husband/father. ...
Synopsis 27 words
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by Roger
on 01 Apr 2018
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01 Apr 2018
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fiction |
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Guns, Germs and Steel
Author :
Jared Diamond
Published: 1997
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Synopsis extract:
Human history explained from a geological, ecological, anthropological, linguistic and archeological perspective
Synopsis 12 words
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by Roger
on 17 Mar 2018
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17 Mar 2018
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Imported
non-fiction
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The Moth Snowstorm
Nature and Joy
Author :
Michael McCarthy
Published: 2015
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Synopsis extract:
Personal account of authors involvement and love for the world. ...
Synopsis 22 words
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by Roger
on 01 Mar 2018
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01 Mar 2018
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Imported
non-fiction
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Turtles All The Way Down
Author :
John Green
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No summary or synopsis available
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by Roger
on 22 Feb 2018
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22 Feb 2018
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Imported
non-fiction
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When We Were Orphans
Authors :
Kazou Ishiguro & Kazuo Ishiguro
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No summary or synopsis available
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by Roger
on 04 Feb 2018
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04 Feb 2018
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Imported
fiction
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