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Book Cover for: The Secret Body: How the New Science of the Human Body Is Changing the Way We Live, Daniel M. Davis

The Secret Body: How the New Science of the Human Body Is Changing the Way We Live

Daniel M. Davis
Hardman & SwainsonHardman & Swainson

Welcome to a revolution in the science of you. It's publication day for @dandavis101's insightful new book #TheSecretBody which explores dramatic breakthroughs in understanding our bodies and what they mean for the future. Out now from @TheBodleyHead :https://uk.bookshop.org/a/2344/9781847925695 https://t.co/DmAU5Dxeiq

Paperback, 2022

$20.95Member price:$10.48 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: One Body, Margaret Gibson

One Body

Margaret Gibson
Hardman & SwainsonHardman & Swainson

A huge congratulations to the brilliant @cath_simpson13 on the shortlisting of her brilliant memoir #OneBody! 🎉 https://t.co/5hW5yBpO4Y

Paperback, 2007

$20.95Member price:$10.48 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: The Tea Planter's Wife, Dinah Jefferies

The Tea Planter's Wife

Dinah Jefferies
Hardman & SwainsonHardman & Swainson

A haunting, tender portrait of a woman forced to choose between her duty as a wife and her instinct as a mother... Get @DinahJefferies' Sunday Times bestseller #TheTeaPlantersWife for just 99p on Amazon kindle now! @VikingBooksUK https://t.co/xXpn3dOra2

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Book Cover for: Mother Tongue: The Surprising History of Women's Words, Jenni Nuttall

Mother Tongue: The Surprising History of Women's Words

Jenni Nuttall
Hardman & SwainsonHardman & Swainson

With a week to go before @Stylisticienne's MOTHER TONGUE is out, enjoy this fantastic review by @PhilipHensher in the @spectator 🤩 'Jenni Nuttall has written a book full of interesting observations about semantic change and etymological development' https://t.co/L3k8TLykDF

Hardcover, 2023

$30.00Member price:$15.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: I'm Sorry You Feel That Way: The Astonishing but True Story of a Daughter, Sister, Slut, Wife, Mother, and Friend to Man and Dog, Diana Joseph

I'm Sorry You Feel That Way: The Astonishing but True Story of a Daughter, Sister, Slut, Wife, Mother, and Friend to Man and Dog

Diana Joseph
Hardman & SwainsonHardman & Swainson

Happy Paperback Publication Day to Rebecca Wait and @Riverrunbooks! I’M SORRY YOU FEEL THAT WAY is out in paperback! If you’re looking for a book about complicated family relationships with a fair bit of humour, it's this one👩‍👧‍👧🙎‍♂️💔🏫😅 Link here: https://t.co/fUoQbKHFgZ https://t.co/KSRStgixWS

Paperback, 2010

$24.00Member price:$12.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: The Shadowy Third: Love, Letters, and Elizabeth Bowen, Julia Parry

The Shadowy Third: Love, Letters, and Elizabeth Bowen

Julia Parry
Hardman & SwainsonHardman & Swainson

Congratulations, Julia Parry! We are thrilled to see her win the #RSLChristopherBlandPrize for THE SHADOWY THIRD https://t.co/V6vzq4skeM

Paperback, 2021

$24.95Member price:$12.48 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: Love in a Time of War, Adrienne Chinn

Love in a Time of War

Adrienne Chinn
Hardman & SwainsonHardman & Swainson

Three sisters. The Great War. The end of innocence… Get @adriennechinn's sweeping historical novel #LoveinaTimeofWar for 99p in today's Kindle Daily Deal. @0neMoreChapter_ https://t.co/gM5nWNl5j8

Paperback, 2022

$16.99Member price:$8.49 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: The Way of the Fearless Writer: Mindful Wisdom for a Flourishing Writing Life, Beth Kempton

The Way of the Fearless Writer: Mindful Wisdom for a Flourishing Writing Life

Beth Kempton
Hardman & SwainsonHardman & Swainson

Happy publication day to @DoWhatYouLoveXx & her revolutionary guide to writing #TheWayoftheFearlessWriter. Inspired by ancient wisdom, it's packed full of fresh & original exercises to help you share your words with the world✨ Out now from @PiatkusBooks: https://t.co/oseIaknkWo https://t.co/f29JshPVmW

Paperback, 2023

$19.00Member price:$9.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: Backlash: The Undeclared War Against American Women, Susan Faludi

Backlash: The Undeclared War Against American Women

Susan Faludi
Hardman & SwainsonHardman & Swainson

HAGS by Victoria Smith: "brilliantly and unrelentingly exposes all the weasel ways in which ageist misogyny enables regressive beliefs to be recast as progressive... a future classic, up there with Joan Smith’s Misogynies and Susan Faludi’s Backlash." 👏 https://t.co/QklGnO60Gg

Paperback, 2006

$21.00Member price:$10.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: Daughters of War, Dinah Jefferies

Daughters of War

Dinah Jefferies
Hardman & SwainsonHardman & Swainson

Lucky day for US Kindle users! Dinah Jefferies' DAUGHTERS OF WAR is just $0.99 from Jan 18th-20th! Here's the link: https://t.co/acr6qOtfJA Enjoy!! https://t.co/537jtNjWzV

Paperback, 2021

$16.99Member price:$8.49 + Free shipping50% off your first book