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Book Cover for: Marie Kondo's Kurashi at Home: How to Organize Your Space and Achieve Your Ideal Life, Marie Kondo

Marie Kondo's Kurashi at Home: How to Organize Your Space and Achieve Your Ideal Life

Marie Kondo
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Marie Kondo – Live on Stage in London | Kurashi at Home: How to Organize Your Space and Achieve Your Ideal Life Don't miss @MarieKondo in conversation with @hannahmacin. 14th Nov | 7:15pm | Live & Livestreamed Find tickets at https://t.co/K5vRAeO8a7. @panmacmillan @konmari_co https://t.co/nCVM0HcBxG

Hardcover, 2022

$28.00$14.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Book Cover for: Liberation Day: Stories, George Saunders

Liberation Day: Stories

George Saunders
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In this week's podcast episode, Booker Prize-winner George Saunders delves into his new collection of short stories, "Liberation Day", and brings us on a thought-provoking and warm journey into the heart of the human condition. Listen now on https://t.co/VLlENSToWF. https://t.co/nmBIIyiHNx

Paperback, 2023

$17.00$8.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Book Cover for: Greek Myths: A New Retelling, Charlotte Higgins

Greek Myths: A New Retelling

Charlotte Higgins
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The award-winning author and @guardianculture writer Charlotte Higgins joins Hannah MacInnes to put the women back at the centre of Greek myths. @chiggi @hannahmacin @vintagebooks https://t.co/5IeNNLlbga

Hardcover, 2022

$27.00$13.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Book Cover for: The Testaments, Margaret Atwood

The Testaments

Margaret Atwood
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Fane Online presents the legendary novelist and essayist for an evening of reflections and insight inspired by her Booker Prize winning speculative masterpiece, The Testaments. @MargaretAtwood @FaneProductions https://t.co/U6DARjwpqp

Paperback, 2020

$18.00$9.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Book Cover for: Shadowlands: A Journey Through Britain's Lost Cities and Vanished Villages, Matthew Green

Shadowlands: A Journey Through Britain's Lost Cities and Vanished Villages

Matthew Green
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On this week's podcast, from Old Winchelsea to Skara Brae, Matthew Green transports us to Britain’s shadowlands – the once thriving towns and cities that are now lost to time and memory. @drmatthewgreen Listen at https://t.co/CbXIqdqoxL or wherever you get your podcasts. https://t.co/SGwBH8JQnh

Paperback, 2023

$18.95$9.48 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Book Cover for: The Overstory, Richard Powers

The Overstory

Richard Powers
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‘It’s urgent and profound and takes readers on a unique journey that will leave them questioning what we’re doing to the only planet we have.’ @Independent Richard Powers joins us in-person TONGITH to discuss his new book, Bewilderment. @HutchHeinemann https://howtoacademy.com/events/richard-powers-author-of-the-overstory-live-on-stage-in-london/

Paperback, 2019

$18.95$9.48 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Book Cover for: Ultra-Processed People: The Science Behind Food That Isn't Food, Chris Van Tulleken

Ultra-Processed People: The Science Behind Food That Isn't Food

Chris Van Tulleken
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@OperationOuch's @DoctorChrisVT joined @robinince this week to explore the crisis of ultra-processed foods and why the problem isn’t you, it’s the food. If you missed their conversation, you can catch it on How To Plus. Dr Chris's new book, #UltraProcessedPeople is out now! https://t.co/NljKjOkPfU

Hardcover, 2023

$30.00$15.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Book Cover for: Tenth of December: Stories, George Saunders

Tenth of December: Stories

George Saunders
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In this week's podcast episode, Booker Prize-winner George Saunders delves into his new collection of short stories, "Liberation Day", and brings us on a thought-provoking and warm journey into the heart of the human condition. Listen now on https://t.co/VLlENSToWF. https://t.co/nmBIIyiHNx

Paperback, 2014

$18.00$9.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Book Cover for: The Ballad of Dorothy Wordsworth: A Life, Frances Wilson

The Ballad of Dorothy Wordsworth: A Life

Frances Wilson
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How to Write a Life Story Led by acclaimed biographer Frances Wilson, this four-week course will help you find your voice and shape your narrative. (Now available as a gift!) First session: Fri, 13th January 2023 | Premium Online Tickets: https://t.co/HPAJeTacMy. https://t.co/nQLAEawL9X

Paperback, 2016

$20.00$10.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Book Cover for: Culture: The Story of Us, from Cave Art to K-Pop, Martin Puchner

Culture: The Story of Us, from Cave Art to K-Pop

Martin Puchner
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How does culture make us human? @Harvard Professor Martin Puchner @martin_puchner takes us on a journey from Greece to Ashoka’s India, Tang dynasty China, the Islamic Golden Age and beyond. Mon, 27 Feb | 6:30 pm | Online Tickets at https://t.co/CnXLd6Spyx. @bonnierbooks_uk https://t.co/AYk7WmnhbR

Paperback, 2024

$18.99$9.49 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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