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Short Books is a publisher of first class, popular non fiction. Bestsellers include @FastDietBook & #GlucoseRevolution, but we try not to tweet our own horn.

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Book Cover for: How to Tell a Story: The Essential Guide to Memorable Storytelling from the Moth, The Moth

How to Tell a Story: The Essential Guide to Memorable Storytelling from the Moth

The Moth
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To celebrate the publication of @TheMoth's latest book, HOW TO TELL A STORY, we are giving away two tickets to their Mainstage event at Union Chapel on Monday 26 Sept. To enter, simply retweet and comment below letting us know who you'll be bringing along! @OctoBooksellers https://t.co/1QWuJSmDnd

Paperback, 2023

$19.00$9.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: Don't Put Yourself on Toast: A Memoir, Freddy Taylor

Don't Put Yourself on Toast: A Memoir

Freddy Taylor
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Words of wisdom from @Freddy_S_Taylor on @BBCRadioLondon (from 1:11:50) about his memoir Don't Put Yourself on Toast & how he coped with his dad's diagnoses with brain cancer: 'find those moments where darkness is approaching and bring some light to it' https://t.co/SKVyCx83QE

Hardcover, 2023

$16.99$8.49 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: The Korean Book of Happiness: Joy, Resilience and the Art of Giving, Barbara Zitwer

The Korean Book of Happiness: Joy, Resilience and the Art of Giving

Barbara Zitwer
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'Why it's never too late to make close friends' – a brilliant piece by @BarbaraZitwer, author of The Korean Book of Happiness, out in The Observer today! @StroudKatherine @Octopus_Books https://t.co/jpQmS6Yd4B

Hardcover, 2023

$14.99$7.49 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: Fox and I: An Uncommon Friendship, Catherine Raven

Fox and I: An Uncommon Friendship

Catherine Raven
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Once upon a time, largely rural human cultures valued foxes because they ate crop-ravishing mice... Interesting reading from Catherine Raven, author of the compelling 'Fox and I' (out now!) https://t.co/w1hIYr4kZj

Paperback, 2022

$18.00$9.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: Share Power: How Ordinary People Can Change the Way That Capitalism Works - And Make Money Too, Merryn Somerset Webb

Share Power: How Ordinary People Can Change the Way That Capitalism Works - And Make Money Too

Merryn Somerset Webb
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"Share Power" by Merryn Somerset Webb launches in the US today! 🎉🇺🇸 Discover how shareholders shape the economy, politics, and government – and why shareholder democracy is now more vital than ever. #sharepower @MerrynSW https://t.co/BKQU5ZhILY

Paperback, 2023

$14.99$7.49 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: Your Simple Guide to Reversing Type 2 Diabetes: The 3-Step Plan to Transform Your Health, Roy Taylor

Your Simple Guide to Reversing Type 2 Diabetes: The 3-Step Plan to Transform Your Health

Roy Taylor
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Brilliant article in @ObserverUK on Professor Roy Taylor and his revolutionising treatment for type 2 diabetes – all explained in his new book: Your Simple Guide to Reversing Type 2 Diabetes https://t.co/Unf72hWRLV

Paperback, 2022

$12.99$6.49 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: The Power of Women: A Doctor's Journey of Hope and Healing, Denis Mukwege

The Power of Women: A Doctor's Journey of Hope and Healing

Denis Mukwege
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Short Books is honoured to be publishing Nobel Laureate Dr Denis Mukwege's 'The Power of Women' - today. It will change the way you see the world. https://t.co/yuYBYvBSVA 'Dr. Mukwege, you are a warrior for peace.' - Oprah Winfrey #PowerOfWomen @SLALondon https://t.co/I5R7PBujON

Paperback, 2022

$18.99$9.49 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: The Dance Cure: The Surprising Science to Being Smarter, Stronger, Happier, Peter Lovatt

The Dance Cure: The Surprising Science to Being Smarter, Stronger, Happier

Peter Lovatt
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Great to see @DrPeterLovatt 's The Dance Cure selected by @bookhive as one of the best books of 2020! @guardian https://t.co/BVXPwhCraz

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Book Cover for: I Bought a Mountain, Thomas Firbank

I Bought a Mountain

Thomas Firbank
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@patrick_barkham Hi! I read an old Guardian piece of yours on Thomas Firbank's I Bought a Mountain. I also discovered it while staying in Snowdonia – and loved it so much that we are republishing it. Would you consider writing the foreword for our new edition?! Can we discuss?

Hardcover, 2022

$24.99$12.49 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: The Art of Repair: Mindful Mending: How to Stitch Old Things to New Life, Molly Martin

The Art of Repair: Mindful Mending: How to Stitch Old Things to New Life

Molly Martin
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Happy publication day Molly Martin! In The Art of Repair, Molly explores the humble origins of repair and how the act of mending a cherished item carefully by hand offers not just a practical solution but nourishment for the soul. Find out more here: https://t.co/pj0qta8oes

Hardcover, 2022

$21.99$10.99 + Free shipping50% off your first book