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Society & culture
Undiscovered Country
By Carl Watkins
Hardback
Published 17-Jan-2013
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We know what happens to the body when we die, but what happens to our souls? In this book, the author goes in search of the ancient customs, local characters and compelling tales that illuminate how people over the years have come to terms with our ultimate fate.
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Border Vigils
By Jeremy Harding
Paperback
Published 08-Oct-2012
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Searing reportage and analysis of the new politics of immigration in both Europe and America
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Unapologetic
By Francis Spufford
Paperback
Published 07-Mar-2013
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But it isn't an argument that Christianity is true - because how could anyone know that? This title is suitable for believers who are fed up with being patronised, and for those who feels there is something indefinably wrong, literalistic, anti-imaginative and intolerant about the way the atheist case is now being made.
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Exposure
By Michael Woodford
Hardback
Published 29-Nov-2012
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When Michael Woodford was made President and CEO of Olympus, he became the first Westerner ever to climb the ranks of one of Japan's corporate icons. Then his dream job turned into a nightmare. This title tells the story of how he exposed the dark heart of Olympus.
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When a Billion Chinese Jump
By Jonathan Watts
Paperback
Published 01-Jul-2010
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With foul air, filthy water, rising temperatures and encroaching deserts, China is suffering an environmental disaster. This title presents a demonstration that - even with the crisis so severe, and the political scope so limited - the actions of individuals can make a difference.
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Unjust Rewards
By Polly Toynbee
Paperback
Published 02-Mar-2009
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Presents a worrying portrait of Britain. This book covers an investigation that takes them to the editor of "Tatler", who bemoans paying private school fees on a middle class salary and to young city lawyers who justify earning 100 times more than teachers because they work so hard.
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Inventing the Christmas Tree
By Bernd Brunner
Hardback
Published 28-Sep-2012
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A colourfully decorated Christmas tree provokes awe and delight. We understand the lighted tree as a central symbol of the Christmas season, but what are the roots of the tradition? Who first thought to bedeck a tree, to bring it inside? This book spans many centuries and cultures to illuminate the mysteries of the Christmas tree.
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What Money Can't Buy
By Michael Sandel
Hardback
Published 26-Apr-2012
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Examines one of the biggest ethical questions and provokes a debate that's been missing in our market-driven age: What is the proper role of markets in a democratic society, and how can we protect the moral and civic goods that markets do not honour and money cannot buy?
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Pulphead
By John Jeremiah Sullivan
Paperback
Published 02-Aug-2012
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Takes us on a funhouse hall-of-mirrors ride through the other side of America - to the Ozarks for a Christian rock festival; to Florida to meet the straggling refugees of MTV's "Real World"; to Indiana to investigate the formative years of Michael Jackson and Axl Rose and then to the Gulf Coast in the wake of Katrina.
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Story of Music
By Howard Goodall
Hardback
Published 10-Jan-2013
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Music is an intrinsic part of everyday life, and yet the history of its development from single notes to multi-layered orchestration can seem bewilderingly specialised and complex. This title focuses on what changed when and why, picking out the discoveries that revolutionised man-made sound.
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