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When a Billion Chinese Jump
By Jonathan Watts
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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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Climate Files
By Fred Pearce
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It is the biggest scandal to hit global warming science in years. In November 2009 it emerged that thousands of documents and emails had been stolen from one of the top climate science centres in the world. The author tells the real inside story of the events leading up to the stealing of those fateful emails.
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Mr Nice
By Howard Marks
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During the mid 1980s Howard Marks had forty three aliases, eighty nine phone lines and owned twenty five companies throughout the world. Marks began to deal small amounts of hashish while doing a postgraduate philosophy course at Oxford, but soon he was moving much larger quantities.
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Renewable Energy and the Public
By Patrick Devine-Wright
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Throughout the world, the threat of climate change is pressing governments to accelerate the deployment of technologies to generate low carbon electricity or heat. This book presents an overview of the critical issues involved in public engagement with low carbon energy technologies.
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New Asian Hemisphere
By Kishore Mahubani
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Tells what may be on the agenda as Western domination ends and the Asian renaissance impacts world politics, markets and history.
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Beyond Belief
By David Yallop
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Pope Benedict XVI is coming to the UK on a state visit in September. This book looks at the news stories concerning widespread child abuse by priests and shows how the Vatican is not telling the full story.
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Witness to Rebellion
By Ian Gordon-Brown
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Presents an account of the experiences of an officer of Prince Charles Edward's army from August 1745, through Prestonpans and the taking of Edinburgh, the march into England to Derby, the withdrawal to Scotland and the final retreat to Drummossie Moor near Inverness, where John Maclean was killed in the Battle of Culloden.
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Nothing to Envy
By Barbara Demick
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A groundbreaking view into the lives of six ordinary citizens in the world's most secretive country, by an award-winning foreign correspondent.
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Secret History of Georgian London
By Dan Cruickshank
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Georgian London evokes images of elegant buildings and fine art, but it was also a city where prostitution was rife. Examining the nature of the sex trade, this title offers an insight into the impact of prostitution to give a vivid portraits of some of the women who became involved in its world.
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Third Man
By Peter Mandelson
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The hotly anticipated memoir of one of New Labour's three founding architects.
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Dispatches From the Dark Side
By Gareth Peirce
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Exploring the few cases that have come to light, such as those of Guantanamo detainees Shafiq Rasul and Binyam Mohamed, this title argues that they are evidence of a deeply entrenched culture of impunity toward the suspect community in the UK - British Muslim nationals and residents.
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Mummy Told Me Not to Tell
By Cathy Glass
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When Wayne arrives at Cathy's door aged 7 years old, he has already passed through the hands of four different carers in four weeks. As the details of his short life emerge, it becomes clear that to help him, Cathy will face her biggest challenge yet.
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