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Periodic Bitch

by Emma Hardy ...

A memoir of menstruation, madness and monsters.Every twenty-nine days, Emma Hardy becomes angry, monstrous and out of control. Then it passes, and she forgets about it. Until it cycles around again, of course. When a doctor diagnoses her with PMDD, premenstrual dysphoric disorder, she begins to question when a mood is just a mood, and when a mood becomes an illness.Searching for truth between the ... Read more

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A memoir of menstruation, madness and monsters.Every twenty-nine days, Emma Hardy becomes angry, monstrous and out of control. Then it passes, and she forgets about it. Until it cycles around again, of course. When a doctor diagnoses her with PMDD, premenstrual dysphoric disorder, she begins to question when a mood is just a mood, and when a mood becomes an illness.Searching for truth between the
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Tech Bros

by John Stensholt, Perry Williams ...

The extraordinary story of Atlassian - how two university friends with a billion-dollar idea created a global tech company.In a cramped share house in inner-city Sydney, university classmates Mike Cannon-Brookes and Scott Farquhar started working together to create a $160 billion company from scratch and revolutionise the way the world works.They couldn't have been more different - Cannon-Brookes ... Read more

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The extraordinary story of Atlassian - how two university friends with a billion-dollar idea created a global tech company.In a cramped share house in inner-city Sydney, university classmates Mike Cannon-Brookes and Scott Farquhar started working together to create a $160 billion company from scratch and revolutionise the way the world works.They couldn't have been more different - Cannon-Brookes
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Bush Doctor

A memoir from the beautiful, rugged heart of outback Australia

by Damien Brown ...

The author of the bestselling Band-Aid for a Broken Leg comes home and discovers that being a doctor in outback Australia is at least as challenging as working for Medecins Sans Frontieres in Africa.Damien is convinced that this is the best job anywhere: beautiful skies, red earth, dramatic landings, treating families in remote communities.At a tiny, isolated hospital in central Australia, a ... Read more

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The author of the bestselling Band-Aid for a Broken Leg comes home and discovers that being a doctor in outback Australia is at least as challenging as working for Medecins Sans Frontieres in Africa.Damien is convinced that this is the best job anywhere: beautiful skies, red earth, dramatic landings, treating families in remote communities.At a tiny, isolated hospital in central Australia, a
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Field Notes from Death's Door

A journey of horror, hope and healing, a memoir from a young doctor's experience in the Central African Republic, for readers of This Is Going To Hurt and Do No Harm

by Katie Treble ...

This Is Going to Hurt meets Emergency Sex (And Other Desperate Measures) - a rollicking, smart and self-aware memoir about the extremes of the human experience, the limits to compassion, and what trying to save the world actually entails.In her early 30s, Katie Treble felt stuck - in her life, in her career as an emergency doctor, and in a dead-end relationship. Moving from her home in England to ... Read more

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This Is Going to Hurt meets Emergency Sex (And Other Desperate Measures) - a rollicking, smart and self-aware memoir about the extremes of the human experience, the limits to compassion, and what trying to save the world actually entails.In her early 30s, Katie Treble felt stuck - in her life, in her career as an emergency doctor, and in a dead-end relationship. Moving from her home in England to
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Very Bad People

The Inside Story of the Fight Against the World’s Network of Corruption

by Patrick Alley ...

PATRICK ALLEY'S NEW BOOK TERRIBLE HUMANS IS AVAILABLE TO BUY NOW.*****'Reads like a John le Carré novel but is, in fact, very real.' - The Big Issue'Very Bad People would be a hugely enjoyable thriller if it wasn't all true.' - Isabella Tree, author of Wilding'Global Witness are fearless.' - Gordon Roddick, Campaigner and Co-Founder of the... ... Read more

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PATRICK ALLEY'S NEW BOOK TERRIBLE HUMANS IS AVAILABLE TO BUY NOW.*****'Reads like a John le Carré novel but is, in fact, very real.' - The Big Issue'Very Bad People would be a hugely enjoyable thriller if it wasn't all true.' - Isabella Tree, author of Wilding'Global Witness are fearless.' - Gordon Roddick, Campaigner and Co-Founder of the...
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The MANIAC

by Benjamín Labatut ...

From the author of When We Cease to Understand the World: a dazzling, kaleidoscopic book about the destructive chaos lurking in the history of computing and AIJohnny von Neumann was an enigma. As a young man, he stunned those around him with his monomaniacal pursuit of the unshakeable foundations of mathematics. But when his faith in this all-encompassing system crumbled, he began to put his ... Read more

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From the author of When We Cease to Understand the World: a dazzling, kaleidoscopic book about the destructive chaos lurking in the history of computing and AIJohnny von Neumann was an enigma. As a young man, he stunned those around him with his monomaniacal pursuit of the unshakeable foundations of mathematics. But when his faith in this all-encompassing system crumbled, he began to put his
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Brainstorm

by Richard Scolyer, Garry Maddox ...

Revealing his fight against a diagnosis of 'incurable' brain cancer, this is the remarkable story of 2024 coAustralian of the Year Richard Scolyer.SHORTLISTED, AUSTRALIAN BOOK INDUSTRY AWARDS BIOGRAPHY OF THE YEARWINNER, AUSTRALIAN BOOK INDUSTRY AWARDS SOCIAL IMPACT BOOK OF THE YEARA dedicated doctor. A devastating diagnosis. A chance for a medical revolution.Skin cancer is this country's mos... ... Read more

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Revealing his fight against a diagnosis of 'incurable' brain cancer, this is the remarkable story of 2024 coAustralian of the Year Richard Scolyer.SHORTLISTED, AUSTRALIAN BOOK INDUSTRY AWARDS BIOGRAPHY OF THE YEARWINNER, AUSTRALIAN BOOK INDUSTRY AWARDS SOCIAL IMPACT BOOK OF THE YEARA dedicated doctor. A devastating diagnosis. A chance for a medical revolution.Skin cancer is this country's mos...
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Riding Rockets

The Outrageous Tales of a Space Shuttle Astronaut

by Mike Mullane ...

NASA astronaut Mike Mullane delivers a hilariously candid and often raw astronaut memoir of life in the Space Shuttle era. Selected in 1978 as part of the groundbreaking astronaut class—the first to include women—Mullane exposes the unfiltered reality behind the heroic veneer of NASA.His stories bounce between bawdy military-flyboy antics, interactions with feminist pioneers and post-doc ... Read more

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NASA astronaut Mike Mullane delivers a hilariously candid and often raw astronaut memoir of life in the Space Shuttle era. Selected in 1978 as part of the groundbreaking astronaut class—the first to include women—Mullane exposes the unfiltered reality behind the heroic veneer of NASA.His stories bounce between bawdy military-flyboy antics, interactions with feminist pioneers and post-doc
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Through the Rubble

From Earthquakes to War Zones. A Story of Survival and Service

by Alan Playford, Penny Keogh ...

An unforgettable life of heroism, sacrifice, and resilience.In Through the Rubble, Alan Playford recounts his extraordinary life, marked by the dramatic moment he emerged from the wreckage of the Newcastle Workers Club during the 1989 earthquake. Alan became a national hero after rescuing Norm Duffy from beneath the rubble. In news coverage that circled the globe, Alan embodied the courage and ... Read more

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An unforgettable life of heroism, sacrifice, and resilience.In Through the Rubble, Alan Playford recounts his extraordinary life, marked by the dramatic moment he emerged from the wreckage of the Newcastle Workers Club during the 1989 earthquake. Alan became a national hero after rescuing Norm Duffy from beneath the rubble. In news coverage that circled the globe, Alan embodied the courage and
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Every Day is a Good Day

Reflections on Contemporary Indigenous Women

by Wilma Mankiller ...

A Tapestry of Indigenous WisdomEvery Day Is a Good Day is a powerful collection of reflections from twenty-one contemporary Indigenous women, curated by the legendary Wilma Mankiller, the first female Principal Chief of the Cherokee Nation. Moving beyond historical stereotypes, this book offers an intimate look at the spiritual, cultural, and political lives of Native women today. From the ... Read more

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A Tapestry of Indigenous WisdomEvery Day Is a Good Day is a powerful collection of reflections from twenty-one contemporary Indigenous women, curated by the legendary Wilma Mankiller, the first female Principal Chief of the Cherokee Nation. Moving beyond historical stereotypes, this book offers an intimate look at the spiritual, cultural, and political lives of Native women today. From the
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If I Only Knew Then...

Learning from Our Mistakes

by Charles Grodin ...

Writer, activist, and actor Charles Grodin delivers a fascinating collection of more than eighty intimate and revealing stories from friends and colleagues in the worlds of entertainment, sports, journalism, politics, and business-inspiring, entertaining, and heartfelt accounts of mistakes they've made and the lessons they learned.Carol Burnett writes about an ill-fated meeting with Cary Grant. ... Read more

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Writer, activist, and actor Charles Grodin delivers a fascinating collection of more than eighty intimate and revealing stories from friends and colleagues in the worlds of entertainment, sports, journalism, politics, and business-inspiring, entertaining, and heartfelt accounts of mistakes they've made and the lessons they learned.Carol Burnett writes about an ill-fated meeting with Cary Grant.
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Alan Turing: The Enigma

by Andrew Hodges ...

A new edition to celebrate Alan Turing's centenary, includes a new foreword by the author and a preface by Douglas Hofstadter.Alan Turing was the extraordinary Cambridge mathematician who masterminded the cracking of the German Enigma ciphers and transformed the Second World War. But his vision went far beyond this crucial achievement. Before the war he had formulated the concept of the universal ... Read more

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A new edition to celebrate Alan Turing's centenary, includes a new foreword by the author and a preface by Douglas Hofstadter.Alan Turing was the extraordinary Cambridge mathematician who masterminded the cracking of the German Enigma ciphers and transformed the Second World War. But his vision went far beyond this crucial achievement. Before the war he had formulated the concept of the universal
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The Age of Wonder

How the Romantic Generation Discovered the Beauty and Terror of Science

by Richard Holmes ...

Shortlisted for the Samuel Johnson Prize and winner of the Royal Society Prize for Science Books, Richard Holmes’s dazzling portrait of the age of great scientific discovery is a groundbreaking achievement.The book opens with Joseph Banks, botanist on Captain Cook’s first Endeavour voyage, who stepped onto a Tahitian beach in 1769 fully expecting to have located Paradise. Back in Britain, the same ... Read more

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Shortlisted for the Samuel Johnson Prize and winner of the Royal Society Prize for Science Books, Richard Holmes’s dazzling portrait of the age of great scientific discovery is a groundbreaking achievement.The book opens with Joseph Banks, botanist on Captain Cook’s first Endeavour voyage, who stepped onto a Tahitian beach in 1769 fully expecting to have located Paradise. Back in Britain, the same
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Muskismo

Elon Musk y la nueva era posliberal

by Quinn Slobodian, Ben Tarnoff ...

Translated by Raquel Marqués García ...

Una radiografía del nuevo orden tecnológico mundial.«Impecablemente investigado y magníficamente escrito».Branko MilanovicAclamado como un genio mesiánico y tildado al mismo tiempo de bufón imprudente, Elon Musk ha capturado el imaginario popular de nuestra era. Pero, más allá del personaje, Quinn Sl... ... Read more

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Una radiografía del nuevo orden tecnológico mundial.«Impecablemente investigado y magníficamente escrito».Branko MilanovicAclamado como un genio mesiánico y tildado al mismo tiempo de bufón imprudente, Elon Musk ha capturado el imaginario popular de nuestra era. Pero, más allá del personaje, Quinn Sl...
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Mary Penfold

The true story of the great Australian winemaker, from the bestselling award-winning author of SISTER VIV and MR AND MRS GOULD

by Grantlee Kieza ...

The inspiring story of Mary Penfold, the mother of the Australian wine industry - a self-taught vintner and business genius who emigrated to a frontier settlement and built her family's small vineyard into one of the world's most respected winemakersShortlisted for the Lord Mayor of Brisbane's People's Choice Queensland Book of the Year Award 2026Bestselling author and biographer Grantlee Kieza ... Read more

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The inspiring story of Mary Penfold, the mother of the Australian wine industry - a self-taught vintner and business genius who emigrated to a frontier settlement and built her family's small vineyard into one of the world's most respected winemakersShortlisted for the Lord Mayor of Brisbane's People's Choice Queensland Book of the Year Award 2026Bestselling author and biographer Grantlee Kieza
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Exactly

How Precision Engineers Created the Modern World

by Simon Winchester ...

SHORTLISTED FOR THE ROYAL SOCIETY SCIENCE BOOK PRIZE 2018Bestselling author Simon Winchester writes a magnificent history of the pioneering engineers who developed precision machinery to allow us to see as far as the moon and as close as the Higgs boson.Precision is the key to everything. It is an integral, unchallenged and essential component of our modern social, mercantile, scientific, ... Read more

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SHORTLISTED FOR THE ROYAL SOCIETY SCIENCE BOOK PRIZE 2018Bestselling author Simon Winchester writes a magnificent history of the pioneering engineers who developed precision machinery to allow us to see as far as the moon and as close as the Higgs boson.Precision is the key to everything. It is an integral, unchallenged and essential component of our modern social, mercantile, scientific,
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Challenger

A True Story of Heroism and Disaster on the Edge of Space

by Adam Higginbotham ...

'Gripping' ED CAESAR • 'Masterly' GEOFF DYER • 'Incredible' TIM HARFORD • 'A universal story that transcends time' NEW YORK TIMES • 'Superb' DAILY TELEGRAPH • 'We know what’s going to happen, but feel the suspense nonetheless' THE TIMES** THE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER **** WINNER OF THE NATIONAL BOOK CRITICS CIRCLE AWARD 2024 **** WINNER OF THE KIRKUS BOOK PRIZE FOR NON-FICTION 2024 **<stron... ... Read more

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'Gripping' ED CAESAR • 'Masterly' GEOFF DYER • 'Incredible' TIM HARFORD • 'A universal story that transcends time' NEW YORK TIMES • 'Superb' DAILY TELEGRAPH • 'We know what’s going to happen, but feel the suspense nonetheless' THE TIMES** THE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER **** WINNER OF THE NATIONAL BOOK CRITICS CIRCLE AWARD 2024 **** WINNER OF THE KIRKUS BOOK PRIZE FOR NON-FICTION 2024 **<stron...
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The Age of Diagnosis

Are Medical Labels Doing Us More Harm Than Good? - THE MUST-READ SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER

by Suzanne O’Sullivan ...

THE MUST-READ BESTSELLER AND BOOK OF THE YEAR IN THE GUARDIAN, SUNDAY TIMES, FINANCIAL TIMES, ECONOMIST, NEW SCIENTIST AND MOREThe award-winning doctor investigates whether diagnoses like ADHD and Long Covid do more harm than good'Revelatory. Slices through the contradictions.' - CHRIS VAN TULLEKEN'So well-written... critically important.' - RANGAN CHATTERJEE'A doct... ... Read more

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THE MUST-READ BESTSELLER AND BOOK OF THE YEAR IN THE GUARDIAN, SUNDAY TIMES, FINANCIAL TIMES, ECONOMIST, NEW SCIENTIST AND MOREThe award-winning doctor investigates whether diagnoses like ADHD and Long Covid do more harm than good'Revelatory. Slices through the contradictions.' - CHRIS VAN TULLEKEN'So well-written... critically important.' - RANGAN CHATTERJEE'A doct...
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Great Australian Flying Doctor Stories

by Bill Marsh ...

Series series Great Australian Stories
Dr Flynn and his nurses could never have imagined when they founded the Royal Flying Doctor Service that it would become such an enduring symbol of Australian life. Author Bill 'Swampy' Marsh brings us the voices of Australians from all walks life and their stories of the saviours of the air.these tales are by turn frightening, hilarious, wonderful, tragic and poignant and through them we come to ... Read more

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Dr Flynn and his nurses could never have imagined when they founded the Royal Flying Doctor Service that it would become such an enduring symbol of Australian life. Author Bill 'Swampy' Marsh brings us the voices of Australians from all walks life and their stories of the saviours of the air.these tales are by turn frightening, hilarious, wonderful, tragic and poignant and through them we come to
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Maybe You Should Talk to Someone

the heartfelt, funny memoir by a New York Times bestselling therapist

by Lori Gottlieb ...

A TIME magazine Must-Read Book of the YearEver wonder what your therapist is thinking? Now you can find out, as therapist and New York Times bestselling author Lori Gottlieb takes us behind the scenes of her practice — where her patients are looking for answers (and so is she).When a personal crisis causes her world to come crashing down, Lori Gottlieb — an experienced therapist with a thriving ... Read more

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A TIME magazine Must-Read Book of the YearEver wonder what your therapist is thinking? Now you can find out, as therapist and New York Times bestselling author Lori Gottlieb takes us behind the scenes of her practice — where her patients are looking for answers (and so is she).When a personal crisis causes her world to come crashing down, Lori Gottlieb — an experienced therapist with a thriving
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I Am, I Am, I Am: Seventeen Brushes With Death

The Breathtaking Number One Bestseller

by Maggie O'Farrell ...

The Sunday Times No. 1 bestselling memoir from the author of HAMNET and THE MARRIAGE PORTRAITWith an introduction by Ann Patchett*AS FEATURED ON: DESERT ISLAND DISCS, BIG SCOTTISH BOOK CLUB, THE ZOE BALL BOOKCLUB****A BOOK OF THE YEAR IN THE SUNDAY TIMES, THE TIMES, GUARDIAN, IRISH TIMES, OBSERVER, RED and THE TELEGRAPH**SHORTLISTED FOR THE PEN A... ... Read more

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The Sunday Times No. 1 bestselling memoir from the author of HAMNET and THE MARRIAGE PORTRAITWith an introduction by Ann Patchett*AS FEATURED ON: DESERT ISLAND DISCS, BIG SCOTTISH BOOK CLUB, THE ZOE BALL BOOKCLUB****A BOOK OF THE YEAR IN THE SUNDAY TIMES, THE TIMES, GUARDIAN, IRISH TIMES, OBSERVER, RED and THE TELEGRAPH**SHORTLISTED FOR THE PEN A...
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The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks

by Rebecca Skloot ...

A NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER NOW ADAPTED INTO A HBO FILM STARRING OPRAH WINFREY & ROSE BYRNE"No dead woman has done more for the living . . . A fascinating, harrowing, necessary book" Hilary Mantel, The GuardianHer name was Henrietta Lacks, but scientists know her as HeLa. Born a poor black tobacco farmer, her cancer cells - taken without her knowledge - became a multimillion-dollar industry and ... Read more

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A NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER NOW ADAPTED INTO A HBO FILM STARRING OPRAH WINFREY & ROSE BYRNE"No dead woman has done more for the living . . . A fascinating, harrowing, necessary book" Hilary Mantel, The GuardianHer name was Henrietta Lacks, but scientists know her as HeLa. Born a poor black tobacco farmer, her cancer cells - taken without her knowledge - became a multimillion-dollar industry and
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The Soul of A New Machine

by Tracy Kidder ...

Tracy Kidder's "riveting" (Washington Post) story of one company's efforts to bring a new microcomputer to market won both the Pulitzer Prize and the National Book Award and has become essential reading for understanding the history of the American tech industry.Computers have changed since 1981, when The Soul of a New Machine first examined the culture of the computer revolution. What has not ... Read more

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Tracy Kidder's "riveting" (Washington Post) story of one company's efforts to bring a new microcomputer to market won both the Pulitzer Prize and the National Book Award and has become essential reading for understanding the history of the American tech industry.Computers have changed since 1981, when The Soul of a New Machine first examined the culture of the computer revolution. What has not
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Unlawful Killings

Life, Love and Murder: Trials at the Old Bailey - The instant Sunday Times bestseller

by Her Honour Wendy Joseph, QC ...

THE INSTANT SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLERWINNER OF THE CWA GOLD DAGGER FOR NON-FICTION 2023'Wendy Joseph's gripping account of the law at work reads like a cliffhanger.' Sunday Times'Absolutely superb. 5 stars for sheer readability alone. Her Honour entertains as she educates us about murder, about the law and about how we human beings are shaped as we create the culture we live with.' PHILIPPA PERRY, ... Read more

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THE INSTANT SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLERWINNER OF THE CWA GOLD DAGGER FOR NON-FICTION 2023'Wendy Joseph's gripping account of the law at work reads like a cliffhanger.' Sunday Times'Absolutely superb. 5 stars for sheer readability alone. Her Honour entertains as she educates us about murder, about the law and about how we human beings are shaped as we create the culture we live with.' PHILIPPA PERRY,
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