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|title=The Bear in the Book
|author=Kate Banks and Georg Hallensleben
|rating=5
|genre=For Sharing
|summary=Readers of my reviews may be aware that I am quite partial to stories about bears. I jumped at the chance to read this one. It has that wonderful picture of a smiling black bear on the cover after all - who could resist?
|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1849397619</amazonuk>
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|summary=Following a string of recent scandals, the government this month announced that secret cameras could be introduced into care homes in the hope of improving patient care. The theory being that constantly recording staff would prevent any inappropriate behaviour from those in positions of authority. Could such surveillance possibly work? And if it did would any potential rewards be outweighed by the threat to privacy of both the patients and the wholly innocent staff who become caught up in the snooping? It's this question of surveillance over privacy that is central to 'The Circle', the new novel from Dave Eggers.
|amazonuk=<amazonuk>0241146488</amazonuk>
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