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|author=Terry Pratchett, Ian Stewart and Jack Cohen
|title=The Science of Discworld IV: Judgement Day (Science of Discworld 4)
|rating=4.5
|genre=Fantasy
|summary=The wizards of the Unseen University are custodians of Roundworld. It may be different from their own turtle-carried Discworld (it's round for a start!) but they're still rather fond of it. However, there's a problem: the Church of the Latter Day Omnians have taken a shine to it too and would like to claim it. A court case will decide the winner, a court case that will have a guest spectator. For Marjorie Daw (yes, like the nursery rhyme) has arrived from Roundworld just in time. What on Earth will happen next?
|amazonuk=<amazonuk>0091949807</amazonuk>
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|title=Where Do Camels Belong?: The story and science of invasive species
|summary=After many years of discussion of climate change it's easy to assume that this is a book about ''climate'' but it's not - or only indirectly. It's about how we live with ''weather'' and our reactions to it and climate comes into the discussion only as an examination of our reaction to the changes. You might have heard the essays which were broadcast in a five part BBC Radio 3 series ''Changing Climates'' which ran in February 2013, but as always with Richard Mabey, his words warrant thought and examination which can't be accommodated by the spoken word.
|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1781250529</amazonuk>
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{{newreview
|author=Jean M Twenge and W Keith Campbell
|title=The Narcissism Epidemic: Living in the Age of Entitlement
|rating=4.5
|genre=Politics and Society
|summary=Twenge and Campbell have been studying the rise in narcissism as a social trend. They are well-qualified to comment, having worked since 1998 with social psychologist Roy Baumeister, who pioneered research in this field. At more than three hundred pages it's rather weighty for the popular market at which it's aimed, but even if you only dip into this book, I think you'll take home their message.
|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1416575987</amazonuk>
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