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|summary=It's only relatively recently that man has actually moved home at certain points of the year to take advantage of the weather or the availability of food, but wild life has been doing it for much longer and every year billions of animals move from one part of the planet to another - that's birds, mammals, reptiles, amphibians, fish and insects. This is known as migration - and it's a real pleasure to see it used other than in the context of sensationalist newspaper headlines. Wildlife expert Chris Packham has written this introduction to the subject and it's been beautifully illustrated by Jason Cockroft. (He's the man who did the cover artwork for the final three Harry Potter books!)
|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1405277459</amazonuk>
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|author= Jo Walton
|title= The Philosopher Kings
|rating= 3.5
|genre= Science Fiction
|summary= Twenty years have passed since the Goddess Athene founded the Just City. The god Apollo is still living there, albeit in human form. Now married, and the father of several children, the man/god struggles to cope when tragedy befalls his family. Beset by grief and a need for revenge, Apollo sets sail to find the man who caused him such pain, but discovers something that may change everything…
|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1472150791</amazonuk>
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{{newreview
|author=Gary D Schmidt
|title=Orbiting Jupiter
|rating=4.5
|genre=Teens
|summary=Twelve year-old Jack is informed that his parents will be fostering another boy – fourteen year-old Joseph. But Joseph isn't like most fourteen year-olds. He's troubled: the rumour is that he spent time in juvenile incarceration for trying to kill his teacher. And there's something else about Joseph, too: he has a daughter.
|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1783443944</amazonuk>
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{{newreview
|author=A A Milne and E H Shepard
|title=Winnie-the-Pooh's Little Book Of Wisdom
|rating=4
|genre=Lifestyle
|summary=For a Bear of Very Little Brain Winnie-the-Pooh talks an awful lot of sense and we should be honoured that he's chosen to share with us a few of his wise words. You see, occasionally (well, an awful lot of the time, if we're honest) we look for wisdom in the wrong places and forget about those who have a very simple approach to life and who may well have discovered the secret of happiness. Pooh's take on life is very simple and none the worse for that.
|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1405281278</amazonuk>
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{{newreview
|author= Jane Fallon
|title= Strictly Between Us
|rating= 4.5
|genre= Women's Fiction
|summary= Tamsin and Michelle have been friends for decades. Aside from parents, they're the longest relationship in the book, longer than Michelle and Patrick's marriage, longer than Bea has worked as Tamsin's assistant. All four characters feature heavily, though, in a story that is always moving and never boring.
|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1405917679</amazonuk>
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{{newreview
|author=Barbara Delinsky
|title=Blueprints
|rating=4
|genre=Women's Fiction
|summary=Everyone - even Jamie MacAfee - thinks that her life is perfect. She's engaged to Brad, a lawyer with her family's building firm and is sure that she'll manage to set a wedding date as soon as work pressure eases up. She's employed by the family firm too, as an architect, and appears as one of the presenters on a television renovation show. Her best friend is her mother who's a master carpenter and the host on the same television show - and Caroline has managed to build up her confidence again after a messy divorce. What can go wrong?
|amazonuk=<amazonuk>0349405042</amazonuk>
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