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|author=Stephen Moss

|title=Planet Earth II

|rating=5

|genre= Animals and Wildlife

|summary=''Planet Earth II'' is the official companion to the upcoming BBC wildlife documentary series of the same name. Our understanding of the world around us has reached a new level, courtesy of ground-breaking technology that gives us unparalleled access to a diverse range of environments and a ''sneak peek'' into previously hidden worlds. The book looks at six vastly different environments: Jungles, Mountains, Deserts, Grasslands, Islands and Cities and showcases some of the amazing creatures that live in each one.

|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1849909652</amazonuk>

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|author=John Seabrook

|summary=Well, thankfully I have never had to sit through ''Jaws 19''. Of all the perks invented for the heady days of October 2015 by the middle film in the ''Back to the Future'' trilogy, that was one of the least inviting. I've never actually seen that middle film, either – really liked the original and still do, had the middle one pass me by totally, then saw the third so often as a cinema steward (shows my age!) I was word perfect on the script. The threesome is one of a most wholesome kind – the restoration of family values through grabbing hold of your own destiny by the horns, the application of science to save the day over brawns and shooting people up, the habitually dung-filled comeuppance of the baddies throughout time – it's no wonder that the trilogy is much loved. And as it's the most pictorial and detailed guide to their creation on paper imaginable, this volume will follow it into many hearts.

|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1783299703</amazonuk>

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~~|author=Caroline Taggart~~

~~|title=New Words for Old: Recycling Our Language for the Modern World~~

~~|rating=3.5~~

~~|genre=Trivia~~

|summary=I never declare myself off to have a 'kip', as I recall reading that it originally meant the same amount of sleeping – and activity – as happens in a whorehouse. The word 'cleave' can mean either to split apart, or to connect together, and I'm sure there's another word that has completely changed its meaning from one end of things to another although I can't remember which. Certainly, ''literally'' has tried its best to make a full switch through rampant misuse. Such is the nature of our language – fluid both in spelling until moderately recently, and definitely in meaning. This attempt at capturing a corner of the trivia/words/novelty market is interested in such tales from the etymological world – the way we have adapted old words for our own, modern and perhaps very different usages. Certainly, having browsed it over a week, I can declare it a pretty strong attempt.

~~|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1782434720</amazonuk>~~

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