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|author= Jean Zimmerman

|title= Savage Girl

|rating= 3.5

|genre= Thrillers

|summary= Bronwyn is a wild and seemingly mute sideshow attraction, known to all as ''Savage Girl''. Apparently raised by wolves, she is swiftly adopted by a wealthy Manhattan couple, and, once cleaned up, introduced to high society.

Darkly beautiful, intelligent, and with no end of suitors, Bronwyn seems destined for a good life – until these suitors start turning up dead. Could the ''Savage Girl'' be living up to her name? Or is someone else the killer?

|amazonuk=<amazonuk>0670014850</amazonuk>

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|author= Steven Camden

|summary= Stories for younger readers about the effects of climate change, known as cli-fi, are growing massively in popularity right now, as environmental disasters and the disappearance of many of the planet's animals and plants hit the news on a depressingly regular basis. Shrinking glaciers mean rising water levels and the slow extinction of polar bears, and in many cities pollution and smog are so dire at times that governments are forced to ban cars and urge their citizens to stay indoors. But far from frightening children with tales of ever-increasing destruction and death, Piers Torday offers them a way to hope. No matter how bad things are, this trilogy tells us, all it takes is determination, and together we'll save our beautiful world.

|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1848668481</amazonuk>

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~~|author=Gerry Brown~~

~~|title=The Independent Director: The Non-Executive Director's Guide to Effective Board Presence~~

~~|rating=4.5~~

~~|genre=Business and Finance~~

|summary=In the United Kingdom independent directors are usually known as non-executive directors to distinguish them from the executive – those people charged with actually running the company on a day-to-day basis - but Gerry Brown usually refers to them as independent directors, a phrase which is common in other parts of the world. Initially, I found the phrase somewhat unusual but as I read ''The Independent Director'' I came to prefer that usage as it stresses what the director must be above all else – independent and able to stand back from the management of a business and view what is happening and what is planned with a dispassionate and critical eye. There's little in the way of training and it can be argued that no one is actually qualified to do the job, but Brown's book is as good as you're going to get in terms of spelling out the responsibilities and pitfalls.

~~|amazonuk=<amazonuk>113748053X</amazonuk>~~

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