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More Swings Than Roundabouts: The Life of Carlos 'Robin' Medina

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In his heyday, 'Robin' Medina was the finest contortionist and circus performer of modern times. A Gay icon and friend to Dame Barbara Cartland, and admired by stars like Princess Margaret, Liz Taylor and Richard Burton, his has been an extraordinary life. This is his story as told to the Scottish-born poet, John Wright. ... Read more

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In his heyday, 'Robin' Medina was the finest contortionist and circus performer of modern times. A Gay icon and friend to Dame Barbara Cartland, and admired by stars like Princess Margaret, Liz Taylor and Richard Burton, his has been an extraordinary life. This is his story as told to the Scottish-born poet, John Wright.
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Count to a Trillion

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A brilliant gunslinger leaves a decimated Earth to pursue the promise of alien intelligence in this "highly impressive" sci-fi debut ( Kirkus Reviews).Hundreds of years in the future, after the collapse of the Western world, young Menelaus Illation Montrose grows up in what was once Texas as a gunslinging duelist for hire. But Montrose is also a mathematical genius—and a romantic who dreams of a ... Read more

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A brilliant gunslinger leaves a decimated Earth to pursue the promise of alien intelligence in this "highly impressive" sci-fi debut ( Kirkus Reviews).Hundreds of years in the future, after the collapse of the Western world, young Menelaus Illation Montrose grows up in what was once Texas as a gunslinging duelist for hire. But Montrose is also a mathematical genius—and a romantic who dreams of a
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Grasslands

The Intricate Life of Britain's Hidden Habitats

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***LONGLISTED FOR THE WAINWRIGHT PRIZE FOR NATURE WRITING 2026***'Full of gems - I'll never again look at a field and think: 'It's just a patch of grass'' SPECTATOR'A wonderful leap, with a wise guide, into the green we thought we knew' TRISTAN GOOLEY'Wright is a joyful companion' CAROLINE QUENTINA sparkling green field. A dull and scrubby patch of grass. One is the... ... Read more

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***LONGLISTED FOR THE WAINWRIGHT PRIZE FOR NATURE WRITING 2026***'Full of gems - I'll never again look at a field and think: 'It's just a patch of grass'' SPECTATOR'A wonderful leap, with a wise guide, into the green we thought we knew' TRISTAN GOOLEY'Wright is a joyful companion' CAROLINE QUENTINA sparkling green field. A dull and scrubby patch of grass. One is the...
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Tripoli: A History

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It has been called a 'Noble Possession', abused as 'A Nest of Corsairs' and extolled as 'The Pearl of the Mediterranean'. This city of Tripoli, one of the oldest on both the Mediterranean and the fringes of the Sahara, and never deserted, has meant many different things to many different people over the past 2,500 years.To its first outside visitors, the trading Phoenicians, it was a safe haven ... Read more

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It has been called a 'Noble Possession', abused as 'A Nest of Corsairs' and extolled as 'The Pearl of the Mediterranean'. This city of Tripoli, one of the oldest on both the Mediterranean and the fringes of the Sahara, and never deserted, has meant many different things to many different people over the past 2,500 years.To its first outside visitors, the trading Phoenicians, it was a safe haven
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Mushrooms for the Million - Growing, Cultivating & Harvesting Mushrooms

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Originally published in 1881, this is a'Practical treatise on the cultivation of the most profitable outdoor crop known'. Wonderfully detailed, it presents a complete system for the growing, cutivating and harvesting of all types of mushrooms. ... Read more

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Originally published in 1881, this is a'Practical treatise on the cultivation of the most profitable outdoor crop known'. Wonderfully detailed, it presents a complete system for the growing, cutivating and harvesting of all types of mushrooms.
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A Natural History of the Hedgerow

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It is difficult to think of a more quintessential symbol of the British countryside than the British Hedgerow, bursting with blackberries, hazelnuts and sloes, and home to oak and ash, field mice and butterflies. But as much as we might dream about foraging for mushrooms or collecting wayside nettles for soup, most of us are unaware of quite how profoundly hedgerows have shaped the history of our ... Read more

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It is difficult to think of a more quintessential symbol of the British countryside than the British Hedgerow, bursting with blackberries, hazelnuts and sloes, and home to oak and ash, field mice and butterflies. But as much as we might dream about foraging for mushrooms or collecting wayside nettles for soup, most of us are unaware of quite how profoundly hedgerows have shaped the history of our
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Hume's 'A Treatise of Human Nature'

An Introduction

by John P. Wright ...

Series series Cambridge Introductions to Key Philosophical Texts
David Hume's A Treatise of Human Nature (1739–40) presents the most important account of skepticism in the history of modern philosophy. In this lucid and thorough introduction to the work, John P. Wright examines the development of Hume's ideas in the Treatise, their relation to eighteenth-century theories of the imagination and passions, and the reception they received when Hume published the ... Read more

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David Hume's A Treatise of Human Nature (1739–40) presents the most important account of skepticism in the history of modern philosophy. In this lucid and thorough introduction to the work, John P. Wright examines the development of Hume's ideas in the Treatise, their relation to eighteenth-century theories of the imagination and passions, and the reception they received when Hume published the
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Count to Infinity

A Novel

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Series Book 6 - The Eschaton Sequence
Count to Infinity is John C. Wright's spectacular conclusion to the thought-provoking hard science fiction Eschaton Sequence, exploring future history and human evolution.An epic space opera finale worthy of the scope and wonder of The Eschaton Sequence: Menelaus Montrose is locked in a final battle of wits, bullets, and posthuman intelligence with Ximen del Azarchel for the fate of humanity in ... Read more

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Count to Infinity is John C. Wright's spectacular conclusion to the thought-provoking hard science fiction Eschaton Sequence, exploring future history and human evolution.An epic space opera finale worthy of the scope and wonder of The Eschaton Sequence: Menelaus Montrose is locked in a final battle of wits, bullets, and posthuman intelligence with Ximen del Azarchel for the fate of humanity in
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The Forager's Calendar

A Seasonal Guide to Nature’s Wild Harvests

by John Wright ...

'He writes so engagingly that it's hard to imagine that actual foraging can be more attractive than reading his accounts of it. ...[This book] is a treasure. It is beautifully produced, designed and illustrated.' - John Carey, The Sunday TimesWINNER OF THE GUILD OF FOOD WRITERS AWARD FOR FOOD BOOK OF THE YEAR 2020WINNER OF WOODLANDS AWARDS BEST WOODLAND BOOK OF THE YEAR 2020Look out of your window ... Read more

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'He writes so engagingly that it's hard to imagine that actual foraging can be more attractive than reading his accounts of it. ...[This book] is a treasure. It is beautifully produced, designed and illustrated.' - John Carey, The Sunday TimesWINNER OF THE GUILD OF FOOD WRITERS AWARD FOR FOOD BOOK OF THE YEAR 2020WINNER OF WOODLANDS AWARDS BEST WOODLAND BOOK OF THE YEAR 2020Look out of your window
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Playing the Mask

Acting Without Bullshit

by John Wright ...

'Masks are empowering… They enable you to take risks. They provoke you into working with the reckless logic of a six-year-old or the enigmatic stillness of someone wiser than you'll ever be. But above all, masks let you be you without your habitual limitations.'In Playing the Mask, award-winning theatre-maker and teacher John Wright explores and demystifies mask-work: what masks do, how they do it ... Read more

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'Masks are empowering… They enable you to take risks. They provoke you into working with the reckless logic of a six-year-old or the enigmatic stillness of someone wiser than you'll ever be. But above all, masks let you be you without your habitual limitations.'In Playing the Mask, award-winning theatre-maker and teacher John Wright explores and demystifies mask-work: what masks do, how they do it
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Explaining Science's Success

Understanding How Scientific Knowledge Works

by John Wright ...

Paul Feyeraband famously asked, what's so great about science? One answer is that it has been surprisingly successful in getting things right about the natural world, more successful than non-scientific or pre-scientific systems, religion or philosophy. Science has been able to formulate theories that have successfully predicted novel observations. It has produced theories about parts of reality ... Read more

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Paul Feyeraband famously asked, what's so great about science? One answer is that it has been surprisingly successful in getting things right about the natural world, more successful than non-scientific or pre-scientific systems, religion or philosophy. Science has been able to formulate theories that have successfully predicted novel observations. It has produced theories about parts of reality
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Child From Home

Memories of a North Country Evacuee

by John Wright ...

In 1939, John Wright, a four-year-old boy from a deprived but loving Middlesbrough home, was uprooted from his family and evacuated to a large house in North Yorkshire, requisitioned as a nursery school. His story is not unlike any other during the upheaval of wartime, but in this remarkably lucid and detailed set of recollections, a seventy-three-year-old man tells his story of love, loss and ... Read more

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In 1939, John Wright, a four-year-old boy from a deprived but loving Middlesbrough home, was uprooted from his family and evacuated to a large house in North Yorkshire, requisitioned as a nursery school. His story is not unlike any other during the upheaval of wartime, but in this remarkably lucid and detailed set of recollections, a seventy-three-year-old man tells his story of love, loss and
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