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Surely You re Joking Mr Feynman by Richard P Feynman
"Surely You’re Joking, Mr. Feynman!"

The outrageous exploits of one of this century’s greatest scientific minds and a legendary American original. Richard Feynman, winner of the Nobel Prize in physics, thrived on outrageous adventures. Here he…

This is Going to Hurt by Adam Kay
This is Going to Hurt

Welcome to the life of a junior doctor: 97-hour weeks, life and death decisions, a constant tsunami of bodily fluids, and the hospital parking meter earns more than you.Scribbled in secret after endless days,…

Born a Crime by Trevor Noah
Born a Crime

The memoir of one man’s coming-of-age, set during the twilight of apartheid and the tumultuous days of freedom that followed. Trevor Noah’s unlikely path from apartheid South Africa to the desk of The Daily…

What If Serious Scientific Answers to Absurd Hypothetical Questions by Randall Munroe
What If? Serious Scientific Answers to Absurd Hypothetical Questions

Fans of the xkcd comic ask Munroe a lot of strange questions: What if you tried to hit a baseball pitched at 90 percent the speed of light? How fast can you hit a speed bump while driving and live? If there was…

All Creatures Great and Small by James Herriot
All Creatures Great and Small

Delve into the magical, unforgettable world of James Herriot, the world’s most beloved veterinarian, and his menagerie of heartwarming, funny, and tragic animal patients. For over forty years, generations of…

Marley and Me by John Grogan
Marley and Me

John and Jenny were young and deeply in love, with a perfect little house and not a care in the world. Then they brought home Marley, a wiggly yellow furball of a puppy. Life would never be the same. Marley quickly…

A Short History of Nearly Everything by Bill Bryson
A Short History of Nearly Everything

Bill Bryson describes himself as a reluctant traveller, but even when he stays safely at home he can’t contain his curiosity about the world around him. “A Short History of Nearly Everything” is his quest to understand…

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