The birthday list - 2017

Here are the books that I'd really like this year.  I went into Waterstones the morning after a very enjoyable drunken night watching Scouting For Girls live at the Hexagon and thought it a good idea to take photos of the books I wanted that I could see

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THE BOOK OF DUST - PHILIP PULMAN

AN ASTRONAUT'S GUIDE TO LIFE - CHRIS HADFIELD

HOW TO BE CHAMPION - SARAH MILLICAN

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THE GREATEST - MATTHEW SYED

​SWING TIME - ZADIE SMITH

REALITY IS NOT WHAT IT SEEMS - CARLO ROVELLI

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WHO RULES THE WORLD - NOAM CHOMSKY

​LINCOLN IN THE BARDO - GEORGE SAUNDERS

THE HIDDEN LIFE OF TREES - PETER WOHLLEBEN