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Archaeologist Casey is dedicated to the search for hidden treasure and ancient artefacts, so much so that her responsibilities as an academic and any sense of law and safety quickly go out of the window when she is on the hunt. When she finds herself teamed up with the new head of her department, she is sure he will close-down her investigation and block her tenure – but soon romantic sparks begin to fly, and danger lurks around every corner.
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Link :Amazon, Goodreads. Price: £9.40
Predicting the future – from whether it will rain today to whether we should cross the road – is an essential part of our everyday life. Yet, as a rule, we are exceptionally bad at it, and routinely fail to foresee hugely significant events. In this book Nate Silver, the man who successfully predicted the results in every state for the 2008 US Presidential Elections, explores and explains the art of prediction, visiting hundreds of experts to learn from their techniques and how we can consistently be less wrong.
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I’ve started an internet bookclub!
We’ll be reading a book a month and sharing our thoughts.
Although you’re welcome to read the book then comment on this post, the book club was started as part of a Habitica party and guild. You don’t need to know what Habitica is, but if you’d like to participate in our main forum, suggest new books for coming months, and vote for next months books then you should check out our Achievement Unlocked forum:
Visit the main forum here.
Apply to join the forums here (obviously, everything is free)
Bookmark the Bookclub forum here.
I’d love to have more people read with me and talk about books – I hope you’ll join. Details on this months book are below.
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Link : Amazon, Goodreads. Price: £7.27
The Capetian Kings are dead and John II “The Good”, who is anything but good in any sense of the word, is on the throne. As his arrogance, incompetence and vanity drive France from one catastrophic failure to another, the English take the ascendancy in the hundred years war and it seems that the church is the only barrier between the Kingdom of France and English rule. How will France survive?
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Cognitive Behavioural Therapy is a psychological treatment to help people make sense of and manage their emotions. Published by two expert practitioners in the field, and endorsed by comprehensive list of psychologists and psychiatrists, this book aims to put some of the tools of CBT into your own hands.
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