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The Design of Everyday Things by Donald A. Norman

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Life on Air by David Attenborough

The House By the Thames, and the People Who Lived There by Gillian Tindall

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Never Give Up: Th...

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Never Give Up: The New Autobiography

by Bear Grylls

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Leader Awakened: Why accepting adversity drives power and freedom

by Samreen McGregor

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The Downhill Hiking Club: A short walk across the Lebanon

by Dom Joly

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