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Why did Marcel Proust have bonsai beside his bed? What was Jane Austen doing, coveting an apricot? How was Friedrich Nietzsche inspired by his 'thought tree'?In Philosophy in the Garden, Damon Young explores one of literature's most intimate relationships: authors and their gardens. For some, the garden provided a retreat from workaday labour; for others, solitude's quiet counsel. For all, it played a philosophical role: giving their ideas a new life. Philosophy in the Garden reveals the profound thoughts discovered in parks, backyards, and pot-plants. It does not provide tips for mowing overgrown couch grass, or mulching a dry Japanese maple. It is a philosophical companion to the garden's labours and joys.

After the enforced removal of the Rohingya from Burmese life caused millions to flee their homes under prejudice and persecution, in 2016 the Burmese government set about ethnic cleansing forcing mass Rohingya movement to Bangladesh. Habiburahman's story presents the perspective of a Rohingya child over the course of these events. An emotional and authentic memoir comparable to "The Girl Who Escaped ISIS" and "I Am Malala".

The page-turning biography of an Australian woman who refused to bend to the expectations of her husband and her time. Julia Sorell was an original. A colonial belle from Tasmania, vivacious and warm-hearted, Julia‿s marriage to Tom Arnold in 1850 propelled her into one of the most renowned families in England and into a circle that included Lewis Carroll and George Eliot. Her eldest daughter became a bestselling novelist, while her grandchildren included the writer Aldous Huxley, author of Brave New World, and the evolutionary biologist Julian Huxley. With these family connections, Julia is a presence in many documented and famous lives, but she is a mostly silent presence. When extracted from her background of colonial life, extracted from the covers of marriage and family life, her story reveals an extraordinary woman, a paradox who defied convention as much as she embraced it. What began as a marriage born of desire soon turned into a relationship riven by discord. Tom‿s sudden decision to become a Catholic and Julia‿s refusal to convert with him plunged their lives into a crisis wherein their great love for each other would be pitted against their profoundly different understandings of marriage and religion. It was a conflict that would play out over three decades in a time when science challenged religion, when industrialisation challenged agrarian forms, when democracy challenged aristocracy, when women began to challenge men. It was a conflict that would shape not only their own lives and that of their children, but also touch the lives of all those who came into contact with them. Told with the pace, depth, and psychological richness of a great novel, An Unconventional Wife is a riveting biography that shines a shaft of light on a hidden but captivating life.

Philosopher and journalist Eleanor Gordon-Smith tells six stories of people undergoing radical alteration of their beliefs and senses of the world, prising apart what their examples can teach us about opening ourselves up to changes in opinion.

Stack looks back on the onset of motherhood and how it offered her even less time to write than full-time work had. She proceeded to take on female domestic labourers who created space for her to write in. Her compassion and responsibility regarding these women would come to lead her on a revealing, culturally diagnostic journey. Blends memoir and reportage. Comparable to Rachel Cusk and Sheila Heti.

Little Mouse and Mummy Mouse head for a holiday in the woods. A distinctively Scandinavian countryside adventure featuring card playing, sausage-cooking and saunas.

New Yorker magazine staff writer Paige Williams delves into the surprisingly perilous world of fossil collectors in this riveting true tale. In 2012, a New York auction catalogue boasted an unusual offering: 'a superb Tyrannosaurus skeleton'. In fact, Lot 49135 consisted of a nearly complete T. bataar - a close cousin to the more-famous T. rex - that had been unearthed in Mongolia. At 2.4 metres high and 7.3 metres long, the specimen was spectacular, and the winning bid was over $1 million. Eric Prokopi, a 38-year-old Floridian, had brought this extraordinary skeleton to market. A one-time swimmer who'd spent his teenage years diving for shark teeth, Prokopi's singular obsession with fossils fuelled a thriving business, hunting for, preparing, and selling specimens to clients ranging from natural-history museums to avid private collectors like Leonardo DiCaprio. But had Prokopi gone too far this time? As the T. bataar went to auction, a network of paleontologists alerted the government of Mongolia to the eye-catching lot. An international custody battle ensued, with Prokopi watching as his own world unravelled. The Dinosaur Artist is a stunning work of narrative journalism about humans' relationship with natural history, and about a seemingly intractable conflict between science and commerce. A story that stretches from Florida's Land O' Lakes to the Gobi Desert, The Dinosaur Artist illuminates the history of fossil collecting - a murky, sometimes risky business, populated by eccentrics and obsessives, where the lines between poacher and hunter, collector and smuggler, and enthusiast and opportunist can easily blur.

A deeply researched but fictionalised account of the events leading up to the Jonestown Massacre in 1978, one of Americäs most harrowing tragedies, in which 909 members of the Peoples Temple died.For fans of Emma Cline¿s The Girls and Jeff Guinn¿s The Road to Jonestown.

What is energy healing? And why does it work?For thousands of years, practitioners of Traditional Chinese Medicine have used the body¿s own energy ¿ which they call `qi¿ ¿ to promote healing. Here, one of the world¿s most sought-after acupuncturists sets out to understand the science behind this ancient practice.Blakeway takes the reader on a journey from the Stanford and Princeton professors researching the physics of energy medicine, to a Qi Gong master from China who manifests healing herbs directly from her palm; and from the Harvard team studying the placebo effect, to a group of sceptical scientists who use hands-on healing to cure mammary cancer in mice. She also tells the story of how she discovered energy medicine and overcame her initial disbelief to become one of its leading practitioners.From hard science to the spiritual and back again, Energy Medicine is a quest to find out why these alternative methods of healing are proving successful for thousands worldwide.

Pre-eminent surgeon Nashef tells stories of heart surgery across the globe, relating these to the wider discussion of the public bid for health and the issues overcome heroically but precariously by the NHS.

An argumentative, controversial analysis of the new anti-Semitism, by the historian whom David Irving tried to sue.Anti-Jewish violence and vandalism have been on the rise in Europe in the last five years. Deborah Lipstadt asks, 'Does this mean we are returning to the brutality of the 1930s?' No, is her initial answer, quickly followed by: it's complicated.Connecting different currents in contemporary culture, such as the resurgence of racist right-wing nationalisms, left-liberal tolerance of hostility to Jews, the plight of the Palestinians, the relationship of anti-Semitism to anti-Zionism, and the rise of Islamic extremism, Lipstadt explores how contradictory forces have found common scapegoats. Lucid and convincing, The Anti-Semitic Delusion will calm the fearful, arouse the complacent, and demand a response from readers.

Leading brain researcher Niels Birbaumer investigates the pleasure in emptiness and how we can take advantage of it. He explains how to overcome the evolutionary attentiveness of your brain and take a break from thinking - a skill that's more important than ever in an increasingly frantic world.

The position of political correctness in the struggle of progressive politics against right wing populism is evaluated by "Guardian" journalist and Paul Robeson biographer Sparrow.

Why do diets fail? Is it because of genetic disposition? A sluggish metabolism? An underactive thyroid?After years of failed diets, Dr Nadja Hermann, a nutritionist and behavioural psychologist, weighed 150 kg at the age of 30. Over the years, she had heard and read hundreds of reasons why diets wouldn't work for her. But when her weight started to affect her health, she took a hard look at the science and realised that most of what she believed about diets was a myth. What was more, those very myths were preventing her from losing weight.Conquering these pieces of 'Fat Logic' was what finally led to Hermann achieving a healthy weight. One and a half years later, she weighed 65 kg, and has maintained that weight to this day. Now, using humour, the insight she's acquired, and a dose of science, Hermann debunks widespread lies about weight loss, and shows how it is possible to attain a healthy weight.

An acerbic graphic takedown of capitalism. In Hyper-Capitalism, cartoonist Larry Gonick and psychologist Tim Kasser offer a vivid and an accessible new way to understand how global, privatising, market-worshipping hyper-capitalism is threatening human wellbeing, social justice, and the planet. Drawing from contemporary research, they describe and illustrate concepts (such as corporate power, free trade, privatisation, and deregulation) that are critical for understanding the world we live in, and movements (such as voluntary simplicity, sharing, alternatives to GDP, and protests) that have developed in response to the system. Gonick and Kasser's pointed and profound cartoon narratives provide a deep exploration of the global economy and the movements seeking to change it, all rendered in clear, graphic - and sometimes hilarious - terms. In the process, they point the way to a healthier future for all of us.

The emergence of cyber warfare as a decisive force in political skulduggery, as apparent in the 2016 US election and the Sony hack, gets explored here with attention to recent Russian forays into it and the secret cyber-dens of the American and Chinese militaries.

A rural Australian thriller presenting a tense and atmospheric picture of escalating anxiety in a remote community. Graeme Sweetapple wants revenge when his former horse Retribution is mistreated.