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Brett Hodnett

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For a period of more than 3 billion years, through millions of successive generations, every single one of Brett's ancestors managed to survive long enough to breed and successfully leave offspring. Not one failed! Leaning on this illustrious heritage, Brett has written the speculative fiction novel, HUMAN, and also the non-fiction book, Paddling with a Naturalist. He holds a Bachelor’s degree in biology, and a Master’s degree in genetics from the University of Toronto. He usually works, plays, and sleeps in Gatineau, Quebec. ...more

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"Spanning timelines that leap not just decades but millions of years, HUMAN is a genre-bending, mind-expanding tale that defies easy categorization. At its heart, this novel is about survival, of the individual, the species, and above all, of meaning. What happens when humanity is pushed to its limits? What remains?

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Mood Swings

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Triathlon Swimming Made Easy: The Total Immersion Way for Anyone to Master Open-Water Swimming

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The Price of Peace: Money, Democracy, and the Life of John Maynard Keynes

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