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Amber Barnes-Yates
Amber Barnes-Yates wants to read: Shorter (ideally around 300 pages)
Non-fiction - biographical/autobiographical or informative
Medical/forensic/scientific/political
Very engaging without being overly wordy (dyslexic friendly).
Jan 22, 2025 06:43AM  · 
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About Amber


Books added: 35
Location: Manchester, I2, The United Kingdom


Recommendations

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Thing Explainer by Randall Munroe
Thing Explainer: Complicated Stuff in Simple Words
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Jan 22, 2025 07:27AM  · 
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The Spy and the Traitor by Ben Macintyre
The Spy and the Traitor: The Greatest Espionage Story of the Cold War
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Jan 22, 2025 08:24AM  · 
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Isaac's Storm by Erik Larson
Isaac's Storm: A Man, a Time, and the Deadliest Hurricane in History
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Jan 22, 2025 08:24AM  · 
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Stiff by Mary Roach
Stiff: The Curious Lives of Human Cadavers
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Jan 22, 2025 08:25AM  · 
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Islands of Abandonment by Cal Flyn
Islands of Abandonment: Life in the Post-Human Landscape
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Jan 22, 2025 08:26AM  · 
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The Perfect Storm by Sebastian Junger
The Perfect Storm: A True Story of Men Against the Sea
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Jan 22, 2025 08:26AM  · 
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The Complete Persepolis by Marjane Satrapi
The Complete Persepolis
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Jan 22, 2025 08:26AM  · 
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Alive by Piers Paul Read
Alive: The Story of the Andes Survivors
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Jan 22, 2025 08:27AM  · 
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What If? by Randall Munroe
What If?: Serious Scientific Answers to Absurd Hypothetical Questions
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Jan 22, 2025 08:28AM  · 
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The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca Skloot
The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks
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Jan 23, 2025 09:15AM  · 
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This is Going to Hurt by Adam Kay
This is Going to Hurt: Secret Diaries of a Junior Doctor
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Jan 23, 2025 09:16AM  · 
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The Ghost Map by Steven Johnson
The Ghost Map
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Jan 23, 2025 09:16AM  · 
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The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat and Other Clinical Tales by Oliver Sacks
The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat and Other Clinical Tales
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Jan 23, 2025 09:16AM  · 
The Autobiographies of the Haymarket Martyrs by Philip S. Foner
The Autobiographies of the Haymarket Martyrs
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Jan 23, 2025 10:02AM  · 
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Favorite Genres

Biography, History, Memoir, Psychology, Self help, Nonfiction, Medical, Forensics, Healthcare, Equality, and LGBT