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Brian Jackman – Lion Song: A Portrait of Wild Africa
The Dorford Centre 2 Bridport Road, Dorchester, Dorset, United KingdomFor five decades, Brian Jackman, Britain's foremost safari writer, has witnessed Africa's wildlife drama unfold at the front line. From his first encounter with a roaring lion in Kenya's Masai ... Brian Jackman – Lion Song: A Portrait of Wild Africa
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Poppy Jamie – The Book of Magical Living: 8 Secrets to Inner Power
The Dorford Centre 2 Bridport Road, Dorchester, Dorset, United KingdomYou have felt it. The coincidence too perfect to be random. The knowing that arrives before the facts. The door that closes the week before a better one opens. For ... Poppy Jamie – The Book of Magical Living: 8 Secrets to Inner Power
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Charlie Walker – On Thin Ice
The Dorford Centre 2 Bridport Road, Dorchester, Dorset, United KingdomIn early 2022, Charlie Walker set out to hike 600 miles along Siberia’s frozen rivers. He hoped to learn who its people are and how they reckon with their haunted ... Charlie Walker – On Thin Ice
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Tony Juniper – Just Earth: How a Fairer World Will Save the Planet
The Dorford Centre 2 Bridport Road, Dorchester, Dorset, United KingdomFrom wildfires and floods, to food poverty, degraded rivers, mass migration and conflict, the environmental crisis is already here – and it’s set to get worse. How can people lead ... Tony Juniper – Just Earth: How a Fairer World Will Save the Planet
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Frank Tallis – Wise: Finding purpose, meaning and wisdom beyond the midpoint of life
The Dorford Centre 2 Bridport Road, Dorchester, Dorset, United KingdomWe are living longer and, thanks to medical advances, our lifespan after the middle years continues to extend. But how do you age wisely? How do you remain psychologically healthy ... Frank Tallis – Wise: Finding purpose, meaning and wisdom beyond the midpoint of life
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Olia Hercules – Strong Roots: A Ukranian Family History Through War, Exile and Hope
The Dorford Centre 2 Bridport Road, Dorchester, Dorset, United Kingdom‘I am writing this story without knowing its end: it begins long before I was born and will continue long after I die. I am writing this story to help myself heal and to make you understand.’ Strong Roots is the story of a century in Ukraine told through four generations of one extraordinary family. ... Olia Hercules – Strong Roots: A Ukranian Family History Through War, Exile and Hope
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David Lascelles – Out of Colditz
The Dorford Centre 2 Bridport Road, Dorchester, Dorset, United KingdomA never-before-told perspective on the British experience at Colditz – one of themost infamous sites in Nazi Germany. The grandson of a King, the son of the Viceroy of India, Churchill’s nephew. All held captive at the notorious Colditz prisoner of war camp, they were the Prominente: scions of the British establishment, and pawns in ... David Lascelles – Out of Colditz
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Alexandra Shulman – Black Coffee and Red Lipstick
The Dorford Centre 2 Bridport Road, Dorchester, Dorset, United KingdomWeaving ideas about our domestic and daily life with thoughts on style and the way wepresent ourselves, Alexandra Shulman combines anecdotes and observations from 25 years spent editing British Vogue and her current life as a freelance writer and commentator. She draws onher experiences as a magazine editor but also a mother, daughter, sibling, girlfriend,housekeeper ... Alexandra Shulman – Black Coffee and Red Lipstick
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Jonathan Fennell – Collapse: A Global History of the Second World War, 1931-1941
The Dorford Centre 2 Bridport Road, Dorchester, Dorset, United KingdomBetween 1931 and 1949, a series of crises broke out that threatened collective security, world order and the internal cohesion of states across the globe. At the heart of these crises was a world war that shook the foundations of global power, a watershed moment in the history of the Twentieth Century. Collapse is the ... Jonathan Fennell – Collapse: A Global History of the Second World War, 1931-1941
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John Wright – Grasslands
The Dorford Centre 2 Bridport Road, Dorchester, Dorset, United KingdomA sparkling green field. A dull and scrubby patch of grass. One is the sanitised evidence of monoculture, the other a world teeming with more life than you could ever imagine. Join John Wright, one of our best-known naturalists, as he uncovers the beauty and rich diversity of Britain's grasslands. Bursting with mushrooms, lichen and ... John Wright – Grasslands
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Samira Ahmed – A Hard Day’s Night
The Dorford Centre 2 Bridport Road, Dorchester, Dorset, United KingdomHow did a film made to capture a pop phenomenon in real time become a genuine cinematic classic?Journalist and broadcaster Samira Ahmed explores how this beloved film captures both the band's coveted charisma and the shifting cultural landscape of 1960s Britain. A life-long fan, Samira first discovered the film at the age of 11 and ... Samira Ahmed – A Hard Day’s Night
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Simon Parker – The Wild Ride Home
The Dorford Centre 2 Bridport Road, Dorchester, Dorset, United KingdomOutdoor enthusiast, cyclist and acclaimed travel writer Simon Parker was restless for a new adventure, but with a small baby his explorations needed to begin at home. He decided to cycle through all 15 of the UK’s national parks in the anniversary year of the first one’s founding, the Peak District. While each of the ... Simon Parker – The Wild Ride Home