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Books & Chat

By: Christina Young
  • Summary

  • Where the power of books meets conversation! With so many great books out there, do you find it hard to choose your next read? Let Gloucester book club help you decide. Every month we pick one book we’ve read together and share our thoughts in our podcast!
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Episodes
  • Stolen Focus by Johann Hari
    Jul 1 2024
    Is your ability to focus and pay attention in free fall? You are not alone. The average office worker now focuses on any one task for just three minutes. But it’s not your fault. Your attention didn’t collapse. It has been stolen. Internationally bestselling author Johann Hari shows twelve deep factors harming our focus. Once we understand them, together, we can take back our minds.
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    40 mins
  • The Dust That Falls From Dreams by Louis de Bernieres
    May 31 2024
    In the brief golden years of King Edward VII's reign, Rosie McCosh and her three very different sisters are growing up in an eccentric household in Kent, with their neighbours the Pitt boys on one side and the Pendennis boys on the other. Can she, and her sisters, build new lives out of the opportunities and devastations that follow the Great War?
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    37 mins
  • Being Mortal by Atul Gawande
    May 1 2024
    Being Mortal: Medicine and What Matters in the End is a 2014 non-fiction book by American surgeon Atul Gawande. The book addresses end-of-life care, hospice care, and also contains Gawande's reflections and personal stories. He suggests that medical care should focus on well-being rather than survival.
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    35 mins

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