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4th Estate
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This Ebook first published in Great Britain by 4th Estate in 2018
Copyright © Owen Booth 2018
Cover design by Heike Schüssler
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Owen Booth asserts the moral right to be identified as the author of this work
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Source ISBN: 9780008282592
Ebook Edition © October 2018 ISBN: 9780008282608
Version: 2019-04-12
To Stan and Arthur
Contents
The Loneliness of Billionaires
The Life-Saving Properties of Books
What Happens When You Get Struck by Lightning
The World’s Most Dangerous Spiders
The Conquest of the South Pole