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To mark the centenary of the publication of Virginia Woolf’s long essay On Being Ill, I offer a parody of it titled On Being Healthy.

This small but mighty book is for fans and detractors of Virginia Woolf and anyone interested in healthiness as a subject of literature.

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An original and witty yet practical guide to the gluten-free diet. For celiacs, people with other gluten-related disorders, and anyone interested in nutrition. For more details, see the excerpts and resources.

FINALIST IN 2021 INTERNATIONAL BOOK AWARDS & 2020 WISHING SHELF BOOK AWARDS

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Bungalow legs (stream-of-consciousness)
Devise your own exercise method (informational/self-help)
Wide-eyed and legless in Europe: the lifecycle of an eel (journalistic, about eels and strange goings-on in Hastings)
When did it become acceptable? (rant/fun)
Review of Willpower by Roy F. Baumeister and John Tierney (erudite book review)
Quiz (general knowledge quiz)
Same old, same old (engaging piece about clichés)
Different old, different old (essay incorporating musings, survey, and interesting facts about being very old)
Review of Cosmosby Carl Sagan (book review taking a long view)
Recipe for intelligent life (parody)

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Who’ll be my role model? (forthright opinion piece on role models)
On biological and bionic exoskeletons (compelling essay with original thought)
Comparable commitments (check out what marital commitment is being compared to!)
My first dictionary (language/fun)
Review of The Little Bookand The Lost Prince by Selden Edwards (book review)
Quiz (general knowledge quiz)
Take someone else’s word for it {witty yet serious piece about word borrowing)
A good account of yourself (essay on deception in professional profiles)
Review of Listen to Your Child by David Crystal (useful book review)
This could be the last time (poignant piece capturing peculiar insights)

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The examined life (philosophical essay taking a long and winding road to your heart)
A truly unique piece (coherent and slightly geeky piece about the word “unique”)
The borderland between fact and fiction (expansive, insightful piece exploring the boundary between fact and fiction)
Why do birds suddenly appear? (facts and flights of fancy about birds)
The year 1953 (objective yet warm review of 1953, with viewpoints ranging from international to parochial)
The year of living thematically (engaging and personable piece about New Year’s resolutions and alternatives)
No shoes at interview (stream-of-consciousness)
9 quirky questions
9 preposterous things
Review of Brilliant Maps by Ian Wright (review of a brilliant book)
Review of A Computer Called LEO by Georgina Ferry (review of a book about a landmark in the history of commercial computing)
Postscript to the review of A Computer Called LEO (rant about IT business analysis)

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