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Book of the month - September 2024

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The Chimp Paradox

A personal development book by Dr Steve Peters, the British cycling team's psychiatrist, in which he shares his phenomenal mind management programme.

Recommended Wellbeing Books

Currently we are recommending the following title:

The Chimp Paradox (2012) by Professor Steve Peters (Ebury Publishing)

The Chimp Paradox will help you to: 

  • Recognise how your mind is working
  • Understand and manage your emotions and thoughts
  • Manage yourself and become the person you would like to be

The Chimp Paradox is available in the Wellbeing & Fiction Section on Floor 1 and also at 158.1 PET.

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Top loaned titles (Wellbeing and Fiction)

These are the Top 10 loaned books since May 2023, from Fiction & Wellbeing:

Rank Title  Author Year 
1 A court of wings and ruin Sarah J. Maas 2020
2 The Pilgrimage Paulo. Coelo 2003
3 A court of frost and starlight Sarah J. Maas 2020
4 How to stop overthinking Chase Hill 2020
5 A court of mist and fury Sarah J. Maas 2020
6 A court of silver flames Sarah J. Maas 2021
7 Attack on Titan. Season 1, Part1 Manga Box Set Hajime Isayama 1986
8 The shining Stephen King 1947
9 Veronika decides to die Paulo. Coelo 1999
10 Why has nobody told me this before? Julie Smith 2022

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