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How to Be a Human

An Unauthorized User Manual for Operating One of the Most Complicated Creatures in the Known Universe

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What if humans came with a user manual? An alien researcher arrives on Earth with what should be a simple assignment: observe humans, understand how they work, and write clear operating instructions. The assignment does not go well. Humans need sleep but refuse to go to bed. They want money but trade enormous amounts of their limited time to get it. They want love but are terrified of ... Read more

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Nobody Asked for Advice

The Building, Book Five

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At Bracken House, advice is everywhere - whether anyone asked for it or not. Judith reconnects with Martin and discovers that an ordinary cup of coffee can become a neighbourhood project the moment other people notice. Miles and Joanna are learning how to care about each other without turning every conversation into a decision about their marriage. Tamsin, Leonie and Maya discover that friendship ... Read more

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At Bracken House, advice is everywhere - whether anyone asked for it or not. Judith reconnects with Martin and discovers that an ordinary cup of coffee can become a neighbourhood project the moment other people notice. Miles and Joanna are learning how to care about each other without turning every conversation into a decision about their marriage. Tamsin, Leonie and Maya discover that friendship
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The Children Know Everything

The Building, Book Four

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At Bracken House, the adults are discovering an inconvenient truth: the children have whole lives they are not reporting in real time. Elsie is organising school events, helping younger pupils, negotiating friendships, and learning that being capable does not automatically put her in charge. Layla wants more independence than Naveed is entirely comfortable granting. Callum is being asked to make ... Read more

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At Bracken House, the adults are discovering an inconvenient truth: the children have whole lives they are not reporting in real time. Elsie is organising school events, helping younger pupils, negotiating friendships, and learning that being capable does not automatically put her in charge. Layla wants more independence than Naveed is entirely comfortable granting. Callum is being asked to make
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Money Makes Everything Awkward

The Building, Book Six

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At Bracken House, money is never just a number. Tamsin's new salary immediately becomes something other people can interpret. A family loan raises questions about help, obligation and control. Gifts and inheritances acquire meanings nobody intended. Reuben discovers that a family rate can be more complicated than a normal price. And as Celia's business grows, invoices, margins, payroll, ... Read more

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At Bracken House, money is never just a number. Tamsin's new salary immediately becomes something other people can interpret. A family loan raises questions about help, obligation and control. Gifts and inheritances acquire meanings nobody intended. Reuben discovers that a family rate can be more complicated than a normal price. And as Celia's business grows, invoices, margins, payroll,
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We All Live Here

The Building, Book One

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Bracken House looks like an ordinary apartment building on an ordinary street in Norchester. It is not. Behind its doors live people with jobs, families, plans, responsibilities, relatives, neighbours, unfinished arguments, unexpected opportunities, and very different ideas about when helping becomes interfering. Judith Keane is retired from education but has not entirely retired from organising ... Read more

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Bracken House looks like an ordinary apartment building on an ordinary street in Norchester. It is not. Behind its doors live people with jobs, families, plans, responsibilities, relatives, neighbours, unfinished arguments, unexpected opportunities, and very different ideas about when helping becomes interfering. Judith Keane is retired from education but has not entirely retired from organising
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Bad Decisions is no longer failing. That may be the beginning of the real problem. The restaurant has customers, attention, a growing reputation, and people who suddenly see opportunity where there used to be chaos. Investors are interested. Competitors are watching. The restaurant's name may not be as secure as everyone assumed. Even Susan, the increasingly famous goat, turns out to have a ... Read more

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Bad Decisions is no longer failing. That may be the beginning of the real problem. The restaurant has customers, attention, a growing reputation, and people who suddenly see opportunity where there used to be chaos. Investors are interested. Competitors are watching. The restaurant's name may not be as secure as everyone assumed. Even Susan, the increasingly famous goat, turns out to have a
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Billing Without Breaking

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The Art of Saying No

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Why can such a small word feel so dangerous? Saying no should be simple. Yet many people agree to demands they resent, sacrifice time they cannot replace, and accept responsibilities that were never truly theirs. They fear disappointing others, appearing selfish, damaging relationships, or losing approval. The Art of Saying No explores the emotional and social forces behind unwanted agreement. It ... Read more

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The Building, Book Three

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Work has a way of following you home. At Bracken House, everyone is trying to decide what really counts as urgent - and what can wait. Tamsin is testing the limits of a temporary role. Sandra is weighing a professional development programme against an already crowded life. Celia is learning that future work is not the same as free work. Miles can explain the numbers, but not make other people's ... Read more

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Work has a way of following you home. At Bracken House, everyone is trying to decide what really counts as urgent - and what can wait. Tamsin is testing the limits of a temporary role. Sandra is weighing a professional development programme against an already crowded life. Celia is learning that future work is not the same as free work. Miles can explain the numbers, but not make other people's
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