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The Diary of a Young Girl by Anne Frank, read by Helena Bonham Carter.

Today marks the 70th anniversary of Anne Frank's death. In memory and solidarity we at Penguin Random House are #notsilent 

The Diary of a Young Girl by Anne Frank, read by Helena Bonham Carter

Listen to an excerpt from THE IMMORTALIST by Scott Britz and read by Cassandra Campbell.

THE IMMORTALIST Audiobook Excerpt

Read by Robyn Addison

In this groundbreaking book Alanna Collen explores the extraordinary world of the powerful microbes that make up 90% of the human body. 

 You are just 10% human. For every one of the cells that make your body, there are nine impostor cells. You are not just flesh and blood, muscle and bone, brain and skin, but bacteria and fungi. You are not an individual, but a colony of microbes. Far from being passive, the trillions of microbes that live on and in you are intimately involved in running your body. Even aspects that you think of entirely as ‘you’ turn out to be run by ‘them’ – like your immune system.

In this riveting, shocking and beautifully-written book Alanna Collen explores the modern epidemics of ‘Western’ diseases – obesity, autism, mental health problems, gut disorders, allergies, auto-immunity, and even cancer – and argues that most have their root in our failure to cherish our most fundamental and enduring relationship: that with our personal colony of microbes. Antibiotics, antibacterial cleaners, rapidly changing diets and our obsession with hygiene alter the microbe community we carry. Unlike our human cells, though, we can change our microbes for the better.

‘10% Human’ provides a revelatory guide to the role of your body’s microbes in health and happiness. This is popular science at its most relevant: life – and your body – will never seem the same again.

10% Human: How Your Body’s Microbes Hold the Key to Health and Happiness, By Alanna Collen

A new, updated and expanded edition of this New York Times bestseller on how to reconstruct your life so it's not all about work
  
 Forget the old concept of retirement and the rest of the deferred-life plan - there is no need to wait and every reason not to, especially in unpredictable economic times. Whether your dream is escaping the rat race, experiencing high-end world travel, earning a monthly five-figure income with zero management, or just living more and working less, this book is the blueprint.

This step-by step guide to luxury lifestyle design teaches:


The 4-Hour Working Week by Timothy Ferriss (Audiobook Extract) read by Ray Porter

Penguin Books publishes blockbusting, prize-winning, celebrated, controversial, heart-warming, thought-provoking and inspiring books by a range of authors from Ali Smith to Zadie Smith, Jeremy Clarkson to Jeremy Paxman and Jamie Oliver to Oliver Goldsmith.

The 4-Hour Working Week by Timothy Ferriss (Audiobook Extract) read by Ray Porter

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