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Academic Book Week 23rd to 28th April 2018 #AcBookWeek

It is Academic Book Week this week – “a celebration of the diversity, innovation and influence of academic books”. So we thought we would highlight a few of the titles written by our healthcare-based academics here at Keele University.

You’ll find a taste of some books authored by members of staff on display by the Library entrance.

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The Academic Book Week project is running a competition to find the top Books by Women that Changed the World. There is a selected list of 20 titles and you can vote for your favourite and most influential title.

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