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John Hands is the author of critically acclaimed nonfiction books and novels, and has been published in 12 countries. He has given workshops for graduate schools on Creativity and Craft for Your PhD and also taught creative writing. He spent more than 10 years researching and writing COSMOSAPIENS Human Evolution from the Origin of the Universe.

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COSMOSAPIENS: Human Evolution from the Origin of the Universe

The groundbreaking book that transforms our understanding of what we are, where we came from, and why we exist.

  • Chosen by two reviewers as Book of the Year in The Times Literary Supplement
  • Selected as one of The Best Science Books of 2015 by The Telegraph (UK)
  • Winner of the Scientific & Medical Network Book Prize for 2016
  • Winner of Author’s Foundation Award 2016
  • Starred review in Publishers Weekly

Published in the UK, the USA, Spain, China, Germany, and Romania. To be published in Korea.

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Housing Co-operatives

By John Hands

Republication of the classic book on housing co-operatives worldwide, with a new Introduction for 2016 by John Hands.

“This is a book for those who believe in the power of people to shape their own lives.”
—The Catholic Herald

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Brutal Fantasies

By John Hands

A CIA officer must choose between the most precious thing in his life and his own redemption when his quest for a terrorist confronts him with the truths of his own past.

“Excellent… The achingly tantalizing crawl towards the climax is a masterpiece of suspense.”
—Peter Millar, The Times

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Perestroika Christi

By John Hands

The international bestselling thriller about the clandestine struggle between the Vatican and the Kremlin for the soul of humanity.

“John Hands’s Perestroika Christi is a wonderful thriller and I could not put it down.”
—Norman Stone, The Guardian Books of the Year

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Darkness at Dawn

By John Hands

An undercover agent is torn between love and fear when resurgent nationalism threatens to plunge Russia and Ukraine into ethnic warfare.

“Hums with the realism of tomorrow’s headlines and the suspense is as sharp as a scalpel.”
—Michael Hartland, The Daily Telegraph

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