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Last updated: April 17, 2025

    The best books on Ethics in Public Life, recommended by Alex Carlile

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    The best books on Ethics in Public Life - Daniel Deronda by George Eliot

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    Daniel Deronda
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    The best books on Ethics in Public Life - The Social History of the Machine Gun by John Ellis

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    The Social History of the Machine Gun
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    The best books on Ethics in Public Life - The Major Works by Gerard Manley Hopkins

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    The Major Works
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    The best books on Ethics in Public Life - The Diary of Samuel Pepys by Samuel Pepys

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    The Diary of Samuel Pepys
    by Samuel Pepys

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    The best books on Ethics in Public Life - The Alastair Campbell Diaries by Alastair Campbell

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    The Alastair Campbell Diaries
    by Alastair Campbell

  • The Lib Dem peer says that reading Cicero’s speeches, George Eliot’s novels and Gerard Manley Hopkins's poems can help us manage the ethical dilemmas of our own historical moment, and provide clues to human nature

  • The best books on Ethics in Public Life - Daniel Deronda by George Eliot
  • The best books on Ethics in Public Life - The Social History of the Machine Gun by John Ellis
  • The best books on Ethics in Public Life - The Major Works by Gerard Manley Hopkins
  • The best books on Ethics in Public Life - The Diary of Samuel Pepys by Samuel Pepys
  • The best books on Ethics in Public Life - The Alastair Campbell Diaries by Alastair Campbell

The best books on Ethics in Public Life, recommended by Alex Carlile

The Lib Dem peer says that reading Cicero’s speeches, George Eliot’s novels and Gerard Manley Hopkins’s poems can help us manage the ethical dilemmas of our own historical moment, and provide clues to human nature

The best books on Ethics in Public Life, recommended by Alex Carlile

    The best books on Policing, recommended by John Timoney

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    The best books on Policing - Behind the Shield by Arthur Niederhoffer

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    Behind the Shield
    by Arthur Niederhoffer

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    The best books on Policing - Street Corner Society by William Foote Whyte

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    Street Corner Society
    by William Foote Whyte

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    The best books on Policing - Crime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoevsky

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    Crime and Punishment
    by Fyodor Dostoevsky

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    The best books on Policing - The Bonfire of the Vanities by Tom Wolfe

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    The Bonfire of the Vanities
    by Tom Wolfe

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    The best books on Policing - The Crime Fighter by Jack Maple

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    The Crime Fighter
    by Jack Maple

  • The youngest four-star chief in the history of the NYPD, and a Medal of Valor laureate, chooses books that address the topic of policing from many angles - from the practical to the poetic

  • The best books on Policing - Behind the Shield by Arthur Niederhoffer
  • The best books on Policing - Street Corner Society by William Foote Whyte
  • The best books on Policing - Crime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoevsky
  • The best books on Policing - The Bonfire of the Vanities by Tom Wolfe
  • The best books on Policing - The Crime Fighter by Jack Maple

The best books on Policing, recommended by John Timoney

The youngest four-star chief in the history of the NYPD, and a Medal of Valor laureate, chooses books that address the topic of policing from many angles – from the practical to the poetic

The best books on Policing, recommended by John Timoney

    The best books on Parliamentary Politics, recommended by Philip Cowley

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    The best books on Parliamentary Politics - Breaking the Code by Gyles Brandreth

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    Breaking the Code
    by Gyles Brandreth

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    The best books on Parliamentary Politics - No Love For Johnnie by Wilfred Fienburgh

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    No Love For Johnnie
    by Wilfred Fienburgh

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    The best books on Parliamentary Politics - Home Style by Richard F Fenno

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    Home Style
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    The best books on Parliamentary Politics - Dissension in the House of Commons, 1945-1974 by Philip Norton

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    Dissension in the House of Commons, 1945-1974
    by Philip Norton

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    The best books on Parliamentary Politics - No Expenses Spared by Robert Winnett and Gordon Rayner

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    No Expenses Spared
    by Robert Winnett and Gordon Rayner

  • From the House to the duck house, political scientist Philip Crowley recommends the best books on parliamentary politics.

  • The best books on Parliamentary Politics - Breaking the Code by Gyles Brandreth
  • The best books on Parliamentary Politics - No Love For Johnnie by Wilfred Fienburgh
  • The best books on Parliamentary Politics - Home Style by Richard F Fenno
  • The best books on Parliamentary Politics - Dissension in the House of Commons, 1945-1974 by Philip Norton
  • The best books on Parliamentary Politics - No Expenses Spared by Robert Winnett and Gordon Rayner

The best books on Parliamentary Politics, recommended by Philip Cowley

From the House to the duck house, political scientist Philip Crowley recommends the best books on parliamentary politics.

The best books on Parliamentary Politics, recommended by Philip Cowley
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