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Influences

    Esi Edugyan on Books That Influenced Her

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    Esi Edugyan on Books That Influenced Her - Beloved by Toni Morrison

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    Beloved
    by Toni Morrison

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    Esi Edugyan on Books That Influenced Her - Middlemarch by George Eliot

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    Middlemarch
    by George Eliot

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    Esi Edugyan on Books That Influenced Her - In a Free State by V.S. Naipaul

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    In a Free State
    by V.S. Naipaul

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    Esi Edugyan on Books That Influenced Her - Blood Meridian by Cormac McCarthy

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    Blood Meridian
    by Cormac McCarthy

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    Esi Edugyan on Books That Influenced Her - Let the Great World Spin by Colum McCann

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    Let the Great World Spin
    by Colum McCann

  • Esi Edugyan on Books That Influenced Her - Beloved by Toni Morrison
  • Esi Edugyan on Books That Influenced Her - Middlemarch by George Eliot
  • Esi Edugyan on Books That Influenced Her - In a Free State by V.S. Naipaul
  • Esi Edugyan on Books That Influenced Her - Blood Meridian by Cormac McCarthy
  • Esi Edugyan on Books That Influenced Her - Let the Great World Spin by Colum McCann

Esi Edugyan on Books That Influenced Her

Canadian author Esi Edugyan, whose novel Washington Black is shortlisted for the 2018 Man Booker Prize, picks five books that have inspired her novels, and shares wisdom on what it means to read fiction today

Esi Edugyan on Books That Influenced Her

    Robin Robertson on Books that Influenced Him

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    Robin Robertson on Books that Influenced Him - Ulysses by James Joyce

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    Ulysses
    by James Joyce

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    Robin Robertson on Books that Influenced Him - In Parenthesis by David Jones

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    In Parenthesis
    by David Jones

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    Robin Robertson on Books that Influenced Him - Under the Volcano by Malcolm Lowry

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    Under the Volcano
    by Malcolm Lowry

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    Robin Robertson on Books that Influenced Him - War Music: An Account of Homer's Iliad by Christopher Logue

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    War Music: An Account of Homer's Iliad
    by Christopher Logue

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    Robin Robertson on Books that Influenced Him - Field Work by Seamus Heaney

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    Field Work
    by Seamus Heaney

  • Robin Robertson on Books that Influenced Him - Ulysses by James Joyce
  • Robin Robertson on Books that Influenced Him - In Parenthesis by David Jones
  • Robin Robertson on Books that Influenced Him - Under the Volcano by Malcolm Lowry
  • Robin Robertson on Books that Influenced Him - War Music: An Account of Homer's Iliad by Christopher Logue
  • Robin Robertson on Books that Influenced Him - Field Work by Seamus Heaney

Robin Robertson on Books that Influenced Him

“That’s what writing is: a struggle with oneself.” Scottish poet Robin Robertson—author of the verse novel The Long Take, shortlisted for the 2018 Man Booker Prize—lists the five works that have most influenced his writing, from Ulysses to Heaney.

Robin Robertson on Books that Influenced Him

    Daisy Johnson on Books That Influenced Her

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    Daisy Johnson on Books That Influenced Her - Miss Smilla's Feeling for Snow by Peter Hoeg

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    Miss Smilla's Feeling for Snow
    by Peter Hoeg

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    Daisy Johnson on Books That Influenced Her - All The Birds Singing by Evie Wyld

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    All The Birds Singing
    by Evie Wyld

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    Daisy Johnson on Books That Influenced Her - White is for Witching by Helen Oyeyemi

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    White is for Witching
    by Helen Oyeyemi

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    Daisy Johnson on Books That Influenced Her - The Shining by Stephen King

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    The Shining
    by Stephen King

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    Daisy Johnson on Books That Influenced Her - The Forgotten Waltz by Anne Enright

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    The Forgotten Waltz
    by Anne Enright

  • Daisy Johnson on Books That Influenced Her - Miss Smilla's Feeling for Snow by Peter Hoeg
  • Daisy Johnson on Books That Influenced Her - All The Birds Singing by Evie Wyld
  • Daisy Johnson on Books That Influenced Her - White is for Witching by Helen Oyeyemi
  • Daisy Johnson on Books That Influenced Her - The Shining by Stephen King
  • Daisy Johnson on Books That Influenced Her - The Forgotten Waltz by Anne Enright

Daisy Johnson on Books That Influenced Her

Daisy Johnson—short story writer, novelist, and the youngest author to be shortlisted for the 2018 Man Booker Prize—chooses the five books that most inspired her novel Everything Under and shares some of her writing rituals and philosophy.

Daisy Johnson on Books That Influenced Her

    Enrique Vila-Matas on Books that Shaped Him

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    Enrique Vila-Matas on Books that Shaped Him - La Bibliothèque invisible by Stéphane Mahieu

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    La Bibliothèque invisible
    by Stéphane Mahieu

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    Enrique Vila-Matas on Books that Shaped Him - Mirabiblia: Catalogo ragionato di libri introvabili by Paolo Albani & Paolo della Bella

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    Mirabiblia: Catalogo ragionato di libri introvabili
    by Paolo Albani & Paolo della Bella

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    Enrique Vila-Matas on Books that Shaped Him - The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman by Laurence Sterne

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    The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman
    by Laurence Sterne

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    Enrique Vila-Matas on Books that Shaped Him - Nueva Enciclopedia by Alberto Savinio

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    Nueva Enciclopedia
    by Alberto Savinio

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    Enrique Vila-Matas on Books that Shaped Him - The Afternoon of Mr. Andesmas by Marguerite Duras

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    The Afternoon of Mr. Andesmas
    by Marguerite Duras

  • Enrique Vila-Matas on Books that Shaped Him - La Bibliothèque invisible by Stéphane Mahieu
  • Enrique Vila-Matas on Books that Shaped Him - Mirabiblia: Catalogo ragionato di libri introvabili by Paolo Albani & Paolo della Bella
  • Enrique Vila-Matas on Books that Shaped Him - The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman by Laurence Sterne
  • Enrique Vila-Matas on Books that Shaped Him - Nueva Enciclopedia by Alberto Savinio
  • Enrique Vila-Matas on Books that Shaped Him - The Afternoon of Mr. Andesmas by Marguerite Duras

Enrique Vila-Matas on Books that Shaped Him

‘I like to show some restraint when it comes to making things up…’ The Spanish novelist Enrique Vila-Matas discusses the role of risk in writing, the ‘crisis of the novel’, and five books that have shaped his own work. (You can also read this interview in the original Spanish.)

Enrique Vila-Matas on Books that Shaped Him

    Ian McEwan on the Books That Shaped His Novels

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    Ian McEwan on the Books That Shaped His Novels - What Science Offers the Humanities by Edward Slingerland

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    What Science Offers the Humanities
    by Edward Slingerland

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    Ian McEwan on the Books That Shaped His Novels - Collected Poems by Philip Larkin

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    Collected Poems
    by Philip Larkin

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    Ian McEwan on the Books That Shaped His Novels - Rabbit at Rest by John Updike

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    Rabbit at Rest
    by John Updike

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    Ian McEwan on the Books That Shaped His Novels - The Pursuit of the Millennium by Norman Cohn

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    The Pursuit of the Millennium
    by Norman Cohn

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    Ian McEwan on the Books That Shaped His Novels - Einstein by Walter Isaacson

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    Einstein
    by Walter Isaacson

  • Ian McEwan on the Books That Shaped His Novels - What Science Offers the Humanities by Edward Slingerland
  • Ian McEwan on the Books That Shaped His Novels - Collected Poems by Philip Larkin
  • Ian McEwan on the Books That Shaped His Novels - Rabbit at Rest by John Updike
  • Ian McEwan on the Books That Shaped His Novels - The Pursuit of the Millennium by Norman Cohn
  • Ian McEwan on the Books That Shaped His Novels - Einstein by Walter Isaacson

Ian McEwan on the Books That Shaped His Novels

Novelist Ian McEwan talks about five of the books that have helped shape his own, from the biography of a scientific genius to a treatise on the end of time, and discusses the importance of finding “mental freedom”

Ian McEwan on the Books That Shaped His Novels

    David Grossman on the Books That Shaped Him

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    David Grossman on the Books That Shaped Him - Tevye the Dairyman and Motl the Cantor’s Son by Sholem Aleichem

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    Tevye the Dairyman and Motl the Cantor’s Son
    by Sholem Aleichem

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    David Grossman on the Books That Shaped Him - The Street of Crocodiles and Other Stories by Bruno Schultz and Celina Wieniewska (translator)

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    The Street of Crocodiles and Other Stories
    by Bruno Schultz and Celina Wieniewska (translator)

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    David Grossman on the Books That Shaped Him - Dubliners by James Joyce

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    Dubliners
    by James Joyce

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    David Grossman on the Books That Shaped Him - Mario and the Magician and Other Stories by Thomas Mann

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    Mario and the Magician and Other Stories
    by Thomas Mann

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    David Grossman on the Books That Shaped Him - History: A Novel by Elsa Morante and William Weaver (translator)

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    History: A Novel
    by Elsa Morante and William Weaver (translator)

  • David Grossman on the Books That Shaped Him - Tevye the Dairyman and Motl the Cantor’s Son by Sholem Aleichem
  • David Grossman on the Books That Shaped Him - The Street of Crocodiles and Other Stories by Bruno Schultz and Celina Wieniewska (translator)
  • David Grossman on the Books That Shaped Him - Dubliners by James Joyce
  • David Grossman on the Books That Shaped Him - Mario and the Magician and Other Stories by Thomas Mann
  • David Grossman on the Books That Shaped Him - History: A Novel by Elsa Morante and William Weaver (translator)

David Grossman on the Books That Shaped Him

David Grossman, renowned Israeli author and winner of the 2017 Man Booker International Prize, shares the books that have shaped his writing, from Sholem Aleichem to James Joyce and Elsa Morante

David Grossman on the Books That Shaped Him

    Max Porter on the Books That Shaped Him

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    Max Porter on the Books That Shaped Him - Angry Arthur by Hiawyn Oram and Satoshi Kitamura (illustrator)

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    Angry Arthur
    by Hiawyn Oram and Satoshi Kitamura (illustrator)

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    Max Porter on the Books That Shaped Him - Riddley Walker by Russell Hoban

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    Riddley Walker
    by Russell Hoban

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    Max Porter on the Books That Shaped Him - The Odyssey by Homer and translated by Emily Wilson

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    The Odyssey
    by Homer and translated by Emily Wilson

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    Max Porter on the Books That Shaped Him - The Pantheon Anthology of Russian Fairy Tales by A.N. Afanas'ev and N. Guterman (translator)

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    The Pantheon Anthology of Russian Fairy Tales
    by A.N. Afanas'ev and N. Guterman (translator)

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    Max Porter on the Books That Shaped Him - Glass, Irony and God by Anne Carson

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    Glass, Irony and God
    by Anne Carson

  • Max Porter on the Books That Shaped Him - Angry Arthur by Hiawyn Oram and Satoshi Kitamura (illustrator)
  • Max Porter on the Books That Shaped Him - Riddley Walker by Russell Hoban
  • Max Porter on the Books That Shaped Him - The Odyssey by Homer and translated by Emily Wilson
  • Max Porter on the Books That Shaped Him - The Pantheon Anthology of Russian Fairy Tales by A.N. Afanas'ev and N. Guterman (translator)
  • Max Porter on the Books That Shaped Him - Glass, Irony and God by Anne Carson

Max Porter on the Books That Shaped Him

Max Porter, author of Grief is the Thing with Feathers, on the books that have taken him from childhood to adulthood, the deepening shadow of nuclear war, and why he’ll always be on his knees in front of Emily Dickinson

Max Porter on the Books That Shaped Him

    Books that Inspired a Liberal Economist, recommended by Paul Krugman

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    Books that Inspired a Liberal Economist - Foundation Trilogy by Isaac Asimov

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    Foundation Trilogy
    by Isaac Asimov

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    Books that Inspired a Liberal Economist - An Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding by David Hume

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    An Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding
    by David Hume

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    Books that Inspired a Liberal Economist - The General Theory of Employment, Interest and Money by John Maynard Keynes

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    The General Theory of Employment, Interest and Money
    by John Maynard Keynes

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    Books that Inspired a Liberal Economist - Essays in Persuasion by John Maynard Keynes

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    Essays in Persuasion
    by John Maynard Keynes

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    Books that Inspired a Liberal Economist - Essays in Economics by James Tobin

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    Essays in Economics
    by James Tobin

  • Books that Inspired a Liberal Economist - Foundation Trilogy by Isaac Asimov
  • Books that Inspired a Liberal Economist - An Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding by David Hume
  • Books that Inspired a Liberal Economist - The General Theory of Employment, Interest and Money by John Maynard Keynes
  • Books that Inspired a Liberal Economist - Essays in Persuasion by John Maynard Keynes
  • Books that Inspired a Liberal Economist - Essays in Economics by James Tobin

Books that Inspired a Liberal Economist, recommended by Paul Krugman

Paul Krugman, Nobel prize-winning economist, Op-Ed columnist for the New York Times, and Emeritus Professor of Economics and International Affairs at Princeton, discusses the books that most influenced his formation as a liberal economist.

Books that Inspired a Liberal Economist, recommended by Paul Krugman

    Bruce Chatwin: Books that Influenced Him, recommended by Nicholas Shakespeare

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    Bruce Chatwin: Books that Influenced Him - The Road to Oxiana by Robert Byron

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    The Road to Oxiana
    by Robert Byron

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    Bruce Chatwin: Books that Influenced Him - Labyrinths by Jorge Luis Borges

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    Labyrinths
    by Jorge Luis Borges

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    Bruce Chatwin: Books that Influenced Him - Journey to Armenia by Osip Mandelstam

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    Journey to Armenia
    by Osip Mandelstam

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    Bruce Chatwin: Books that Influenced Him - Planet and Glow-worm by Edith Sitwell

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    Planet and Glow-worm
    by Edith Sitwell

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    Bruce Chatwin: Books that Influenced Him - The Rings of Saturn by W.G Sebald

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    The Rings of Saturn
    by W.G Sebald

  • Bruce Chatwin: Books that Influenced Him - The Road to Oxiana by Robert Byron
  • Bruce Chatwin: Books that Influenced Him - Labyrinths by Jorge Luis Borges
  • Bruce Chatwin: Books that Influenced Him - Journey to Armenia by Osip Mandelstam
  • Bruce Chatwin: Books that Influenced Him - Planet and Glow-worm by Edith Sitwell
  • Bruce Chatwin: Books that Influenced Him - The Rings of Saturn by W.G Sebald

Bruce Chatwin: Books that Influenced Him, recommended by Nicholas Shakespeare

With his books In Patagonia and The Songlines, Bruce Chatwin (1940-1989) reinvented travel literature. Nicholas Shakespeare, his biographer, lifts the lid on a complex life and selects five books that influenced Chatwin’s work.

Bruce Chatwin: Books that Influenced Him, recommended by Nicholas Shakespeare

    Stephen Breyer on his Intellectual Influences

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    Stephen Breyer on his Intellectual Influences - Democracy in America by Alexis de Tocqueville

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    Democracy in America
    by Alexis de Tocqueville

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    Stephen Breyer on his Intellectual Influences - The Education of Henry Adams by Henry Adams

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    The Education of Henry Adams
    by Henry Adams

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    Stephen Breyer on his Intellectual Influences - How to Do Things with Words by JL Austin

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    How to Do Things with Words
    by JL Austin

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    Stephen Breyer on his Intellectual Influences - The Plague by Albert Camus

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    The Plague
    by Albert Camus

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    Stephen Breyer on his Intellectual Influences - In Search of Lost Time by Marcel Proust

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    In Search of Lost Time
    by Marcel Proust

  • Stephen Breyer on his Intellectual Influences - Democracy in America by Alexis de Tocqueville
  • Stephen Breyer on his Intellectual Influences - The Education of Henry Adams by Henry Adams
  • Stephen Breyer on his Intellectual Influences - How to Do Things with Words by JL Austin
  • Stephen Breyer on his Intellectual Influences - The Plague by Albert Camus
  • Stephen Breyer on his Intellectual Influences - In Search of Lost Time by Marcel Proust

Stephen Breyer on his Intellectual Influences

US Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer talks about the books that have influenced his thinking and explains why reading widely, including literature, is essential for judges and lawyers.

Stephen Breyer on his Intellectual Influences

    Woody Allen on The Books that Inspired Him

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    Woody Allen on The Books that Inspired Him - The Catcher in the Rye by J D Salinger

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    The Catcher in the Rye
    by J D Salinger

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    Woody Allen on The Books that Inspired Him - Really the Blues by Mezz Mezzrow and Bernard Wolfe

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    Really the Blues
    by Mezz Mezzrow and Bernard Wolfe

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    Woody Allen on The Books that Inspired Him - The World of S J Perelman by S J Perelman

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    The World of S J Perelman
    by S J Perelman

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    Woody Allen on The Books that Inspired Him - Epitaph of a Small Winner by Machado de Assis

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    Epitaph of a Small Winner
    by Machado de Assis

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    Woody Allen on The Books that Inspired Him - Elia Kazan by Richard Schickel

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    Elia Kazan
    by Richard Schickel

  • Woody Allen on The Books that Inspired Him - The Catcher in the Rye by J D Salinger
  • Woody Allen on The Books that Inspired Him - Really the Blues by Mezz Mezzrow and Bernard Wolfe
  • Woody Allen on The Books that Inspired Him - The World of S J Perelman by S J Perelman
  • Woody Allen on The Books that Inspired Him - Epitaph of a Small Winner by Machado de Assis
  • Woody Allen on The Books that Inspired Him - Elia Kazan by Richard Schickel

Woody Allen on The Books that Inspired Him

Film legend Woody Allen talks us through his favourite books, from JD Salinger to Elia Kazan.

Woody Allen on The Books that Inspired Him

    Will Self on Literary Influences

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    Will Self on Literary Influences - Awakenings by Oliver Sacks

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    Awakenings
    by Oliver Sacks

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    Will Self on Literary Influences - The Great War and Modern Memory by Paul Fussell

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    The Great War and Modern Memory
    by Paul Fussell

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    Will Self on Literary Influences - My Life and Loves by Frank Harris

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    My Life and Loves
    by Frank Harris

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    Will Self on Literary Influences - City of Cities by Stephen Inwood

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    City of Cities
    by Stephen Inwood

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    Will Self on Literary Influences - London Street Games by Norman Douglas

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    London Street Games
    by Norman Douglas

  • Will Self on Literary Influences - Awakenings by Oliver Sacks
  • Will Self on Literary Influences - The Great War and Modern Memory by Paul Fussell
  • Will Self on Literary Influences - My Life and Loves by Frank Harris
  • Will Self on Literary Influences - City of Cities by Stephen Inwood
  • Will Self on Literary Influences - London Street Games by Norman Douglas

Will Self on Literary Influences

Conventional prose fiction falls short of the mark, says English author Will Self. He tells us about his modernist novel Umbrella, what the real character of London is, and why he can’t stand the Olympics

Will Self on Literary Influences

    Niall Ferguson on His Intellectual Influences

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    Niall Ferguson on His Intellectual Influences - The Wealth of Nations by Adam Smith

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    The Wealth of Nations
    by Adam Smith

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    Niall Ferguson on His Intellectual Influences - A Tract on Monetary Reform by John Maynard Keynes

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    A Tract on Monetary Reform
    by John Maynard Keynes

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    Niall Ferguson on His Intellectual Influences - The Last Days of Mankind by Karl Kraus

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    The Last Days of Mankind
    by Karl Kraus

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    Niall Ferguson on His Intellectual Influences - An Autobiography by RG Collingwood

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    An Autobiography
    by RG Collingwood

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    Niall Ferguson on His Intellectual Influences - War and Peace by Leo Tolstoy

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    War and Peace
    by Leo Tolstoy

  • Niall Ferguson on His Intellectual Influences - The Wealth of Nations by Adam Smith
  • Niall Ferguson on His Intellectual Influences - A Tract on Monetary Reform by John Maynard Keynes
  • Niall Ferguson on His Intellectual Influences - The Last Days of Mankind by Karl Kraus
  • Niall Ferguson on His Intellectual Influences - An Autobiography by RG Collingwood
  • Niall Ferguson on His Intellectual Influences - War and Peace by Leo Tolstoy

Niall Ferguson on His Intellectual Influences

Harvard historian Niall Ferguson tells us about the diverse influences on his work, from Keynes and Tolstoy to an Austrian satirist. He explains how he prefers a philosophy of history that emphasises the contingent and the chaotic, rather than the neatly predictable.

Niall Ferguson on His Intellectual Influences

    Santigold on her Favourite Music Books

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    Santigold on her Favourite Music Books - When the Drummers Were Women by Layne Redmond

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    When the Drummers Were Women
    by Layne Redmond

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    Santigold on her Favourite Music Books - Please Kill Me by Legs McNeil and Gillian McCain

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    Please Kill Me
    by Legs McNeil and Gillian McCain

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    Santigold on her Favourite Music Books - Alternative Rock by Dave Thompson

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    Alternative Rock
    by Dave Thompson

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    Santigold on her Favourite Music Books - Q by Quincy Jones

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    Q
    by Quincy Jones

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    Santigold on her Favourite Music Books - Divided Soul by David Ritz

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    Divided Soul
    by David Ritz

  • Santigold on her Favourite Music Books - When the Drummers Were Women by Layne Redmond
  • Santigold on her Favourite Music Books - Please Kill Me by Legs McNeil and Gillian McCain
  • Santigold on her Favourite Music Books - Alternative Rock by Dave Thompson
  • Santigold on her Favourite Music Books - Q by Quincy Jones
  • Santigold on her Favourite Music Books - Divided Soul by David Ritz

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