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    The Best Vasily Grossman Books, recommended by Maxim D Shrayer

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    The Best Vasily Grossman Books - The Life and Fate of Vasily Grossman by John and Carol Garrard

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    The Life and Fate of Vasily Grossman
    by John and Carol Garrard

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    The Best Vasily Grossman Books - The Complete Black Book of Russian Jewry by Ilya Ehrenburg and Vasily Grossman

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    The Complete Black Book of Russian Jewry
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    The Best Vasily Grossman Books - The Road by Vasily Grossman

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    The Road
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    The Best Vasily Grossman Books - Life and Fate by Vasily Grossman and translated by Robert Chandler

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    Life and Fate
    by Vasily Grossman and translated by Robert Chandler

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    The Best Vasily Grossman Books - Forever Flowing by Vasily Grossman

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    Forever Flowing
    by Vasily Grossman

The Best Vasily Grossman Books, recommended by Maxim D Shrayer

The Soviet writer bore witness to the horrors of Russia’s World War Two and the Shoah — and deserves a place in literary history, says scholar Maxim D Shrayer. He recommends the best books by and about Vasily Grossman.

    The best books on East and West, recommended by Ian Buruma

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    The best books on East and West - Chinese Shadows by Simon Leys

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    Chinese Shadows
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    The best books on East and West - A Passage to India by E M Forster

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    A Passage to India
    by E M Forster

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    The best books on East and West - The Inland Sea by Donald Richie

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    The Inland Sea
    by Donald Richie

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    The best books on East and West - The Hidden Force by Louis Couperus

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    The Hidden Force
    by Louis Couperus

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    The best books on East and West - The Quiet American by Graham Greene

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    The Quiet American
    by Graham Greene

The best books on East and West, recommended by Ian Buruma

The writer and historian Ian Buruma selects five Western perspectives of the East, including a novel of colonial India, a travelogue of disappearing Japan, and the collection of essays that lifted the veil on Mao’s China.

    The best books on London’s Addictions, recommended by Dr Matthew Green

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    The best books on London’s Addictions - The True History of Chocolate by Sophie and Michael Coe

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    The True History of Chocolate
    by Sophie and Michael Coe

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    The best books on London’s Addictions - The Smoke of the Gods: A Social History of Tobacco by Eric Burns

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    The Smoke of the Gods: A Social History of Tobacco
    by Eric Burns

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    The best books on London’s Addictions - The Diary of Dudley Ryder, 1715-1716 by Dudley Ryder

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    The Diary of Dudley Ryder, 1715-1716
    by Dudley Ryder

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    The best books on London’s Addictions - Samuel Johnson: The Major Works by ed. by Donald Green

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    Samuel Johnson: The Major Works
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    The best books on London’s Addictions - London Calling by Barry Miles

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    London Calling
    by Barry Miles

The best books on London’s Addictions, recommended by Dr Matthew Green

The social historian argues London is an intrinsically addictive city. He charts its history through its dependencies on chocolate, tobacco, coffee, and tea.

    The best books on China and the Internet, recommended by Gady Epstein

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    The best books on China and the Internet - After the Internet, Before Democracy by Johan Lagerqvist

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    After the Internet, Before Democracy
    by Johan Lagerqvist

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    The best books on China and the Internet - The Power of the Internet in China: Citizen Activism Online by Yang Guobin

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    The Power of the Internet in China: Citizen Activism Online
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    The best books on China and the Internet - Consent of the Networked by Rebecca Mackinnon

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    Consent of the Networked
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    The best books on China and the Internet - Marketing Dictatorship by Anne-Marie Brady

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    The best books on China and the Internet - Treason by the Book by Jonathan Spence

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    Treason by the Book
    by Jonathan Spence

The best books on China and the Internet, recommended by Gady Epstein

The ‘Great Fire Wall of China’. How has the Chinese Communist Party managed to survive the internet? Economist correspondent Gady Epstein chooses books on the world’s most successful case of authoritarian control of the internet.

    The best books on Modern Day British Royals, recommended by Katie Nicholl

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    The best books on Modern Day British Royals - Diana: Her True Story — In Her Own Words by Andrew Morton

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    Diana: Her True Story — In Her Own Words
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    The best books on Modern Day British Royals - The Housekeeper's Diary by Wendy Berry

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    The Housekeeper's Diary
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    The best books on Modern Day British Royals - Kate by Claudia Joseph

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    The best books on Modern Day British Royals - Charles and Camilla Portrait of A Love Affair by Gyles Brandreth

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    Charles and Camilla Portrait of A Love Affair
    by Gyles Brandreth

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    The best books on Modern Day British Royals - William and Harry by Ingrid Seward

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    William and Harry
    by Ingrid Seward

The best books on Modern Day British Royals, recommended by Katie Nicholl

The Mail on Sunday’s Royal Correspondent, Katie Nicholl, looks at how the histories of the previous generation have shaped Princes William and Harry. She picks the best books on the British royals.

    The best books on Life in the Tudor Era, recommended by Ian Mortimer

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    The best books on Life in the Tudor Era - Before the Mast: Life and Death Aboard the Mary Rose

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    Before the Mast: Life and Death Aboard the Mary Rose

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    The best books on Life in the Tudor Era - Plenti and Grase by Mark Dawson

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    Plenti and Grase
    by Mark Dawson

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    The best books on Life in the Tudor Era - Shakespeare: A Compact Documentary Life by Samuel Schoenbaum

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    Shakespeare: A Compact Documentary Life
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    The best books on Life in the Tudor Era - Shogun by James Clavell

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    Shogun
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    The best books on Life in the Tudor Era - A Traveller in Time by Alison Uttley

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    A Traveller in Time
    by Alison Uttley

The best books on Life in the Tudor Era, recommended by Ian Mortimer

History is not about understanding the past for the sake of it, it’s about understanding human nature, says the historian and novelist Ian Mortimer.

    The best books on Obstacles to Political Reform in China, recommended by Richard Baum

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    The best books on Obstacles to Political Reform in China - China’s Trapped Transition by Minxin Pei

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    China’s Trapped Transition
    by Minxin Pei

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    The best books on Obstacles to Political Reform in China - Remaking the Chinese Leviathan by Dali Yang

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    Remaking the Chinese Leviathan
    by Dali Yang

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    The best books on Obstacles to Political Reform in China - Capitalism without Democracy by Kellee Tsai

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    Capitalism without Democracy
    by Kellee Tsai

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    The best books on Obstacles to Political Reform in China - Will the Boat Sink the Water? The Life of China’s Peasants by Chen Guide and Wu Chundao

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    Will the Boat Sink the Water? The Life of China’s Peasants
    by Chen Guide and Wu Chundao

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    The best books on Obstacles to Political Reform in China - Out of Mao’s Shadow by Philip Pan

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    Out of Mao’s Shadow
    by Philip Pan

The best books on Obstacles to Political Reform in China, recommended by Richard Baum

The late China specialist and UCLA professor said sometimes he felt genuine admiration for China’s technocratic leaders. Other days he shook his head at their obsessive intransigence and China’s endemic political insecurity

    The Best London Books, recommended by Peter Ackroyd

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    The Best London Books - A Survey of London: Written in the Year 1598 by John Stow

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    A Survey of London: Written in the Year 1598
    by John Stow

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    The Best London Books - Bleak House by Charles Dickens

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    Bleak House
    by Charles Dickens

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    The Best London Books - Prehistoric London: Its Mounds and Circles by EO Gordon

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    Prehistoric London: Its Mounds and Circles
    by EO Gordon

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    The Best London Books - 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 London Books - London: A Pilgrimage by Blanchard Jerrold and Gustave Doré

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    London: A Pilgrimage
    by Blanchard Jerrold and Gustave Doré

The Best London Books, recommended by Peter Ackroyd

The historian and biographer of London Peter Ackroyd picks five books that shine a light on parts of this vast, complex and confusing city where, he says, pathos and pantomime meet.

    The best books on Desert Nations, recommended by Jo Tatchell

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    The best books on Desert Nations - Arabian Sands by Wilfred Thesiger

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    Arabian Sands
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    The best books on Desert Nations - Sultan in Oman by Jan Morris

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    Sultan in Oman
    by Jan Morris

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    The best books on Desert Nations - The Sheltering Sky by Paul Bowles

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    The Sheltering Sky
    by Paul Bowles

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    The best books on Desert Nations - Daughter of the Desert by Georgina Howell

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    Daughter of the Desert
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    The best books on Desert Nations - Dubai by Christopher Davidson

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    Dubai
    by Christopher Davidson

The best books on Desert Nations, recommended by Jo Tatchell

The author explains the allure of desert nations, through a discussion of books including Arabian Sands by Wilfred Thesiger and Sultan In Oman by Jan Morris

    The best books on US Militarism, recommended by Stephen Glain

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    The best books on US Militarism - The Best and the Brightest by David Halberstam

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    The Best and the Brightest
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    The best books on US Militarism - House of War by James Carroll

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    The best books on US Militarism - Legacy of Ashes: The History of the CIA by Tim Weiner

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    Legacy of Ashes: The History of the CIA
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    The best books on US Militarism - American Rasputin by David Milne

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    American Rasputin
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    The best books on US Militarism - Perils of Dominance by Gareth Porter

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    Perils of Dominance
    by Gareth Porter

The best books on US Militarism, recommended by Stephen Glain

American presidents may not want to send troops into battle or militarise foreign policy but, in the end, most of them do. The author and journalist explains how this happens, and why it’s not even the military that’s to blame. He picks the best books on American militarism.

    The best books on The Truth Behind the Headlines, recommended by Lorraine Adams

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    The best books on The Truth Behind the Headlines - Buried by the Times by Laurel Leff

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    Buried by the Times
    by Laurel Leff

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    The best books on The Truth Behind the Headlines - Public Opinion by Walter Lippmann

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    The best books on The Truth Behind the Headlines - Covering Islam by Edward W Said

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    Covering Islam
    by Edward W Said

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    The best books on The Truth Behind the Headlines - The Journalist and the Murderer by Janet Malcolm

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    The Journalist and the Murderer
    by Janet Malcolm

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    The best books on The Truth Behind the Headlines - Now They Tell Us by Michael Massing

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    Now They Tell Us
    by Michael Massing

The best books on The Truth Behind the Headlines, recommended by Lorraine Adams

Why do huge stories sometimes go unreported? Our news media are good at promulgating conventional wisdom but find it much more difficult to deal with evidence that contradicts it, says the former Washington Post reporter

    The best books on Legacies of World War One, recommended by Wade Davis

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    The best books on Legacies of World War One - Testament of Youth by Vera Brittain

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    Testament of Youth
    by Vera Brittain

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    The best books on Legacies of World War One - Seven Pillars of Wisdom by TE Lawrence

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    Seven Pillars of Wisdom
    by TE Lawrence

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    The best books on Legacies of World War One - Goodbye To All That by Robert Graves

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    Goodbye To All That
    by Robert Graves

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    The best books on Legacies of World War One - Three Day Road by Joseph Boyden

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    Three Day Road
    by Joseph Boyden

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    The best books on Legacies of World War One - The Great War and Modern Memory by Paul Fussell

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    The Great War and Modern Memory
    by Paul Fussell

The best books on Legacies of World War One, recommended by Wade Davis

The explorer and author of Into the Silence, Wade Davis, tells us that the consequences of the Great War were much more than merely political. He says the war had a noticeable impact on exploration, arts and literature, and modernity itself.

    The best books on Africa, recommended by Michela Wrong

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    The best books on Africa - The Worst Date Ever by Jane Bussmann

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    The Worst Date Ever
    by Jane Bussmann

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    The best books on Africa - Dreams From my Father by Barack Obama

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    Dreams From my Father
    by Barack Obama

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    The best books on Africa - Britain in Africa by Tom Porteous

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    Britain in Africa
    by Tom Porteous

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    The best books on Africa - The Antelope's Strategy by Jean Hatzfeld

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    The Antelope's Strategy
    by Jean Hatzfeld

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    The best books on Africa - Africa Dances by Geoffrey Gorer

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    Africa Dances
    by Geoffrey Gorer

The best books on Africa, recommended by Michela Wrong

The long-time foreign correspondent and author of books on Zaire, Eritrea and Kenya tells us where to turn for engaging foreign perspectives on Africa. She picks the best books on Africa.

    The best books on American Food, recommended by Ruth Reichl

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    The best books on American Food - The Art of Eating by MFK Fisher

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    The Art of Eating
    by MFK Fisher

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    The best books on American Food - Between Meals by AJ Liebling

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    Between Meals
    by AJ Liebling

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    The best books on American Food - Diet for a Small Planet by Frances Moore Lappé

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    Diet for a Small Planet
    by Frances Moore Lappé

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    The best books on American Food - The Alice B Toklas Cookbook by Alice B Toklas

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    The Alice B Toklas Cookbook
    by Alice B Toklas

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    The best books on American Food - An Unprejudiced Palate by Angelo Pellegrini

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    An Unprejudiced Palate
    by Angelo Pellegrini

The best books on American Food, recommended by Ruth Reichl

The Puritans got modern American cuisine off to a bad start. But the food writer and critic says subsequent immigrants have helped create a culture where food is appreciated.

    The best books on The US Constitution, recommended by Jack Rakove

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    The best books on The US Constitution - Creation of the American Republic, 1776-1787 by Gordon S Wood

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    Creation of the American Republic, 1776-1787
    by Gordon S Wood

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    The best books on The US Constitution - Novus Ordo Seclorum by Forrest McDonald

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    Novus Ordo Seclorum
    by Forrest McDonald

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    The best books on The US Constitution - Plain, Honest Men: The Making of the American Constitution by Richard Beeman

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    Plain, Honest Men: The Making of the American Constitution
    by Richard Beeman

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    The best books on The US Constitution - A Revolution in Favor of Government by Max M Edling

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    A Revolution in Favor of Government
    by Max M Edling

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    The best books on The US Constitution - Ratification: The People Debate the Constitution, 1787-1788 by Pauline Maier

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    Ratification: The People Debate the Constitution, 1787-1788
    by Pauline Maier

The best books on The US Constitution, recommended by Jack Rakove

The Pulitzer prize-winning history professor tells us how the Constitution came to be written and ratified and explains why, after more than 200 years, Americans are still so deeply wedded to it.

    The best books on How Americans Vote, recommended by Andrew Gelman

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    The best books on How Americans Vote - The Almanac of American Politics by Michael Barone and Chuck McCutcheon

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    The Almanac of American Politics
    by Michael Barone and Chuck McCutcheon

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    The best books on How Americans Vote - The 480 by Eugene Burdick

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    The 480
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    The best books on How Americans Vote - The Rational Public by Benjamin I Page and Robert Y Shapiro

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    The Rational Public
    by Benjamin I Page and Robert Y Shapiro

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    The best books on How Americans Vote - Fire on the Prairie: Harold Washington, Chicago Politics, and the Roots of the Obama Presidency by Gary Rivlin

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    Fire on the Prairie: Harold Washington, Chicago Politics, and the Roots of the Obama Presidency
    by Gary Rivlin

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    The best books on How Americans Vote - The Emerging Republican Majority by Kevin P Phillips

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    The Emerging Republican Majority
    by Kevin P Phillips

The best books on How Americans Vote, recommended by Andrew Gelman

As Romney vs Obama enters the final stretch, the statistician and author of Red State, Blue State, Rich State, Poor State uncovers the (often surprising) realities of how Americans of different backgrounds vote

    The best books on China, recommended by Evan Osnos

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    The best books on China - To Change China by Jonathan D Spence

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    To Change China
    by Jonathan D Spence

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    The best books on China - Tide Players by Jianying Zha

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    Tide Players
    by Jianying Zha

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    The best books on China - Tibet, Tibet by Patrick French

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    Tibet, Tibet
    by Patrick French

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    The best books on China - The Search for a Vanishing Beijing by M A Aldrich

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    The Search for a Vanishing Beijing
    by M A Aldrich

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    The best books on China - Capitalism with Chinese Characteristics by Yasheng Huang

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    Capitalism with Chinese Characteristics
    by Yasheng Huang

The best books on China, recommended by Evan Osnos

Travelling to China? What are the best books to read to get a more in-depth understanding of this complex country? Longtime Beijing resident and New Yorker writer Evan Osnos picks some of his favourites.

    The best books on US Supreme Court Justices, recommended by Dahlia Lithwick

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    The best books on US Supreme Court Justices - Supreme Power by Jeff Shesol

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    Supreme Power
    by Jeff Shesol

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    The best books on US Supreme Court Justices - Justice Brennan by Seth Stern and Stephen Wermiel

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    Justice Brennan
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    The best books on US Supreme Court Justices - Becoming Justice Blackmun by Linda Greenhouse

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    Becoming Justice Blackmun
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    The best books on US Supreme Court Justices - American Original by Joan Biskupic

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    American Original
    by Joan Biskupic

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    The best books on US Supreme Court Justices - My Grandfather’s Son by Clarence Thomas

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    My Grandfather’s Son
    by Clarence Thomas

The best books on US Supreme Court Justices, recommended by Dahlia Lithwick

Who are the men and women in black robes who sit on America’s highest judicial bench? Legal correspondent Dahlia Lithwick recommends the best books on the Supreme Court justices of the United States.

    The best books on Putin and Russian History, recommended by Edward Lucas

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    The best books on Putin and Russian History - It Was a Long Time Ago, and It Never Happened Anyway by David Satter

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    It Was a Long Time Ago, and It Never Happened Anyway
    by David Satter

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    The best books on Putin and Russian History - Internal Colonization by Alexander Etkind

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    Internal Colonization
    by Alexander Etkind

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    The best books on Putin and Russian History - The Man Without a Face by Masha Gessen

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    The Man Without a Face
    by Masha Gessen

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    The best books on Putin and Russian History - Molotov’s Magic Lantern by Rachel Polonsky

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    Molotov’s Magic Lantern
    by Rachel Polonsky

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    The best books on Putin and Russian History - Let Our Fame Be Great: Journeys Among the Defiant People of the Caucasus by Oliver Bullough

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    Let Our Fame Be Great: Journeys Among the Defiant People of the Caucasus
    by Oliver Bullough

The best books on Putin and Russian History, recommended by Edward Lucas

Journalist and author Edward Lucas gives an excoriating critique of Putinism and explains how Russia’s amoral present is rooted in a failure to come to terms with its past.

    The best books on Americans Abroad, recommended by Charles Glass

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    The best books on Americans Abroad - Innocents Abroad by Mark Twain

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    Innocents Abroad
    by Mark Twain

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    The best books on Americans Abroad - Daisy Miller by Henry James

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    Daisy Miller
    by Henry James

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    The best books on Americans Abroad - Catch 22 by Joseph Heller

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    Catch 22
    by Joseph Heller

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    The best books on Americans Abroad - Horn of Africa by Philip Caputo

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    Horn of Africa
    by Philip Caputo

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    The best books on Americans Abroad - The Quiet American by Graham Greene

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    The Quiet American
    by Graham Greene

The best books on Americans Abroad, recommended by Charles Glass

The much-travelled writer and broadcaster tells us about misunderstandings and misadventures of Americans in foreign lands

    The best books on London Olympic History, recommended by David Runciman

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    The best books on London Olympic History - The 1908 Olympics by Keith Baker

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    The 1908 Olympics
    by Keith Baker

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    The best books on London Olympic History - The Condition of England by Charles FG Masterman

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    The Condition of England
    by Charles FG Masterman

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    The best books on London Olympic History - The 1948 Olympics by Bob Phillips

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    The 1948 Olympics
    by Bob Phillips

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    The best books on London Olympic History - Austerity Britain by David Kynaston

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    Austerity Britain
    by David Kynaston

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    The best books on London Olympic History - 1948 by Andy Croft

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    1948
    by Andy Croft

The best books on London Olympic History, recommended by David Runciman

As the Olympics open, David Runciman looks back at the two previous times that the Games have been staged in London and finds that the thrift of today looks modest compared with austerities of the past

    The best books on Islamism, recommended by Malise Ruthven

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    The best books on Islamism - Hasan al-Banna by Gudrun Kraemer

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    Hasan al-Banna
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    The best books on Islamism - Sayyid Qutb and the Origins of Radical Islamism by John Calvert

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    Sayyid Qutb and the Origins of Radical Islamism
    by John Calvert

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    Landscapes of the Jihad
    by Faisal Devji

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    The best books on Islamism - Global Salafism by Roal Meijer (editor)

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    The best books on Islamism - Shi’ism by Hamid Dabashi

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    Shi’ism
    by Hamid Dabashi

The best books on Islamism, recommended by Malise Ruthven

The war on terror relied on a fundamental misunderstanding of the nature of the threat, say author and academic Malise Ruthven. He picks the best books to get a better understanding of Islamism.

    The best books on Atlantic History, recommended by Bernard Bailyn

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    The best books on Atlantic History - Atlantic History by Bernard Bailyn

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    Atlantic History
    by Bernard Bailyn

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    The best books on Atlantic History - Empires of the Atlantic World by JH Elliott

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    Empires of the Atlantic World
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    The best books on Atlantic History - Atlas of the Transatlantic Slave Trade by David Eltis and David Richardson

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    Atlas of the Transatlantic Slave Trade
    by David Eltis and David Richardson

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    The best books on Atlantic History - The British Atlantic World, 1500-1800 by David Armitage and Michael J Braddick (editors)

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    The British Atlantic World, 1500-1800
    by David Armitage and Michael J Braddick (editors)

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    The best books on Atlantic History - Soundings in Atlantic History by Bernard Bailyn (editor)

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    Soundings in Atlantic History
    by Bernard Bailyn (editor)

The best books on Atlantic History, recommended by Bernard Bailyn

Harvard professor and Pulitzer prize-winning historian Bernard Bailyn recommends reading on three centuries of empire, conflict and slave trading between the Americas, Europe and Africa

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    The best books on The Levant - Travels in Greece and Turkey by Lord Charlemont

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    Travels in Greece and Turkey
    by Lord Charlemont

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    The best books on The Levant - Bright Levant by Laurence Grafftey-Smith

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    Bright Levant
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    The best books on The Levant - Complete Poems by CP Cavafy

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    Complete Poems
    by CP Cavafy

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    The best books on The Levant - Alexandria by Michael Haag

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    Alexandria
    by Michael Haag

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    The best books on The Levant - Ionian Vision by Michael Llewellyn Smith

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    Ionian Vision
    by Michael Llewellyn Smith

The best books on The Levant, recommended by Philip Mansel

Before the era of nation states, the great Levantine cities of Beirut, Alexandria and Smyrna experienced a golden age, as the author of Levant, Philip Mansel, explains

    The best books on Hemingway in Paris, recommended by Wai Chee Dimock

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    The best books on Hemingway in Paris - The Sun Also Rises by Ernest Hemingway

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    The Sun Also Rises
    by Ernest Hemingway

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    The best books on Hemingway in Paris - A Moveable Feast by Ernest Hemingway

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    A Moveable Feast
    by Ernest Hemingway

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    The best books on Hemingway in Paris - The Autobiography of Alice B Toklas by Gertrude Stein

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    The Autobiography of Alice B Toklas
    by Gertrude Stein

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    The best books on Hemingway in Paris - The Book of Salt by Monique Truong

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    The Book of Salt
    by Monique Truong

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    The best books on Hemingway in Paris - The Paris Wife by Paula Mclain

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    The Paris Wife
    by Paula Mclain

The best books on Hemingway in Paris, recommended by Wai Chee Dimock

Paris in the 1920s was a creative melting pot, the haunt of Ernest Hemingway, Gertrude Stein, F Scott Fitzgerald and James Joyce. The Yale English professor gives us a feel for what it was like to be there

    The best books on Britishness, recommended by Matthew Engel

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    The best books on Britishness - The Kingdom by the Sea by Paul Theroux

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    The Kingdom by the Sea
    by Paul Theroux

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    The best books on Britishness - Waterland by Graham Swift

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    Waterland
    by Graham Swift

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    The best books on Britishness - The British Common People by GDH Cole and Raymond Postgate

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    The British Common People
    by GDH Cole and Raymond Postgate

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    The best books on Britishness - Farewell the Trumpets by James Morris

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    Farewell the Trumpets
    by James Morris

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    The best books on Britishness - Collected Poems by John Betjeman

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    Collected Poems
    by John Betjeman

The best books on Britishness, recommended by Matthew Engel

Britain is a bewilderingly motley nation of phlegmatic grumblers, says the author and editor Matthew Engel – a seaside resort-going, class-conscious people haunted by loss of empire, and we can’t even agree on what the country is called

    The best books on Wild Places, recommended by Robert Macfarlane

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    The best books on Wild Places - Arctic Dreams by Barry Lopez

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    Arctic Dreams
    by Barry Lopez

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    The best books on Wild Places - Blood Meridian by Cormac McCarthy

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    Blood Meridian
    by Cormac McCarthy

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    The best books on Wild Places - The Peregrine by JA Baker

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    The Peregrine
    by JA Baker

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    The best books on Wild Places - The Living Mountain by Nan Shepherd

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    The Living Mountain
    by Nan Shepherd

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    The best books on Wild Places - Desert Solitaire by Edward Abbey

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    Desert Solitaire
    by Edward Abbey

The best books on Wild Places, recommended by Robert Macfarlane

Robert Macfarlane, author of an acclaimed trilogy of books about landscape and human thought tells us about the intrepid, sometimes misanthropic writers who inspired his own investigation of wilderness. He chooses some of his favourite books of nature-writing.

    The Best Travel Books, recommended by Paul Theroux

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    The Best Travel Books - The Worst Journey in the World by Apsley Cherry-Garrard

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    The Worst Journey in the World
    by Apsley Cherry-Garrard

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    The Best Travel Books - Following the Equator by Mark Twain

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    Following the Equator
    by Mark Twain

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    The Best Travel Books - The West Indies and the Spanish Main by Anthony Trollope

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    The West Indies and the Spanish Main
    by Anthony Trollope

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    The Best Travel Books - Christ Stopped at Eboli by Carlo Levi

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    Christ Stopped at Eboli
    by Carlo Levi

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    The Best Travel Books - An Area of Darkness by VS Naipaul

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    An Area of Darkness
    by VS Naipaul

The Best Travel Books, recommended by Paul Theroux

Travel is a leap in the dark, says Paul Theroux and one that will leave you a different person at the other end. He recommends five travel books that inspired him, from Mark Twain at sea to VS Naipaul in India

    The best books on Gang Crime, recommended by Gavin Knight

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    The best books on Gang Crime - Lush Life by Richard Price

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    Lush Life
    by Richard Price

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    The best books on Gang Crime - Gomorrah by Roberto Saviano

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    Gomorrah
    by Roberto Saviano

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    The best books on Gang Crime - The Corner by David Simon and Edward Burns

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    The Corner
    by David Simon and Edward Burns

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    The best books on Gang Crime - Code of the Street by Elijah Anderson

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    Code of the Street
    by Elijah Anderson

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    The best books on Gang Crime - Dark Heart: The Shocking Truth About Hidden Britain by Nick Davies

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    Dark Heart: The Shocking Truth About Hidden Britain
    by Nick Davies

The best books on Gang Crime, recommended by Gavin Knight

Inner-city crime is a matter of deprivation not race. It comes from a street culture that respects extreme violence, says Gavin Knight, an author who spent two years among British gangs and the police units covering them

    The best books on The Italian Mafia, recommended by John Dickie

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    The best books on The Italian Mafia - Men of Honour: the Truth about the Mafia by Judge Giovanni Falcone

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    Men of Honour: the Truth about the Mafia
    by Judge Giovanni Falcone

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    The best books on The Italian Mafia - Excellent Cadavers by Alexander Stille

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    Excellent Cadavers
    by Alexander Stille

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    The best books on The Italian Mafia - The Two Mafias: A Transatlantic History, 1888-2008 by Salvatore Lupo

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    The Two Mafias: A Transatlantic History, 1888-2008
    by Salvatore Lupo

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    The best books on The Italian Mafia - Gomorrah by Roberto Saviano

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    Gomorrah
    by Roberto Saviano

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    The best books on The Italian Mafia - Mafia Women by Clare Longrigg

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    Mafia Women
    by Clare Longrigg

The best books on The Italian Mafia, recommended by John Dickie

The three biggest Italian mafias remain a powerful presence, with tentacles reaching deep inside Italian business and politics. The historian, author and academic John Dickie  busts the myth that it’s all in the family.

    The best books on The Queen, recommended by Robert Lacey

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    The best books on The Queen - The English Constitution by Walter Bagehot

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    The English Constitution
    by Walter Bagehot

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    The best books on The Queen - King George V by Kenneth Rose

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    King George V
    by Kenneth Rose

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    The best books on The Queen - Edward VIII by Frances Donaldson

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    Edward VIII
    by Frances Donaldson

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    The best books on The Queen - Crown and People by Philip Ziegler

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    Crown and People
    by Philip Ziegler

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    The best books on The Queen - The Diana Chronicles by Tina Brown

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    The Diana Chronicles
    by Tina Brown

The best books on The Queen, recommended by Robert Lacey

The royal biographer Robert Lacey considers Queen Elizabeth II, her legacy, her family history, and her ambivalent relationship with Princess Diana.

    Sandy Gall the best books by Foreigners in Afghanistan

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    Sandy Gall the best books by Foreigners in Afghanistan - A Short Walk in the Hindu Kush by Eric Newby

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    A Short Walk in the Hindu Kush
    by Eric Newby

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    Sandy Gall the best books by Foreigners in Afghanistan - The Road to Oxiana by Robert Byron

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    The Road to Oxiana
    by Robert Byron

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    Sandy Gall the best books by Foreigners in Afghanistan - Afghanistan by Louis Dupree

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    Afghanistan
    by Louis Dupree

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    Sandy Gall the best books by Foreigners in Afghanistan - Baburnama by Wheeler M Thackston (translator) & Zahir al-Din Babur

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    Baburnama
    by Wheeler M Thackston (translator) & Zahir al-Din Babur

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    Sandy Gall the best books by Foreigners in Afghanistan - A Journal of the Disasters in Afghanistan, 1841-1842 by Lady Sale

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    A Journal of the Disasters in Afghanistan, 1841-1842
    by Lady Sale

Sandy Gall the best books by Foreigners in Afghanistan

The veteran reporter and frequent visitor to Afghanistan tells us about the country he loves, and the Westerners (and Central Asian conqueror) who wrote engagingly about it.

    The best books on Islam in the West, recommended by Tariq Ramadan

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    The best books on Islam in the West - Muslims in the West by Yvonne Yazbeck Haddad (editor)

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    Muslims in the West
    by Yvonne Yazbeck Haddad (editor)

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    The best books on Islam in the West - Islam in America by Jane I Smith

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    Islam in America
    by Jane I Smith

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    The best books on Islam in the West - Islam and the Blackamerican by Sherman A Jackson

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    Islam and the Blackamerican
    by Sherman A Jackson

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    The best books on Islam in the West - Young, British and Muslim by Philip Lewis

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    Young, British and Muslim
    by Philip Lewis

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    The best books on Islam in the West - British Muslims by Mohammad Siddique Seddon, Dilwar Hussain and Nadeem Malik (editors)

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    British Muslims
    by Mohammad Siddique Seddon, Dilwar Hussain and Nadeem Malik (editors)

The best books on Islam in the West, recommended by Tariq Ramadan

The Islamic scholar and commentator tells us what it means to be Muslim and Western, and explains how mainstream views get trapped between noisy extremism and a sensation-seeking media

    The best books on Swedish Crime Writing, recommended by Anders Roslund and Börge Hellström

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    The best books on Swedish Crime Writing - The Laughing Policemen by Maj Sjöwall and Per Wahlöö

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    The Laughing Policemen
    by Maj Sjöwall and Per Wahlöö

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    The best books on Swedish Crime Writing - One Step Behind by Henning Mankell

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    One Step Behind
    by Henning Mankell

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    The best books on Swedish Crime Writing - Shutter Island by Dennis Lehane

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    Shutter Island
    by Dennis Lehane

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    The best books on Swedish Crime Writing - The Abominable Man by Maj Sjöwall and Per Wahlöö

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    The Abominable Man
    by Maj Sjöwall and Per Wahlöö

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    The best books on Swedish Crime Writing - The Raven by Edgar Allen Poe

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    The Raven
    by Edgar Allen Poe

The best books on Swedish Crime Writing, recommended by Anders Roslund and Börge Hellström

The celebrated Swedish crime-writing duo take turns to recommend gripping and grisly Scandinavian thrillers, as well as to tell us about visiting prison – and being in it

    The best books on The Music of New Orleans, recommended by Keith Spera

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    The best books on The Music of New Orleans - Ernie K-Doe by Ben Sandmel

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    Ernie K-Doe
    by Ben Sandmel

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    The best books on The Music of New Orleans - Blue Monday by Rick Coleman

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    Blue Monday
    by Rick Coleman

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    The best books on The Music of New Orleans - Louisiana Saturday Night by Alex V Cook

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    Louisiana Saturday Night
    by Alex V Cook

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    The best books on The Music of New Orleans - Up From the Cradle of Jazz by Jason Berry, Jonathan Foose and Tad Jones

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    Up From the Cradle of Jazz
    by Jason Berry, Jonathan Foose and Tad Jones

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    The best books on The Music of New Orleans - The Brothers by Art, Aaron, Charles and Cyril Neville and David Ritz

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    The Brothers
    by Art, Aaron, Charles and Cyril Neville and David Ritz

The best books on The Music of New Orleans, recommended by Keith Spera

The author of Groove Interrupted transports us to the world of Fats Domino and Professor Longhair, and tells us how (and where) to sample the city’s unique music culture

    Ma Jian on Chinese Dissident Literature

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    Ma Jian on Chinese Dissident Literature - The Lament by Qu Yuan

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    The Lament
    by Qu Yuan

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    Ma Jian on Chinese Dissident Literature - Romance of the Three Kingdoms by Luo Guanzhong

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    Romance of the Three Kingdoms
    by Luo Guanzhong

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    Ma Jian on Chinese Dissident Literature - The Real Story of Ah-Q by Lu Xun

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    The Real Story of Ah-Q
    by Lu Xun

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    Ma Jian on Chinese Dissident Literature - One Man’s Bible by Gao Xingjian

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    One Man’s Bible
    by Gao Xingjian

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    Ma Jian on Chinese Dissident Literature - Tombstone by Yang Jisheng

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    Tombstone
    by Yang Jisheng

Ma Jian on Chinese Dissident Literature

Writers in China are afraid to criticise the state and society, says London-based author Ma Jian. From the 3rd century BC to 2008, these five exceptional works show how it’s done.

    The best books on The Russian Revolution, recommended by Roland Chambers

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    The best books on The Russian Revolution - Six Weeks in Russia in 1919 by Arthur Ransome

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    Six Weeks in Russia in 1919
    by Arthur Ransome

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    The best books on The Russian Revolution - A People’s Tragedy: The Russian Revolution by Orlando Figes

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    A People’s Tragedy: The Russian Revolution
    by Orlando Figes

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    The best books on The Russian Revolution - The Debate on Soviet Power by John LH Keep (editor and translator)

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    The Debate on Soviet Power
    by John LH Keep (editor and translator)

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    The best books on The Russian Revolution - Lenin in Zurich by Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn

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    Lenin in Zurich
    by Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn

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    The best books on The Russian Revolution - History of the Russian Revolution by Leon Trotsky

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    History of the Russian Revolution
    by Leon Trotsky

The best books on The Russian Revolution, recommended by Roland Chambers

The Russian revolution was the beginning of the modern age, says award-winning author Roland Chambers. He tells us what Solzhenitsyn imagined Lenin was like, and about the children’s author who led a double life as a spy in Bolshevik Russia.

    Ahmede Hussain on South Asian Literature

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    Ahmede Hussain on South Asian Literature - The New Anthem by Ahmede Hussain (editor)

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    The New Anthem
    by Ahmede Hussain (editor)

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    Ahmede Hussain on South Asian Literature - The Reluctant Fundamentalist by Mohsin Hamid

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    The Reluctant Fundamentalist
    by Mohsin Hamid

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    Ahmede Hussain on South Asian Literature - The Glass Palace by Amitav Ghosh

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    The Glass Palace
    by Amitav Ghosh

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    Ahmede Hussain on South Asian Literature - English, August by Upamanyu Chatterjee

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    English, August
    by Upamanyu Chatterjee

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    Ahmede Hussain on South Asian Literature - Seasonal Adjustments by Adib Khan

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    Seasonal Adjustments
    by Adib Khan

Ahmede Hussain on South Asian Literature

The acclaimed author recommends the most exciting new writing out of India and South Asia, including accounts of 9/11 from a Pakistani perspective and an emigré’s return to an unfamiliar Bangladesh.

    The best books on American Economic History, recommended by Michael Lind

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    The best books on American Economic History - The Elusive Republic by Drew R McCoy

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    The Elusive Republic
    by Drew R McCoy

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    The best books on American Economic History - From the American System to Mass Production, 1800-1932 by David A Hounshell

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    From the American System to Mass Production, 1800-1932
    by David A Hounshell

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    The best books on American Economic History - Technology and American Society by Gary Cross and Rick Szostak

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    Technology and American Society
    by Gary Cross and Rick Szostak

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    The best books on American Economic History - The Past and Future of America’s Economy by Robert D Atkinson

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    The Past and Future of America’s Economy
    by Robert D Atkinson

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    The best books on American Economic History - Bad Samaritans by Ha-Joon Chang

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    Bad Samaritans
    by Ha-Joon Chang

The best books on American Economic History, recommended by Michael Lind

The American economy has been driven by waves of technological change and the successful adoption of ideas from elsewhere. The author of Land of Promise tells us how it happened, and what history teaches us about the way ahead

    The best books on The Aftermath of World War II, recommended by Keith Lowe

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    The best books on The Aftermath of World War II - Postwar: A History of Europe Since 1945 by Tony Judt

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    Postwar: A History of Europe Since 1945
    by Tony Judt

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    The best books on The Aftermath of World War II - The Long Road Home by Ben Shephard

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    The Long Road Home
    by Ben Shephard

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    The best books on The Aftermath of World War II - A Woman in Berlin by Anonymous

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    A Woman in Berlin
    by Anonymous

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    The best books on The Aftermath of World War II - Naples ’44 by Norman Lewis

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    Naples ’44
    by Norman Lewis

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    The best books on The Aftermath of World War II - Forest Brothers by Juozas Luksa

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    Forest Brothers
    by Juozas Luksa

The best books on The Aftermath of World War II, recommended by Keith Lowe

Postwar Europe was a scene of both physical and moral destruction. The author of Savage Continent, winner of the Hessell-Tiltman History Prize, recommends essential reading for understanding the sheer scale of suffering, dislocation and fighting after the war was over.

    The best books on Los Angeles, recommended by Dennis McDougal

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    The best books on Los Angeles - Southern California by Carey McWilliams

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    Southern California
    by Carey McWilliams

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    The best books on Los Angeles - Thinking Big by Bob Gottlieb and Irene Wolt

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    Thinking Big
    by Bob Gottlieb and Irene Wolt

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    The best books on Los Angeles - Farewell, My Lovely by Raymond Chandler

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    Farewell, My Lovely
    by Raymond Chandler

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    The best books on Los Angeles - The Real and the Unreal by Bill Davidson

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    The Real and the Unreal
    by Bill Davidson

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    The best books on Los Angeles - City of Quartz by Mike Davis

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    City of Quartz
    by Mike Davis

The best books on Los Angeles, recommended by Dennis McDougal

The writer dubbed “LA’s number one muckraker” peels away the phoney baloney to tell us about power, pollution and pulp fiction in the City of Angels.

    The best books on Perspectives of World War II, recommended by James Holland

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    The best books on Perspectives of World War II - First Light by Geoffrey Wellum

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    First Light
    by Geoffrey Wellum

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    The best books on Perspectives of World War II - Near East by Cecil Beaton

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    Near East
    by Cecil Beaton

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    The best books on Perspectives of World War II - Marking Time by Elizabeth Jane Howard

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    Marking Time
    by Elizabeth Jane Howard

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    The best books on Perspectives of World War II - One Man’s Window by Denis Barnham

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    One Man’s Window
    by Denis Barnham

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    The best books on Perspectives of World War II - Sword of Honour by Evelyn Waugh

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    Sword of Honour
    by Evelyn Waugh

The best books on Perspectives of World War II, recommended by James Holland

The author of a new book on the Dam Buster squadron tells us about works of fiction or memoir that show the horror of the Second World War in a human light and with fresh immediacy

    The best books on Strong Women in Bad Marriages, recommended by Nancy Goldstone

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    The best books on Strong Women in Bad Marriages - Eleanor of Aquitaine by Alison Weir

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    Eleanor of Aquitaine
    by Alison Weir

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    The best books on Strong Women in Bad Marriages - The Serpent and the Moon by Her Royal Highness Princess Michael of Kent

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    The Serpent and the Moon
    by Her Royal Highness Princess Michael of Kent

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    The best books on Strong Women in Bad Marriages - The Heptameron by Marguerite de Navarre

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    The Heptameron
    by Marguerite de Navarre

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    The best books on Strong Women in Bad Marriages - Murder of a Medici Princess by Caroline P Murphy

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    Murder of a Medici Princess
    by Caroline P Murphy

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    The best books on Strong Women in Bad Marriages - Wedlock by Wendy Moore

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    Wedlock
    by Wendy Moore

The best books on Strong Women in Bad Marriages, recommended by Nancy Goldstone

The author of The Maid and the Queen takes us on an enjoyable ride through European history, looking at well-connected women who outwitted their husbands or asserted their independence.

    The best books on Why Cities Are Good For You, recommended by Leo Hollis

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    The best books on Why Cities Are Good For You - The Death and Life of Great American Cities by Jane Jacobs

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    The Death and Life of Great American Cities
    by Jane Jacobs

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    The best books on Why Cities Are Good For You - Where Good Ideas Come From by Steven Johnson

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    Where Good Ideas Come From
    by Steven Johnson

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    The best books on Why Cities Are Good For You - Together by Richard Sennett

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    Together
    by Richard Sennett

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    The best books on Why Cities Are Good For You - Open City by Teju Cole

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    Open City
    by Teju Cole

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    The best books on Why Cities Are Good For You - Behind the Beautiful Forevers by Katherine Boo

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    Behind the Beautiful Forevers
    by Katherine Boo

The best books on Why Cities Are Good For You, recommended by Leo Hollis

Half of the world’s population live in cities, and more are moving in. Urbanist Leo Hollis explains how city living makes us smarter and more creative, why slums are set to grow, and what the future of the city holds.

    The best books on Saving Capitalism and Democracy, recommended by Robert Reich

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    The best books on Saving Capitalism and Democracy - The Promise of American Life by Herbert Croly

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    The Promise of American Life
    by Herbert Croly

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    The best books on Saving Capitalism and Democracy - The New Industrial State by John Kenneth Galbraith

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    The New Industrial State
    by John Kenneth Galbraith

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    The best books on Saving Capitalism and Democracy - The Wheels of Commerce by Fernand Braudel

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    The Wheels of Commerce
    by Fernand Braudel

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    The best books on Saving Capitalism and Democracy - Democracy in America by Alexis de Tocqueville

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    Democracy in America
    by Alexis de Tocqueville

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    The best books on Saving Capitalism and Democracy - The Theory of the Leisure Class by Thorstein Veblen

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    The Theory of the Leisure Class
    by Thorstein Veblen

The best books on Saving Capitalism and Democracy, recommended by Robert Reich

It’s not the first period in history that American society has suffered from a crisis of inequality. Former labour secretary, Robert Reich, recommends books to help us understand the response of previous generations to the same kinds of challenges we now face.

    The best books on Nelson Mandela and South Africa, recommended by John Carlin

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    The best books on Nelson Mandela and South Africa - The Washing of the Spears by Donald R Morris

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    The Washing of the Spears
    by Donald R Morris

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    The best books on Nelson Mandela and South Africa - Move Your Shadow by Joseph Lelyveld

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    Move Your Shadow
    by Joseph Lelyveld

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    The best books on Nelson Mandela and South Africa - Age of Iron by JM Coetzee

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    Age of Iron
    by JM Coetzee

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    The best books on Nelson Mandela and South Africa - Mandela by Anthony Sampson

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    Mandela
    by Anthony Sampson

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    The best books on Nelson Mandela and South Africa - After Mandela by Alec Russell

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    After Mandela
    by Alec Russell

The best books on Nelson Mandela and South Africa, recommended by John Carlin

Nelson Mandela was a most unusual and unusually astute leader, says journalist and author of Playing the Enemy, John Carlin. He chooses the best books to understand Nelson Mandela, who used forgiveness as a political tool, and South Africa, the country he brought peacefully out of apartheid.

    The best books on The US Intelligence Services, recommended by Tim Weiner

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    The best books on The US Intelligence Services - The Art of War by Sun Zi (also written in English as Sun Tzu)

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    The Art of War
    by Sun Zi (also written in English as Sun Tzu)

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    The best books on The US Intelligence Services - The Invisible Government by David Wise and Thomas B Ross

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    The Invisible Government
    by David Wise and Thomas B Ross

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    The best books on The US Intelligence Services - From the Shadows by Robert M Gates

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    From the Shadows
    by Robert M Gates

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    The best books on The US Intelligence Services - The March of Folly by Barbara W Tuchman

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    The March of Folly
    by Barbara W Tuchman

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    The best books on The US Intelligence Services - Nineteen Eighty-Four by George Orwell

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    Nineteen Eighty-Four
    by George Orwell

The best books on The US Intelligence Services, recommended by Tim Weiner

The job of the intelligence services is to understand others and help leaders act more wisely, says the author of a new history of the FBI. There’s a balance to be struck between liberty and security but when the CIA and FBI do not harmonise their intelligence missions, people die.

    Rosamund Bartlett recommends the best Russian Short Stories

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    Rosamund Bartlett recommends the best Russian Short Stories - The Queen of Spades and Other Stories by Alexander Pushkin

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    The Queen of Spades and Other Stories
    by Alexander Pushkin

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    Rosamund Bartlett recommends the best Russian Short Stories - Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk by Nikolai Leskov

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    Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk
    by Nikolai Leskov

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    Rosamund Bartlett recommends the best Russian Short Stories - Master and Man and Other Stories by Leo Tolstoy

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    Master and Man and Other Stories
    by Leo Tolstoy

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    Rosamund Bartlett recommends the best Russian Short Stories - About Love and Other Stories by Anton Chekhov

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    About Love and Other Stories
    by Anton Chekhov

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    Rosamund Bartlett recommends the best Russian Short Stories - The Complete Works of Isaac Babel by Isaac Babel

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    The Complete Works of Isaac Babel
    by Isaac Babel

Rosamund Bartlett recommends the best Russian Short Stories

In Russia, it’s often fallen to writers to challenge conventions and speak the truth, says the translator and biographer Rosamund Bartlett. She makes a personal selection of some of the most exhilarating Russian short fiction.

    The best books on Memoirs of Communism, recommended by Anne Applebaum

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    The best books on Memoirs of Communism - The Captive Mind by Czeslaw Milosz

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    The Captive Mind
    by Czeslaw Milosz

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    The best books on Memoirs of Communism - A World Apart by Gustaw Herling-Grudziński

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    A World Apart
    by Gustaw Herling-Grudziński

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    The best books on Memoirs of Communism - Memoir of Hungary by Sándor Márai

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    Memoir of Hungary
    by Sándor Márai

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    The best books on Memoirs of Communism - The Snows of Yesteryear by Gregor von Rezzori

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    The Snows of Yesteryear
    by Gregor von Rezzori

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    The best books on Memoirs of Communism - Speak, Memory by Vladimir Nabokov

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    Speak, Memory
    by Vladimir Nabokov

The best books on Memoirs of Communism, recommended by Anne Applebaum

The traumas of the 20th century hit Eastern Europe hard – a region of changing borders, uncertain identity, and shattering of moral norms. The journalist and communism expert selects books that capture the spirit of the age.

    The best books on The American West, recommended by Jonathan Evison

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    The best books on The American West - Angle of Repose by Wallace Stegner

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    Angle of Repose
    by Wallace Stegner

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    The best books on The American West - Ask the Dust by John Fante

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    Ask the Dust
    by John Fante

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    The best books on The American West - The Day of the Locust by Nathanael West

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    The Day of the Locust
    by Nathanael West

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    The best books on The American West - The Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck

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    The Grapes of Wrath
    by John Steinbeck

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    The best books on The American West - Trout Fishing in America by Richard Brautigan

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    Trout Fishing in America
    by Richard Brautigan

The best books on The American West, recommended by Jonathan Evison

Novelist Jonathan Evison recommends books that capture a sense of the rugged landscape and people of the American West.

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