Interviewer
Benedict King
Interviews by Benedict King
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The Complete War Memoirs of Charles de Gaulle
by Charles De Gaulle -
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Memoirs from Beyond the Tomb
by François-René de Chateaubriand -
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Notre Jeunesse
by Charles Péguy -
4
Memoirs: Fifty Years of Political Reflection
by Raymond Aron -
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The Vichy Syndrome: History and Memory in France Since 1944
by Henry Rousso
The best books on Charles de Gaulle, recommended by Julian Jackson
The best books on Charles de Gaulle, recommended by Julian Jackson
Charles de Gaulle had ‘a certain idea of France’ which even he didn’t manage to articulate clearly. De Gaulle biographer and one of Britain’s leading historians of modern France, Julian Jackson, talks us through some key books to get a sense of France’s wartime leader and president, Charles de Gaulle.
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Factfulness: Ten Reasons We're Wrong About The World — And Why Things Are Better Than You Think
by Hans Rosling -
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GDP: A Brief but Affectionate History
by Diane Coyle -
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Gross Domestic Problem: The Politics Behind the World's Most Powerful Number
by Lorenzo Fioramonti -
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The Great Escape: Health, Wealth, and the Origins of Inequality
by Angus Deaton -
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Collapse
by Jared Diamond
The best books on GDP, recommended by David Pilling
The best books on GDP, recommended by David Pilling
As we try to make the world a better place, how does a measure that started as a way of mobilizing for war in the 17th century help? Can it be improved on? Financial Times journalist David Pilling talks us through the best books to think about gross domestic product, or GDP.
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Metaphysical Horror
Leszek Kolakowski (trans. by Agnieszka Kolakowska) -
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Mortal Questions
by Thomas Nagel -
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A Short History of Ethics
by Alasdair MacIntyre -
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Modernism as a Philosophical Problem: On the Dissatisfactions of European High Culture
by Robert B. Pippin -
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The Spiritual Dimension: Religion, Philosophy and Human Value
by John Cottingham
The best books on Philosophy for Teens, recommended by Andrew Brower Latz
The best books on Philosophy for Teens, recommended by Andrew Brower Latz
Dr Andrew Brower Latz, Head of Philosophy at Manchester Grammar School, talks about why it’s important to study philosophy and recommends five books to get an interested teen started.
