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• From The Fatherland, With Love by Ryu Murakami
  ...r future of 2011. Fatherland (as I will abbreviate it) explores the social and political ramifications of one speculative scenario: what if North Korea in ...rica has wreaked havoc on Japan's investments, infrastructure and economy. And when the tides of power have turned, opportunistic old enemy North Korea is
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• Top Ten Books about Britain, Britishness, and the Brits
  ...sen her favourite books about Britishness. Read about how we see ourselves and how we are seen by others. What are our totems, aside from a nice cup of te ...htful and witty account of an American journalist's impressions, anecdotes and more serious but still amusing analyses of British (or rather, English) way
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• Lotteries in Public Life by Peter Stone (editor)
  |genre=Politics and Society ...tion of the role of chance and randomness in all forms of decision making, and indeed to consider the whole process of how we make up our minds.
  4 KB (746 words) - 11:47, 28 February 2018
• Post-Truth: The New War on Truth and How to Fight Back by Matthew d'Ancona
  |title=Post-Truth: The New War on Truth and How to Fight Back |genre=Politics and Society
  4 KB (588 words) - 10:48, 2 October 2020
• Can I Speak to Someone in Charge? by Emily Clarkson
  |genre=Politics and Society ...ning, but also moving, account of the struggles real women face in today's society. A must read for anyone interested in feminism, especially younger women.
  5 KB (874 words) - 14:26, 17 February 2018
• People Who Eat Darkness: Love, Grief and a Journey into Japan's Shadows by Richard Parry
  |title=People Who Eat Darkness: Love, Grief and a Journey into Japan's Shadows |genre=Politics and Society
  3 KB (496 words) - 11:52, 28 February 2018
• The Great Wide Open by Douglas Kennedy
  ...y accessible portrait of American family life taking place between the USA and troubles-era Ireland. ...keeps one an eye on the present day (Trump, of course, makes an inevitable and slightly incongruous cameo) such that what happens links subtly into curren
  3 KB (514 words) - 06:53, 13 August 2023
• Cockfosters by Helen Simpson
  .... The piece is definitely about the subject of ageing – about time passed and what might be remaining ahead – but you soon discover that not only do al ...on trolley finding a happy place alongside an unexpected new acquaintance, and a woman baking her daughter's birthday cake. Definitely on the positive si
  4 KB (719 words) - 09:16, 2 April 2018
• Future Jihad: Terrorist Strategies Against America by Walid Phares
  |genre=Politics and Society |summary=Despite the authors arrogance and patronising writing style, this is an interesting account of the reasons be
  3 KB (472 words) - 11:50, 14 April 2018
• I Should Know That - Great Britain by Emma Marriott
  |genre=Politics and Society |summary= A great summary of politics, society, history and geography of Great Britain. All the things you may have forgotten…or forg
  5 KB (784 words) - 12:05, 14 April 2018
• The Cage by Gordon Weiss
  ...ry of the Tamil/Sri Lankan conflict paints a truly depressing picture of a society in turmoil, at the whim of international power games. ...t 40 years conflict, and has produced a detailed account of the background and eventual denouement of this conflict.
  4 KB (633 words) - 08:08, 12 April 2018
• Top Ten Books For The Defenders Of Reason
  ...hy not [mailto:sue@thebookbag.co.uk tell us] about your favourite books by and for the defenders of reason? ...isms; convincing, well researched and even with advice on how to watch out and try to minimise your own unreason. Highly recommended for all.
  5 KB (793 words) - 15:09, 31 January 2024
• Alpha by Bessora, Barroux and Sarah Ardizzone (translator)
  |author=Bessora, Barroux and Sarah Ardizzone (translator) ...es at one point during the ordeal – but there are people smugglers galore, and blind chance to also obey along the way…
  4 KB (747 words) - 17:33, 16 February 2018
• Who Are We - And Should It Matter in the 21st Century? by Gary Younge
  |title=Who Are We - And Should It Matter in the 21st Century? |summary=A thoughtful and very readable look at how identity impacts on politics – can our various identities bring us together instead of dividing us?
  4 KB (667 words) - 10:54, 22 September 2020
• Notebooks, 1922-86 by Michael Oakeshott
  |genre=Politics and Society ...books of Michael Oakeshott’s private reflections spanning over sixty years and edited by Luke O’Sullivan.
  5 KB (841 words) - 12:39, 14 April 2018
• Kidnapped And Other Dispatches by Alan Johnston
  |title=Kidnapped And Other Dispatches |genre=Politics and Society
  4 KB (588 words) - 12:11, 14 April 2018
• Roy Jenkins: A Well-Rounded Life by John Campbell
  |summary=A very full biography of the former Labour minister and SDP leader ...onstrates in this volume, it is difficult to do justice to the life, times and career of Roy Jenkins in much less than that.
  6 KB (1,035 words) - 12:48, 26 February 2018
• The Stone Cradle by Patrice Chaplin
  ...ing an ancient secret society and the mysteries and secrets that they hold and protect. ...small French village, made famous by the Da Vinci Code and the Holy Blood and The Holy Grail. Linking the two places through sacred geometry to the mount
  4 KB (693 words) - 09:04, 4 May 2018
• Harry's Last Stand by Harry Leslie Smith
  |genre=Politics and Society |summary=Stunning indictment of the world today and just how little has changed, in some ways, over the last nine decades.
  3 KB (467 words) - 11:38, 28 February 2018
• Mountains Beyond Mountains by Tracy Kidder
  ...ok at a man who truly works tirelessly to help the poorest and neediest in society. Highly recommended. ...where poverty is rife, he has transformed an area, saved countless lives, and made an incredible difference to many people. [http://www.pih.org/ Partners
  4 KB (574 words) - 08:58, 10 October 2020

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