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|author= Benedict Rogers
|title= Burma: A Nation at the Crossroads
|rating= 3.5
|genre= History
|summary= Benedict Rogers is a human rights activist and journalist with an expert insight into Burma, gathered first-hand on journeys to regions off the beaten track. Burma is a country under the iron rule of a succession of military regimes, struggling with over half a century of suffering, much unknown to the wider international audience.
|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1846044464</amazonuk>
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{{newreview
|author= Roger Scruton
|summary=Adrian Hart has a long history of campaigning against racism, not least because he was subjected to racial abuse when he was at school. With jet-black hair and a complexion that was just ''slightly'' darker than was normal he was the closest that his school had to someone who might be of Pakistani origin. It was only name calling from a group of boys but the experience stuck and he's put much of his working life where his mouth is. So, you might expect that he would be a devotee of the zero tolerance approach to racist speech, but he's far from certain that this is the right way to go and believes that this might be causing more divisions in society than racism itself.
|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1845407555</amazonuk>
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{{newreview
|title=Encyclopedia Paranoiaca
|author=Henry Beard and Christopher Cerf
|rating=4
|genre=Popular Science
|summary=We're screwed. Wherever we look, whatever we think of doing, there is a reason why we shouldn't be doing it, and people to back that reason up with scientific data. Take any aspect of your daily life – what you eat, how you work, how you rest even, what you touch – all have problems that could provoke a serious illness or worse. And outside that daily sphere there are economic disasters, nuclear meltdowns, errant AI scientists and passing comets that could turn our world upside down at the blink of an eye. Perhaps then you better read this book first – for it may well turn out to be your last…
|amazonuk=<amazonuk>0715649213</amazonuk>
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