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|author= Sarah Bakewell

|title= At The Existentialist Café: Freedom, Being and Apricot Cocktails

|rating=4

|genre= Politics and Society

|summary= You know that old saying about judging books by their cover? Ignore it! I have found that by judging a book by its cover and getting it completely wrong is a great way to find yourself committed to reading a book that you'd never have picked in a million years and yet, somehow, being amazingly glad you did.

|amazonuk=<amazonuk>0099554887</amazonuk>

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|author=Tony Benn and Ruth Winstone (editor)

|summary= I am a dreadful Brit. I'm better at the geography of Colombia than the UK (true story, I had to google where Essex was the other day). Despite 17 years of full time education in the UK, I probably wouldn't pass a simple citizenship test. Which is a little embarrassing, really. So when this book came up for review I thought I'd have it, both for interest and as a subtle way to brush up on my Britain.

|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1782434313</amazonuk>

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~~|author=Tony Wilkinson~~

~~|title=Capitalism and Human Values~~

~~|rating=4~~

~~|genre=Politics and Society~~

|summary=Tony Wilkinson has a first class honours degree in philosophy and has worked in government service and investment management - the ideal background for a consideration of capitalism and the human values which propel it. It's not too long ago - certainly within my lifetime - that religion largely dictated the values held by individuals, but true religious belief now seems to be the exception rather than the rule. In its place we have a society for whom consumerism is the driving force - and a widening gap between those who can afford to consume and those who cannot. As Wilkinson says ''Getting and spending have come to define who we are.''

~~|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1845407881</amazonuk>~~

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