The Good Lieutenant is a haunting novel by a former war reporter
Whitney Terrell’s third novel is a powerful, and sometimes heartbreaking, war story.
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The world has entered a new Cold War – what went wrong?
Peter Conradi’s Who Lost Russia? How the World Entered a New Cold War traces the accumulation of distrust between the West…
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How nature created consciousness – and our brains became minds
In From Bacteria to Bach and Back, Daniel C Dennett investigates the evolution of consciousness.
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High explosive, damp squibs: the history of bombing raids
Governing from the Skies by Thomas Hippler examines the changing role of aerial bombing.
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David Keenan’s new novel is a dizzying recall of adolescence
This Is Memorial Device vividly recalls the teen years of the post-punk generation. I’m just not sure I wanted to remember.
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From Poland to Istanbul, take a trip with this week’s recommended reads
New books from Elif Shafak, Rory MacLean and Howard Jacobson.
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Forbidden places: a journey into Europe’s borderlands
Kapka Kassabova’s Border: a Journey to the Edge of Europe is a timely, powerful story of immigration, friendship and travel.
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How reading a book you disagree with sharpens your thinking
Whether it’s Simon Baron-Cohen on female brains to Richard Dawkins patronising feminists, I’m glad I read (and hated) these books.
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