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Ten Books that Changed the World
Martin Puchner
Martin Puchner on ten books that have changed the course of world history.
The Book Tree
Larry Tremblay
‘I dreamed of dictionaries. I crammed myself with liquorice, honeymoons, caramels.’
The False Lords of Misrule
Peter Pomerantsev
Peter Pomerantsev takes us on a tour of the lewd, crude language of modern politics – from Trump to Putin to Duterte, Milo Yianopoulos, Boris Johnson and more.
The Peripatetic Penelope Fitzgerald
Lucy Scholes
Lucy Scholes on the highs, lows and package tours of Booker-prize-winning author Penelope Fitzgerald. ‘Fitzgerald’s life can only be attributed to the caprices of fate.’
The Tamarind is Always Sour
Keane Shum
‘By law, the more than one million Rohingya in Myanmar are almost all excluded from Myanmar citizenship, making them the largest stateless group in the world.’
