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Dreams From My Father: A Story of Race and Inheritance

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Description: One of the many refreshing things about Barack Obama is his self-deprecating sense of humour. Responding to the unrealistic expectations for his presidency, Obama said 'I've been sent by my father from the planet Krypton to save the Earth.' Unfortunately, the irony....

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The Ascent of Money: A Financial History of the World

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Review: Niall Ferguson again here brings us a history that is informative, entertaining and sobering. Being published in the midst of a global economic meltdown, for a book such as this, is a mixed blessing, as a step too far on the bearish side may make the author look li....

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The Suspicions of Mr. Whicher

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Review: I just finished this book last night and I have to say it is one of those books that you mourn finishing - What will I read now? I love social history but am not so much a historian that I can read straight-up history books although I keep trying. What I loved so m....

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A History of Modern Britain

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Review: I liked this book, and as an overview of the post war to modern day period, it's pretty acceptable but I was surprised at how much of his comments/narrative were seemingly only evidenced by politician's own memoirs. Not greatly partisan sources!! I was also annoyed....

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The Age of Wonder: How the Romantic Generation Discovered the Beauty and Terror of Science

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Review: I'm not a scientist. I have only a passing interest in the history of science. However, I'm c250 pages in and I am gripped. Holmes has the narrative skill of a great novelist, conjuring worlds and characters out of what could have so easily have been dry facts. Sta....

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The Last Fighting Tommy: The Life of Harry Patch, the Only Surviving Veteran of the Trenches

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Review: Disappointing. Patch's own words are fine, especially for a man of his age, but the ghost-writer (Richard van Emden) is too intrusive and spoils the flow of the narrative.....

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An Utterly Impartial History of Britain: (or 2000 Years of Upper Class Idiots in Charge)

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Review: I almost gave up reading this book after 50 pages because of the appalling attempts at humour. However, I persevered, and it is a good summary of British history, and in the end I enjoyed it. There are about two terrible jokes per page, but eventually you can se....

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Nella Last's Peace: The Post-war Diaries of Housewife 49

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Review: I bought this book for my Mum who was born in Barrow and lived there during the war.Nella writes with the pen of an ordinary woman in extraordinary times.Her writing is wonderful, from the description of an ordinary yet delightful lunch to her description of the co....

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The Great Crash, 1929 (Penguin business)

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Description: Rampant speculation. Record trading volumes. Assets bought not because of their value but because the buyer believes he can sell them for more in a day or two, or an hour or two. Welcome to the late 1920s in the US. There are obvious and absolute parallels to the....

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Nella Last's War: The Second World War Diaries of 'Housewife 49'

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Review: I write this in late 2008 as the global financial system goes into meltdown and the credit crunch is really biting into our individual pockets. What Nella Last would make of our sickeningly materialistic, wasteful, 'spend spend spend' times I cannot imagine! On a ....

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