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Modern Times
What's Left?: How Liberals Lost Their WayWhat's Left?: How Liberals Lost Their Way by Nick Cohen
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Powerful criticism of the liberal establishment from an insider
Status AnxietyStatus Anxiety by Alain de Botton
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Why we all worry so much about what they think of us
1 Out Of 10: From Downing Street Vision To Classroom Reality1 Out Of 10: From Downing Street Vision To Classroom Reality by Peter Hyman
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Downing St adviser teaches in inner city comp
The Welfare State We're inThe Welfare State We're in by James Bartholomew
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How it began and how it lost its way
The Middle Class: A HistoryThe Middle Class: A History by Lawrence James
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The life and times of the middle classes
No LogoNo Logo by Naomi Klein
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The global dominance of commercialism
Having it So Good: Britain in the FiftiesHaving it So Good: Britain in the Fifties by Peter Hennessy
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Britain in the 50s
A Mad World, My Masters: Tales from a Traveller's LifeA Mad World, My Masters: Tales from a Traveller's Life by John Simpson
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International tales from the BBC's foreign correspondent
Friends in High Places: Who Runs Britain? [ Peguin Paperback ]Friends in High Places: Who Runs Britain? [ Peguin Paperback ] by Jeremy Paxman
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Paxman reveals who runs Britain
The Way We Live Now: Dilemmas in Contemporary CultureThe Way We Live Now: Dilemmas in Contemporary Culture by Richard Hoggart
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Cultural criticism & analysis
The State We're in: Why Britain is in Crisis and How to Overcome it: Why Britain Is in Crisis and How to Overcome ItThe State We're in: Why Britain is in Crisis and How to Overcome it: Why Britain Is in Crisis and How to Overcome It by Will Hutton
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Left wing critic of new right policies
The Islamist: Why I Joined Radical Islam in Britain, What I Saw Inside and Why I LeftThe Islamist: Why I Joined Radical Islam in Britain, What I Saw Inside and Why I Left by Ed Husain
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Insider's account of radical Islam - informative & disturbing
After the Victorians: The World Our Parents KnewAfter the Victorians: The World Our Parents Knew by A.N. Wilson
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Stimulating account of first half of 20th century
The Duff Cooper Diaries: 1915-1951The Duff Cooper Diaries: 1915-1951 by John Julius Norwich
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Insider's account of British government and politics from 1915 to 1951
On RoyaltyOn Royalty by Jeremy Paxman
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Monarchy across the world: survival & disappearance
A Short History of Nearly EverythingA Short History of Nearly Everything by Bill Bryson
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Cook's tour of the world of science
Karl MarxKarl Marx by Francis Wheen
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Absorbing biography
Franklin Delano Roosevelt: Champion of FreedomFranklin Delano Roosevelt: Champion of Freedom by Conrad Black
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Comprehensive account of America's war leader
Teacher on the RunTeacher on the Run by Francis Gilbert
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True tales of classroom chaos
Class in BritainClass in Britain by David Cannadine
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Three centuries of class
The Rise of Political LyingThe Rise of Political Lying by Peter Oborne
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Are politicians becoming more economical with the truth?