 | The Audit of War: The Illusion and Reality of Britain as a Great Nation by Correlli Barnett
Buy used from: £4.33 Interesting perspective although has to be read with caution towards the author's skepticism and over-enthusiasm sometimes
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 | Paris to the Moon (A Vintage original) by Adam Gopnik
Buy used from: £0.01 This is all we would all be - soppy, sweet, unable to see faults without a nice veneer on it - but nonetheless a good one..
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 | The Flaneur: A Stroll Through the Paradoxes of Paris (Writer & the City) by Edmund White
Buy used from: £0.12 One in the Writer and the City Series! Read my review. Ignore what I say about Paris to the moon.. ;-)
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 | Spoken Here: Travels among Threatened Languages by Mark Abley
Buy used from: £1.86 Love languages, love travel, love history - here are all three in one. Read my review..
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 | France in Mind: an Anthology (Vintage Departures Original) by Powers Leccese
Buy new: £7.69 / Used from: £1.10 Ok by now you have got the hint. Anything French, Parisian etc and I have read it..
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 | Information Feudalism: Who Owns the Knowledge Economy? by Peter Drahos
Buy new: £18.99 / Used from: £8.00 Rare book in terms of being well-founded but not dogmatic in a debate easily tainted by extreme ideologies
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 | Physics and Politics by Walter Bagehot
Buy used from: £9.50 Rare gem, not easily found in Bagehot's own country! Great social psychology essay written with wry humour.. Strongly recommended for those keen on politics
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 | The English Constitution (Oxford World's Classics) by Walter Bagehot
Buy used from: £4.09 Yes this is the book that introduced the differentiation of the 'dignified' and the 'efficient' elements in English polity.. Another great Bagehot writing..
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 | The Political Animal: An Anatomy by Jeremy Paxman
Buy used from: £0.01 Warning: Try not to meet a politican when you are reading this book; you may offend unintentionally by laughing out loud..
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 | Ex Libris: Confessions of a Common Reader by Anne Fadiman
Buy used from: £2.67 Worth every penny - if you love books more than yourself and have not read this one, read my review and buy it now.. :-)
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 | Paris Tales: A Literary Tour of the City
Buy new: £6.48 / Used from: £4.18 More France this time a literary tour... some you may want to read in French
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 | Bowling Alone: The Collapse and Revival of American Community by Robert Putnam
Buy new: £7.18 / Used from: £4.92 I was recommended this by a UK academic during the course of my PhD. Read it and weep! We in the UK aren't far behind from this status..
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 | Friendship: An Expose by Joseph Epstein
Buy used from: £0.27 Quirky like some other works by the author but one can relate to several points raised here.. find 2 hours to read..
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 | In Spite of the Gods: The Strange Rise of Modern India by Edward Luce
Buy used from: £9.49 A (longish) cheat-sheet on modern India and its paradoxes..
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 | The Search: How Google and Its Rivals Rewrote the Rules of Business and Transformed Our Culture by John Battelle
Buy new: £7.14 / Used from: £5.00 Not the story of Google as the cover font will have you believe but a more interesting social commentary on the meaning of search, its link with intent and the possible goldmine for marketers..
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