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Books I read in 2008
Charlie Wilson's War: The Story of the Largest Covert Operation in HistoryCharlie Wilson's War: The Story of the Largest Covert Operation in History by George Crile
Buy new: £6.47 / Used from: £0.01
How one Congressman turned around US foreign policy over Afghanistan in the 1980's and helped to defeat the Soviets on the field of battle.
The Strange Death of David KellyThe Strange Death of David Kelly by Norman Baker
Buy used from: £26.40
Liberal M.P. Norman Baker provides food for thought over the David Kelly saga. Interesting and credible.
The Best Book on the Market: How to Stop Worrying and Love the Free EconomyThe Best Book on the Market: How to Stop Worrying and Love the Free Economy by Eamonn Butler
Buy new: £8.82 / Used from: £6.48
Free enterprise works and this neat little book shows how.
SquanderedSquandered by David Craig
Buy new: £5.28 / Used from: £0.01
Blair and Brown have wasted all of our money!
An Appeal to Reason: A Cool Look at Global WarmingAn Appeal to Reason: A Cool Look at Global Warming by Nigel Lawson
Buy used from: £2.40
Man-made Global Warming theory is a load of old pants!
The Life of Samuel Johnson (English Library)The Life of Samuel Johnson (English Library) by James Boswell
Buy used from: £0.01
Hilarious biography of a wonderful old Tory fart. This book is still as fresh as a daisy.
Scoop: A Novel About Journalists (Penguin Modern Classics)Scoop: A Novel About Journalists (Penguin Modern Classics) by Evelyn Waugh
Buy new: £6.42 / Used from: £3.35
Wonderful witty Waugh at his very best.
Black Mischief (Twentieth Century Classics)Black Mischief (Twentieth Century Classics) by Evelyn Waugh
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More funny Evelyn Waugh stuff. A politically incorrect classic.
Dixie Betrayed: How the South Really Lost the Civil WarDixie Betrayed: How the South Really Lost the Civil War by David Eicher
Buy new: £16.99 / Used from: £10.09
The stupid, dumb, Southern Confederacy was its' own worst enemy.
Mao: The Unknown StoryMao: The Unknown Story by Jung Chang
Buy new: £17.50 / Used from: £2.94
Brilliant biography of the greatest mass murderer of the last century. Read here how he managed to kill 70 million of his own people.
Sink the "Belgrano"Sink the "Belgrano" by Mike Rossiter
Buy new: £5.49 / Used from: £0.01
The Falklands War 1982 and HMS Conqueror's mission to sink the Argentine warship Belgrano.
Young StalinYoung Stalin by Simon Sebag Montefiore
Buy new: £5.87 / Used from: £0.01
Very fine history of Stalin's formative years. Highly recommended.
William Wilberforce: The Life of the Great Anti-Slave Trade CampaignerWilliam Wilberforce: The Life of the Great Anti-Slave Trade Campaigner by William Hague
Buy new: £6.96 / Used from: £3.49
Hague's worthy follow up to his William Pitt biography tells the story of a politician of iron principle.
Flying High: Remembering Barry GoldwaterFlying High: Remembering Barry Goldwater by William Buckley
Buy used from: £1.50
Bill Buckley recalls the Goldwater Presidential campaign of 1964.
John Mccain: An American OdysseyJohn Mccain: An American Odyssey by Robert Timberg
Buy new: £8.09 / Used from: £0.01
Another great Arizonian who (sadly) didn't quite make it to the White House. Interesting book.
Out of the Storm: The Life and Legacy of Martin LutherOut of the Storm: The Life and Legacy of Martin Luther by Derek Wilson
Buy new: £17.00 / Used from: £11.65
Latest biography of the man who launched the reformation.
The Last Days of Europe: Epitaph for an Old ContinentThe Last Days of Europe: Epitaph for an Old Continent by Walter Laqueur
Buy used from: £14.63
Respected liberal historian charts the worrying rise of religious extremism in Western nations.
Robert Maxwell, Israel's Superspy: The Life and Murder of a Media MogulRobert Maxwell, Israel's Superspy: The Life and Murder of a Media Mogul by Gordon Thomas
Buy new: £8.06 / Used from: £9.95
Amazing, if rather implausible, account of the secret life of Robert Maxwell.
Ace of Spies: The True Story of Sidney Reilly (Revealing History)Ace of Spies: The True Story of Sidney Reilly (Revealing History) by Andrew Cook
Buy new: £8.23 / Used from: £5.20
Just who was the real Sidney Reilly? Read this and find out.
The Plot to Seize the White House: The Shocking True Story of the Conspiracy to Overthrow FDRThe Plot to Seize the White House: The Shocking True Story of the Conspiracy to Overthrow FDR by Jules Archer
Buy new: £9.01 / Used from: £4.93
When was a coup not a coup? Answer: when it involved this potty plot to topple Roosevelt in the early 1930's.
China: The Truth About Its Human Rights RecordChina: The Truth About Its Human Rights Record by Frank Ching
Buy new: £4.99 / Used from: £0.02
Short but serious analysis of the record of today's greatest human rights abuser: Communist China.
The Past is MyselfThe Past is Myself by Christabel Bielenberg
Buy new: £5.98 / Used from: £0.01
One of the greatest memoirs of personal experience ever published. The story of a brave Englishwoman in Berlin during the Hitler regime and her involvement with the anti-Nazi resistance. Excellent.
The Last Enemy (Battle of Britain Series)The Last Enemy (Battle of Britain Series) by Richard Hillary
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A literary Battle of Britain classic. One young pilot comes to terms with death, injury and personal grief.
Soho in the FiftiesSoho in the Fifties by Daniel Farson
Buy used from: £23.99
Atmospheric recounting of boozy Soho life in the decade of Trad Jazz, Larry Parnes and the New Look. Learn how to drink yourself into a premature grave!
The Rebel (Penguin Modern Classics)The Rebel (Penguin Modern Classics) by Albert Camus
Buy new: £6.47 / Used from: £4.11
Camus turns against the Communist bloc and his former Left Bank intellectual chums. Worth a read, but slightly heavy going.