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    Dostoevsky in Love by Alex Christofi — a fierce account of the writer’s life

    A gallop through the mind and art of a man whose novels and personal journey crackled with drama

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    Land by Simon Winchester — history of the landed and the dispossession

    The wide range of villains and victims of social conflict are visited through a geographer’s lens

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    America’s big China question

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    Dolly Parton: no ‘Backwoods Barbie’

    How the singer’s seemingly irresistible rags-to-rhinestones story masks a life of ‘lived feminism’

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    The economist looks to the Apollo programme for inspiration for the challenges confronting us on Earth

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    Feline Philosophy by John Gray — the wisdom of cats

    A serious polemic that attacks the western tradition of moral thought and links the feline good life to the ethics of Spinoza and the Taoists

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    Sonic Boom by Peter Ames Carlin — the rise of Warner Bros Records

    A look at how the label went from eccentric outsider to defining the culture of an era

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    Rein Gold by Elfriede Jelinek — an exploration of class and power

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    The BBC, Fleet Street and the future of journalism

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    Descendants of conquerors and the conquered must move towards a universal account of history

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    A tour of the country and its ‘womenomics’ concludes with a prescription for change

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    Fathoms: The World in the Whales — and how they reflect humanity

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    Unofficial Britain — uncovering overlooked places

    Gareth E Rees journeys through the decaying margins of the UK’s built environment

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