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Age of ideas<br />

Age of ideas

21 January 2012

Thinking the Twentieth Century

Tony Judt with Timothy Snyder

Reviewed by Sam Leith

Categories: 20th Century , Book review , History , Non-fiction , World history

Queen of sorrows

Queen of sorrows

21 January 2012

Queen Anne: The Politics of Passion

Anne Somerset

Reviewed by Maureen Waller

Categories: Book review , Monarchy , Non-fiction , Royals , The Queen

Holy law

Heaven on Earth: A Journey Through Shari’a Law

Sadakat Kadri

Reviewed by James Mather

Categories: Book review , Islam , Law , Non-fiction , Sharia law

...by: Alain de Botton

Some porn: Modern Architecture since 1900, by William Curtis. Full of beautiful images and thought-provoking words.

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