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Thursday 4 December 2008

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Lives less ordinary

Rupert Christiansen

21st November, 2007

Modernism: The Lure of Heresy by Peter Gay

Portrait of a lady

Raymond Carr

21st November, 2007

Clarissa Eden: A Memoir From Churchill to Eden by Clarissa Eden, edited by Cate Haste

Inscrutable lords of the deep

Sarah Burton

21st November, 2007

Leviathan: The History of Whaling in America by Eric Jay Dolin

No simple solutions

Anthony Daniels

21st November, 2007

The Invisible Cure by Helen Epstein

Borders of the possible

Stephen Abell

21st November, 2007

Gentlemen of the Road by Michael Chabon

A choice of crime novels

Andrew Taylor

21st November, 2007

A one off

John de Falbe

21st November, 2007

My Tango with Barbara Strozzi by Russell Hoban

Adjustment

21st November, 2007

A poem by Jamie McKendrick

His own man

Justin Marozzi

21st November, 2007

Omar Khayyam: Poet, Rebel, Astronomer by Hazhir Teimourian

Recent gardening books

Mary Keen

21st November, 2007

Urge to be first

Helena Drysdale

21st November, 2007

Mad, Bad & Dangerous to Know by Ranulph Fiennes

Life & Letters

Allan Massie

21st November, 2007

Memories of Mailer

Books of the Year

14th November, 2007

A selection of the best and worst books of the year, chosen by some of our regular contributors

Love from Snoop or Poj

Alan Strachan

14th November, 2007

The Letters of Noël Coward by Barry Day

The conquering hero as show-off

Frederic Raphael

14th November, 2007

The Roman Triumph by Mary Beard

Why does Tintin never have sex?

Sebastian Horsley

14th November, 2007

The Adventures of Herge by Michael Farr

Traced to an underground car park

Clare Asquith

14th November, 2007

The Lodger: Shakespeare on Silver Street by Charles Nicholl

Balance and counterbalance

Ben Wilson

14th November, 2007

Three victories and a defeat: the rise and fall of the first British Empire 1714–1783 by Brendan Simms

A choice of quirky books

Bevis Hillier

14th November, 2007

The humorist Paul Jennings wrote for Punch when it was still funny — that is, up to and including the editorship of the late Alan Coren.

Settling old scores

Peter Oborne

14th November, 2007

Behind the shades: the autobiography by Duncan Fletcher

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