Reviewed in the LRB - Vol. 46 No. 20

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A gripping history of the Soviet dissident movement, which hastened the end of the USSR—and still provides a model of opposition in Putin’s RussiaBeginning in the 1960s, the Soviet Union was unexpectedly confronted by a…

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The Extraordinary Life of a Revolutionary JournalistRadical journalist Claud Cockburn fought successfully against the political and media establishment, writing for publications as varied as The Times and Private Eye. To Graham Greene, he…

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A trailblazing collection of writing from Binyavanga Wainaina's extraordinary life, featuring an introduction from his long-time friend, Chimamanda Ngozi AdichieBinyavanga Wainaina was a seminal author and creative force, remembered as one…

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Tangled Paths tells the life story of Aby Warburg, one of the most influential historians of art and culture of the twentieth century. It also tells the story of a man who, throughout his life, struggled to assert his place in the world.…

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Cristina Campo published only two short collections of essays in her lifetime: Fairy Tale and Mystery (1962) and The Flute and the Carpet (1971). The Unforgivable and Other Writings brings together both…

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The most up-to-date account of the Scottish architect and designer Charles Rennie Mackintosh’s masterwork The Mackintosh Building at The Glasgow School of Art is a monument of international significance in the history of…

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A compelling collection of the life-changing writings of William JamesWilliam James-psychologist, philosopher, and spiritual seeker-is one of those rare writers who can speak directly and powerfully to anyone about life's meaning and worth,…

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From two distinguished experts on election law, an alarming look at how the American presidency could be stolen—by entirely legal means “Their new book asks whether a second Trump attempt to subvert democracy could succeed.…

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During the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, English numerical practices underwent a complex transformation with wide-ranging impacts on English society. At the beginning of the early modern period, English men and women believed that…

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The sweeping story of one of the great epics of Europe's history: the rise and rise of the dynasty that dominated the Middle AgesStarting in the tenth century from an insecure foothold around Paris, the Capetians built a nation that…

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The new novel from Rebecca Watson, one of the Observer's best debut novelists of 2021 and shortlisted for the Goldsmiths Prize.It was a peace offering, I knew thatyou don't appear on someone's doorstep uninvited, saying Alrightunless…

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The dazzling new short story collection from the Granta Best Young British NovelistA Granta Best Young British Novelist'A thrilling love for the stuff of language … Magical' JON McGREGOR'A visionary writer' JAN…