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  McMafia by Misha Glenny

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  A gripping and well-written investigation into global organised crime.

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  Beneath the Underdog by Charles Mingus

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  The best and weirdest jazz biography ever written. Outrageous, painful and frequently jaw-dropping.

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  Botswana Time by Will Randall

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  A cheerful, anecdotal account of the time Will Randall spent teaching in Botswana. Lively reading.

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  Vietnam Now by David Lamb

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  Lamb, a correspondent who covered the war, returns 30 years later to examine modern Vietnam.

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  Whatever It Is, I Don't Like It by Howard Jacobson

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  Never one to shy away from a fight, Jacobson has collated his wittiest, most polemical and occassionally absurd columns from The Independent into one glorious compendium.

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  An Area of Darkness by V. S. Naipaul

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  An eye-opening, vivid account of V. S. Naipaul's first visit to India.

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  The Shackled Continent by Robert Guest

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  A short, punchy introduction to the poverty and problems of modern Africa and their causes. Perfect for starting off your reading.

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  Xenophobe's Guide to the Danes

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  An hilarious, tongue-in-cheek exposition on what it means to be Danish.

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  South Africa's Brave New World by R W Johnson

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  The author gives an emotional account of his country's struggle since the euphoria surrounding the end of apartheid.

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  A History of Laos by Martin Stuart-Fox

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  A comprehensive and readable history of this country from pre-French colonial rule until the late 1990s.

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  Fool's Gold by Gillian Tett

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  A wonderfully clear navigation through difficult waters. Financial Times journalist Tett takes us through the last 15 years of the financial markets and the road which to disaster.

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  Soldaten: On Fighting, Killing and Dying by Sonke Neitzel

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  A landmark history book consisting of secretly taped conversations between German POWs during World War 2, with additional analysis by a psychologist.

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  The Secret Life of Trees by Colin Tudge

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  A treasure trove of quirky stories and scientific gems, Tudge gives us an evolutionary history of trees whose hidden lives have so much to tell us about our own survival.

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  Imagining India` by Nandan Nilekani

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  As India's population and economic might flourish, the author, a successful entrepreneur, provides analysis of the country's economic past, and recommendations for its continued growth.

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  The Caucasus: An Introduction by Thomas de Waal

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  Far and away the best introduction to the region, it's history, culture and politics.

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  Winter by Adam Gopnik

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  Adam Gopnik explores our relationship with winter by taking us on a tour of the artists, poets, composers, writers, explorers, scientists and thinkers who helped to shape our modern experience of winter.

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  The Diary of 'Helena Morley'

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  A Brazilian classic, this is the entertaining, moving and remarkably fresh diary of a young girl written between 1893 and 1895.

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  The Education of a British-Protected Child by Chinua Achebe

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  As he turns 80 this year, Chinua Achebe publishes a collection of 16 essays on growing up in colonial Nigeria. He speaks fondly of a British education, while meditating on the damage inflicted by colonialism and the state of his post-colonial homeland.

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  Mortality by Christopher Hitchens

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  A collection of the great contrarian's last pieces of writing, with a introduction by his editor at Vanity Fair and an afterword by his wife. An oddly inspiring but fitting tribute to a formidable intellect and man of letters.

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  Patrick Leigh Fermor: An Adventure by Artemis Cooper

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  Drawing on years of interviews and conversations with Leigh Fermor and his closest friends, this beautifully crafted biography portrays a man of extraordinary gifts - widely considered to be the greatest travel writer of our time.

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  Dotter of her Father's Eyes by Mary Talbot

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  Part history, part biography, all graphic novel, this prize-winning and captivating memoir ties together the life of Lucia ,daughter of James Joyce, with Mary Talbot, daughter of the eminent Joycean scholar James S Atherton.

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  Vanished Years by Rupert Everett

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  Rupert Everett proves for the second time that he is a powerful an author as he is an actor. In this highly accomplised, unputdownable follow-up to Red Carpets and Other Banana Skins, a wry wit and observant eye Everett name-drops, enthrals and entertains throughout.

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  The Emperor by Ryszard Kaapuscinski

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  Engrossing, hauntingly atmospheric account of the fall of Haile Selassie in 1974 told through the testimonies of courtiers and servants. Short and immensely powerful, it is highly recommended.

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  Black Dog of Fate by Peter Balakian

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  In this excellent memoir, subtitled "An American son uncovers his Armenian past", Balakian recounts his gradual awakening to the horrors of the Armenian genocide and the transformative effect it had on his identity.

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  Pol Pot: The History of a Nightmare by Philip Short

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  The disturbing, chilling biography of a monster: his life, the formation of the Khmer Rouge, his reign and the murder of over 2 million people.