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2009 FT/GOLDMAN SACHS BUSINESS BOOK AWARD
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Liaquat Ahamed’s ‘Lords of Finance’ swept away a strong field of finalists for the 2009 prize
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And the wall came tumbling down ...
John Lloyd reviews a flood of new books that marks 20 years since the fall of the Berlin wall. Each one, in varying degrees of detail, considers the logic of the wall, both before and after it was built
The Fall of the Berlin Wall
Behind the Berlin Wall
The Year that Changed the World
1989
The Berlin Wall
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Uncommon Sense
This compilation of essays from the blog of Gary Becker and Richard Posner covers a range of topical issues including gay marriage, terrorism and traffic congestion, says John Kay
The Laws of Disruption
Larry Downes on how business leaders, regulators and consumers could navigate through the coming bloodbath in many industries and areas of life
Johnny Cash
The English translation of Reinhard Kleist’s ‘graphic biography’ of the country singer makes a handsome addition to Cash mythology
Russia Against Napoleon
In this first major English-language book devoted to the Russian side of the epic 1812 campaign, Dominic Lieven argues that one key reason Russia defeated Napoleon was that her key leaders out-thought him
Our Choice
The clarity of his argument and the fissile power of his analysis combine to elevate Al Gore’s work into the top-ranking environmental books of our time
Sisters in War
Christina Asquith’s rare, beautifully written insight into the haunting ways in which women have been affected by the conflict in Iraq
Trust
Anthony Seldon laments the breakdown of trust in British society and draws on philosophy for lessons in designing a new model of government
Fiction
The Humbling
Philip Roth revisits familiar themes of ageing and impotency in his latest tale about a tragically doomed actor who, in his mid-60s, discovers he can no longer act
Ransom
A work of immediacy, humanity and tenderness, David Malouf’s seventh novel that retells the ‘Iliad’ is as rewarding as its original
The Age of Orphans
Laleh Khadivi’s debut novel tells the melancholy tale of a Kurdish boy’s loss of home and identity, set against the birth of a new country
Without Saying Goodbye
Maryam Sachs’ eloquent prose gives a vivid impression of the protagonist’s character and memories, which makes the adulterous desire sensual rather than smutty
Astérix & Obélix’s Birthday
The packed pages of this 50th anniversary volume will delight devotees as the cast of Gauls dreamt up by René Goscinny and Albert Uderzo still holds out against Roman invaders
The Lacuna
This relentless pop-cultural history lesson from Barbara Kingsolver explores lives and events – from the Mexican Revolution to the cold war – through the journals of a literary Forrest Gump
Under the Dome
Three decades in the making, Stephen King’s latest is a well-paced, gutsy tale of lives in a pressure cooker and the evil done by bad men convinced they have the best of intentions
Dear Book Doctor
Pregnant pause
I’m about to go on maternity leave. Will anyone remember me or take me seriously when I return?
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Tales to Astonish
Ronin Ro’s biography of Jack Kirby borrows its title and cover style from a classic 1960s Marvel comic. The costumed figure is classic Kirby
Small Talk
Sandi Toksvig
Who is my perfect reader? I don’t think one person would fit the bill. If I had known there was a perfect reader I would have put an ad in The Lady and saved myself a lot of bother
