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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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No Enchanted Palace
Mark Mazower offers a scholarly review of the origins of the UN and how it has failed to live up to the heady expectations raised by its founding fathers
The Invention of the Jewish People
Tel Aviv professor Shlomo Sand attacks long-standing myths and pushes forward many controversial points in his survey of Jewish history, identity and culture, writes Simon Schama
The Letters of TS Eliot
Valerie Eliot and Hugh Haughton gather correspondences for this long-awaited second volume, which corrects misconceptions and reveals the poet at breaking point
Getting Our Way
Sir Christopher Meyer writes a history book, a retelling of ‘500 years of adventure and intrigue’ in British diplomacy, and pleads for a coherent foreign policy, says Quentin Peel
Each Step Should be a Goal
Recalling the first 63 years of his life, former French president Jacques Chirac manages to keep as much hidden as he reveals in this account of his political transformation
Hergé
Pierre Assouline’s even-handed portrait of the man behind Tintin, who in spite of his shortcomings, has left well-crafted graphic novels
The Country Diaries
Alan Taylor compiles an anthology of first-hand observations on British rural life as seen by illustrious writers from different centuries
About Jenga
Leslie Scott’s autobiography traces the popular stacking game from conception to success, and teaches something about business
City-Lit Berlin
Heather Reyes and Katy Derbyshire gather a hundred extracts from writers on aspects of the German capital’s conflicted heritage to produce an eclectic pillow-book
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
