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How the Hippies Saved Physics: Science, Counterculture, and the Quantum Revival David Kaiser 28 Manjit Kumar
The Quantum Exodus: Jewish Fugitives, the Atomic Bomb, and the Holocaust Gordon Fraser au de n at the mov i e s 30 David Collard way o f the wor l d 32 Nick Cohen
The New Few, or A Very British Oligarchy: Power and Inequality in Britain Now Ferdinand Mount 33 Shiraz Maher
Europe’s Angry Muslims: The Revolt of the Second Generation Robert S Leiken 34 Martin Vander Weyer
Keynes Hayek: The Clash That Defined Modern Economics Nicholas Wapshott house & g a r de n 36 Simon Thurley
Felling the Ancient Oaks: How England Lost Its Great Country Estates John Martin Robinson 37 Gillian Tindall
The London Square: Gardens in the Midst of Town Todd Longstaffe-Gowan 38 Tom Fort
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Midnight in Peking: How the Murder of a Young Englishwoman Haunted the Last Days of Old China Paul French 40 Caroline Moorehead
Facing the Torturer: Inside the Mind of a War Criminal François Bizot
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Curiosity: How Science Became Interested in Everything Philip Ball 43 Steve Fuller
Wired for Culture: The Natural History of Human Cooperation Mark Pagel 44 Rupert Christiansen
A History of Singing John Potter & Neil Sorrell 45 Theodore Dalrymple
The Fix: How Addiction Is Invading Our Lives and Taking over Your World Damian Thompson 46 Katharine Whitehorn
The Fifties Mystique Jessica Mann 47 Elaine Showalter
When I Was a Child I Read Books: Essays Marilynne Robinson 48 John Sutherland
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