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May 2013
Brendan Simms's new epic history of Europe is an earnest and old-fashioned of great power rivalries
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May 2013
In attempting to answer his question Why Tolerate Religion, Chicago philosopher Brian Leiter wilfully neglects the impact of the Judaeo-Christian tradition on Western civilisation
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May 2013
At times in Levels of Life, Julian Barnes at his dizzying best—it is writing from his informed, proud and devoted heart
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May 2013
Underrated American author James Salter's latest novel, at its best, evokes Fitzgerald, Hemingway and Tolstoy
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