A general theory of disaster, and government responses to them, from the eruption of Vesuvius to the Covid pandemic.
Doom: The Politics of Catastrophe
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From the author of the biography of Shchukin comes the story of another extraordinary pre-Revolutionary Russian collector of European art. He spent 1.5 million francs on 486 paintings, which... read more
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...and why it's good for the planet, the economy and our lives. We may even have time to read it. Prof Dorling is a specialist in demography at Oxford and knows his onions.
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Interwar Cairo was raucous and cosmopolitan, its burgeoning counterculture pioneered by women - singers, dancers and actresses. Publication of this book has been delayed under May 6th 202... read more
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This is not the Alexandria in the Nile Delta, but rather Alexandria 'Beneath the Mountains', in Afghanistan, discovered by a wandering scholar and archaeologist called Charles Masson in 1833... read more
Alexandria: The Quest for the Lost City
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