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...Tom Jones, 29, a Tory councillor from Scotton in North Yorkshire, attended seeking ideas to “cherry pick”, arguing that “the Conservative party is ready for a reset”....
...Economics for the Common Good, by Jean Tirole, Princeton, RRP£24.95/$29.95 The French winner of the Nobel Prize in Economics calls for his discipline to deepen its engagement with society....
...Nevertheless, the account he constructs from them is rich and nuanced....
...… Five Came Back: A Story of Hollywood and the Second World War, by Mark Harris, Canongate, RRP£30/ Penguin Press, RRP$29.95 A startling account of how five exemplary film-makers (John Ford, George Stevens...
...account of the story of Shin In Geun, the only man known to have escaped from the North Korean gulag – where an estimated 200,000 people are thought to be held in captivity....
...Deng Xiaoping and the Transformation of China, by Ezra F Vogel, Harvard University Press, RRP£29.95 A major biography of the man who may turn out to have done more to transform the world than any other...
...AltaMira Press $29.95, 328 pages When Media Goes to War: Hegemonic Discourse, Public Opinion, and the Limits of Dissent By Anthony DiMaggio Monthly Review Press £14.95, 288 pages FT Bookshop price: £11.96...
...Cohan Doubleday $29.95, 752 pages Sex, violence and investment banking: a gripping tale of high finance and high jinks....
...THE HORSE: 30,000 Years of the Horse in Art by Tamsin Pickeral Merrell ₤29.95, 288 pages From Lascaux cave paintings to Elisabeth Frink via ancient Egypt, 13th-century China, Uccello, Velazquez, Rubens...
...Both Time Warner and Microsoft dipped 0.3 per cent, to $17.95 and $26.83 respectively....
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