Sander L Gilman delves into culture to demonstrate that our belief that fat can be identified with a number of character flaws
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Dr Babasaheb Ambedkar
Although Gandhi is a household name all over the world, Babasaheb Ambedkar, architect of the Indian Constitution and the first person to fight effectively for the rights of dalits (aka ‘untouchables’)
- Mari Marcel Thekaekara
- April 23, 2009
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The Last Supper
The Last Supper is an erudite and entertaining novel of boundless ambition in its concept and consummate skill in its delivery.
- Peter Whittaker
- March 26, 2009
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Belching Out the Devil
There is a company which manufactures and distributes concentrated sugary syrup and the way it conducts its affairs is the subject of Mark Thomas’ enormously readable book.
- Peter Whittaker
- December 18, 2008
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A Most Wanted Man
John le Carré’s latest novel could hardly be more topical or timely, dealing as it does with the seamier reaches of international banking and the nether-world inhabited by the fugitive and the stateless.
- Peter Whittaker
- December 18, 2008
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A Certain Woman
Winner of the best novel prize at Cairo International Book Fair, Hala El Badry writes about her life as an Arabic woman.
- Peter Whittaker
- November 30, 2008
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9/11 Contradictions
25 contradictions about that day in New York by David Ray Griffin
- Peter Whittaker
- November 30, 2008
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