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Tuesday December 2, 2008
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Sacred Gifts, Profane Pleasures: A History of Tobacco and Chocolate in the Atlantic World by Marcy Norton
The Times review by James Robertson
Connemara: the Last Pool of Darkness by Tim Robinson
The Times review by Roy Foster
The Sunday Times books of the year: History
The Sunday Times reviews by Andrew Holgate: titanic struggles, forgotten stories and myths ripe for puncturing are uncovered in the...
Can We Have Our Balls Back Please? by Julian Norridge
The Sunday Times books of the year: Wine
The Sunday Times reviews by Joanna Simon: a light and entertaining selection of the drinks books of the year
The Sunday Times books of the year: Humour
The Sunday Times review by Roland White: from the sublime to the ridiculous, and that includes the memoirs of a showbiz chimp, the books that...
Empires of the Sea: The Final Battle for the Mediterranean 1521-1580 by Roger Crowley
The Sunday Times history book of the year
In Defence of Food by Michael Pollan
The Sunday Times food book of the year
Art edited by Andrew Graham-Dixon
The Sunday Times art book of the year
The Sunday Times books of the year: Food
The Sunday Times reviews by Bee Wilson: thrifty, geeky or inspired by the haute-cheffy? We rustle up an alluring selection of books...
The Sunday Times books of the year: Art
The Sunday Times reviews by Frank Whitford: there's something for everyone in this year's art books, from a history of the dog in art...
The Sunday Times books of the year: Sport
Sartre's Sink: The Great Writers' Complete Book of DIY by Mark Crick
The Sunday Times humour book of the year
The Shameful Peace by Frederic Spotts
The Sunday Times review by Max Hastings: some heroically resisted, but many French cultural luminaries collaborated with the Nazis,...
Outliers: The Story of Success by Malcolm Gladwell
The Sunday Times review by Kevin Jackson: Malcolm Gladwell may think his polemic about the secret of success is contentious. Our reviewer...
The Triumph of Music: Composers, Musicians and Their Audiences, 1700 to the Present by Tim Blanning
The Sunday Times review by Bee Wilson: musicians used to be indentured servants to the powerful - now they call the shots. A new history...
Turned out Nice Again: The Story of British Light Entertainment by Louis Barfe
The Sunday Times review by Brian Schofield
Notes from Walnut Tree Farm by Roger Deakin
The Sunday Times review by Alexander Cockburn: Roger Deakin's passionate love for the natural world is in full evidence in this moving...
The Hugo Young Papers edited by Ion Trewin
The Sunday Times review by Rod Liddle: Hugo Young's secret notes about the political chats and meetings he had over 30 years make for...
The Philosopher and the Wolf by Mark Rowlands
The Sunday Times review by Jenny Diski: philosopher Mark Rowlands spent a decade living with a wolf. What did he learn? Unnerving ideas about...
Sacred Gifts, Profane Pleasures: A History of Tobacco and Chocolate in the Atlantic World by Marcy Norton
The Times review by James Robertson
Connemara: the Last Pool of Darkness by Tim Robinson
The Times review by Roy Foster
The Sunday Times books of the year: History
The Sunday Times reviews by Andrew Holgate: titanic struggles, forgotten stories and myths ripe for puncturing are uncovered in the...
Can We Have Our Balls Back Please? by Julian Norridge
The Sunday Times books of the year: Wine
The Sunday Times reviews by Joanna Simon: a light and entertaining selection of the drinks books of the year
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