Politicos: Politico's Bookshop Bulletin

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Politico's Bookshop Bulletin
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1. The Strange Death of David Kelly
2 Magnificent Seven: Christmas Books from Harriman House
3. New biography: Fidel Castro
4. In Paperback: Blowing Up Russia
5. Speeches That Changed the World Book/CD

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Note from the Editor
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The high-profile death of David Kelly is regarded by many as suspicious, and the events surrounding it as 'unfinished business'. Norman Baker has carried out extensive research, and shows in 'The Strange Death of Dr David Kelly' how the verdict of suicide is simply not credible.

For years people have tried to persuade the leader of the Cuban Revolution to tell his own life story. Finally in 'My Life - Fidel Castro' Ignacio Ramonet, well-known activist and editor of Le Monde Diplomatique, has succeeded.

"Explosive" was the News of the World's (inevitable) description of 'Blowing Up Russia' when it appeared in hardback at the beginning of the year. Now available in paperback it contains the devastating attack of ex-KGB officer Alexander Litvinenko (murdered in London) against his former spymasters.

Finally - Simon Sebag Montefiore's 'Speeches That Changed the World' hardcover book plus audio CD-ROM.

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1. The Strange Death of David Kelly
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Guaranteed to a be a sensational book... Norman Baker has been researching 'The Strange Death of David Kelly' for over a year, and has uncovered a mass of new material. His book looks in detail at the motives for the unlawful death of Dr Kelly and the various possibilities about who could be involved. The author also analyses and criticises the official process instigated after Dr Kelly's death, putting the entire episode into its British political context, and looking at the actions of government, particularly in relation to the Iraq war. In conclusion Norman Baker suggests: "The key question was this: why was Dr Kelly's such a strange death? Nobody would commit suicide that way, but nor can murder be explained by what was found. The only answer that makes sense is that he was murdered by other means, and then steps taken to make the death look like suicide. For reasons I give in the book, I believe he was murdered by Iraqi elements, the police were too late to stop this and a decision was taken for political reasons to alter the truth."

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2. Magnificent Seven: Christmas Books from Harriman House
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The Bumper Book of Government Waste 2008
Brown's Squandered Billions
by Matthew Elliott and Lee Rotherham
This new edition of the bestseller not only gives mind-numbing examples of government waste, but shows how the tax burden of every household could be cut by over four thousand pounds a year.

How to Label a Goat (Paperback)
The Silly Rules and Regulations that are Strangling Britain
by Ross Clark
Exposing the most petty and bizarre rules and regulations which are blighting the lives of Britons today.
http://books.global-investor.com/books/240367.htm?ginPtrCode=10410

The Little Book of Boris
by Iain Dale
A must-have for all Boris fans. Here are the very best "Boris-isms" - quotes by Boris, quotes about him together with a handy biographical reference.

The Maverick
Despatches from an Unrepentant Capitalist
by Luke Johnson
One of Britain's most successful businessmen, Johnson wrote the popular "Maverick" column in the Sunday Telegraph. This book brings together 84 articles with updates.

The Optimist's Handbook
Facts, Figures and Arguments to Silence Doom-mongers and Defeatists
by Nick Inman
Intelligently written this is the perfect antidote to human and financial misery - a great gift.
http://books.global-investor.com/books/131119.htm?ginPtrCode=10410

The Richest of the Rich
The Wealthiest 250 People in Britain since 1066
by Philip Beresford and William D. Rubinstein
An extraordinary collection of soldiers, inventors, aristocrats, rags-to-riches stories, and, at 250th, Bernie Ecclestone.

The Road to Southend Pier
One Man's Struggle against the Surveillance Society
by Ross Clark
Big Brother is watching us more than ever before! Ross Clark reveals the nitty gritty - on cameras, on identity cards, and the sheer volume of information that government and businesses hold on everyone in the UK.

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3. My Life - Fidel Castro
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In My Life - Fidel Castro - through a series of probing interviews with Ignacio Ramonet - Fidel Castro describes his life for the first time, from the 1950s all the way up to the present day. He discusses his parents, his earliest influences, the beginnings of the revolution, his relationship with Che Guevara, the Bay of Pigs, the Carter years, Cuban migration to the US. And along the way, Ramonet challenges Castro to discuss his views on a number of controversial questions, from human rights and freedom of the press to the repression of homosexuality and the survival of the death penalty, and he gives his opinion of other leaders, alive and dead, including George Bush and Tony Blair.

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4. Blowing Up Russia
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Vividly written and based on Litvinenko's 20 year's of insider's knowledge of Russian spy campaigns and Yuri Felshtinsky's comprehensive academic knowledge, 'Blowing up Russia' is a meticulous and gripping story how the secret organs of the Russian state are out of control and plotting a return to Russia as a state of terror. Writing about his co-author, Yuri Felshtinsky recounts how the banning of their book in Russia caused 3 related deaths.

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5. Speeches That Changed the World Book/CD
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This book and CD comprises Simon Sebag Montefiore's hardback book with over 50 momentous and thought-provoking speeches from a wide range of historical eras and nations. "Speeches That Changed The World" includes biographies of each speaker, the history of why each speech was significant and what happened as a result. Iconic black and white photography dramatically illustrates these key figures and moments in history. The audio CD-ROM provides genuine historical recordings of 20 of the most significant speeches of the 20th century, each introduced by acclaimed historian Simon Sebag Montefiore. This is an unusual and fascinating potted history of the twentieth century: a history of humanity, told through the speeches that shaped it.

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Endquote
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"Safe is spelled D.U.L.L. Politics has got to be a fun activity"

- Alan Clark

Taken from Iain Dale's selection of 500 of the Most Witty, Acerbic & Erudite Things Ever Said About Politics

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