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1. New: The Age of Assassins: The Rise and Rise of Vladimir Putin
2. In Paperback: Kenneth O Morgan's 'Michael Foot'
3. Revised Paperback Edition: Conflict of Loyalty by Geoffrey Howe
4. Hardbacks - Sixty Percent Off!
5. New from IEA: Prohibitions


Note from the Editor

Dear Politico's Customer,

Last month Yuri Felshtinsky defied FBI advice to come to London and talk to Andrew Marr on BBC Sunday AM. The book he co-authored with Alexander Litvinenko, 'Blowing Up Russia' , brought death not only to Litvinenko, but also to two members of the Russian Parliament who were making a documentary based on its contents. Felshtinsky's new book 'The Age of Assassins' suggests that the power base in Russia is almost entirely centred on the country's Secret Service.

Kenneth O Morgan's acclaimed biography of Michael Foot appears as a chunky (500-plus pages) paperback, and Lord Howe's 'Conflict of Loyalty' is re-published in a revised paperback edition.

End 'nanny state' bans is the message in 'Prohibitions', a major new study from the Institute of Economic Affairs. Our 'banning culture' has seen overwhelming restrictions imposed, ranging from gun control and prostitution to the use of recreational drugs.

Best wishes

editor@politicos.co.uk


New: The Age of Assassins: The Rise and Rise of Vladimir Putin
Using Alexander Litvinenko's testimony, Yuri Felshtinsky wrote the international bestseller 'Blowing up Russia' about the rigged election of Vladimir Putin in 2001. In his exceptional new book, 'The Age of Assassins', Felshtinsky investigates how Russia under Putin became the first country in history to be ruled by its secret service. Using first-hand information from former oligarchs and KGB spies, he describes how the power has shifted away from the oligarchs to a small network of spies. Together they have created a power that was unimaginable even under Russian Communism.

Buy 'The Age of Assassins: The Rise and Rise of Vladimir Putin' here and save 20%


In Paperback: Kenneth O Morgan's 'Michael Foot: A Life'
Now in paperback, Kenneth Morgan's authorised and finely written biography traces Foot's career from Cromwellian West Country origins to rebellious old age. It is based on a unique range of sources, many of them new, including extensive interviews with Michael Foot and with dozens of his colleagues in government, the Civil Service, the party and the press, and rich material in private papers and public records. It illuminates his complex, often turbulent, relationships with contemporaries such as Cripps and Lord Beaverbrook; Barbara Castle and Aneurin Bevan; Orwell and Koestler; Jim Callaghan, Tony Benn and Indira Gandhi.

Buy 'Michael Foot: A Life' in paperback now and save 30%


Revised Paperback Edition: Conflict of Loyalty by Geoffrey Howe
The story of the Thatcher years, told by the only man who was always at the centre of her government, 'Conflict of Loyalty' is the life story of one of the most important figures in British politics in the late 20th century. In these memoirs he gives a revealing account of government at the highest level during the 'triumph and tragedy' of the Thatcher premiership. He explains how and why he lost confidence in Thatcher, writing candidly about his dismissal as Foreign Secretary and his resignation as Deputy Prime Minister.

'An essential document for future historians' Nigel Lawson

Buy 'Conflict of Loyalty' now and save 15%


Hardbacks - Sixty Percent Off!
Excellent value on selected hardbacks! For a limited period you can get these titles at a sensational 60% discount:

Coalition: The Politics and Personalities of Coalition Government from 1850
Mark Oaten draws on history in this thoroughly researched assessment of past coalitions and possible future options.

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How To Label a Goat
Ross Clark's eye-opening (and best-selling)revelation of some of the most petty and bizarre rules and regulations that are blighting the lives of Britons today.

Buy 'How to Label a Goat' now in hardcover with a 60% saving


Lies, Damned Lies and Iraq
Peter Kilfoyle's in-depth investigation into the case for war and how it was misrepresented.

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New from IEA: Prohibitions
The expansion of the "nanny state" has gone quite far enough! This collection of essays from the Institute of Economic Affairs examines those areas where the freedom of individual men and women to voluntarily engage in mutually advantageous exchanges is prohibited or restricted by government. The authors, under the editorship of John Meadowcroft, critically examine the economic and philosophical rationale for the prohibition of alcohol, the sale of body parts, medicinal drugs, pornography, prostitution, recreational drugs, tobacco and trade in endangered species, among other topics.

Buy 'Prohibitions' here and save 5%



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