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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"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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Politico's Bookshop Bulletin: Junk Medicine

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Politico's Bookshop Bulletin
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1. New: Theodore Dalrymple's Junk Medicine
2. New: The Political Campaigning Handbook
3. In Paperback: Simon Jenkins' Thatcher and Sons
4. New: Nixon and Kissinger
5. New: Politipedia

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Dear Politico's Customer

Almost everything you know about heroin addiction is wrong. In his provocative new book Junk Medicine: Doctors, Lies and the Addiction Bureaucracy , Theodore Dalrymple argues that addiction to heroin is not an illness, and that doctors only make it worse.

An essential part of any campaigner’s armory, Lionel Zetter's The Political Campaigning Handbook guides you through every stage of a political campaign, whether for parliamentary, local or council positions.

Now available in paperback, Simon Jenkins' much praised Thatcher and Sons, winner of the 2007 Channel 4 Political Book of the Year award, argues that Margaret Thatcher’s legacy has continued down to the present. Not just John Major, but Tony Blair and Gordon Brown are her heirs and acolytes.

Robert Dallek is one of America's most distinguished historians and his joint biography Nixon and Kissinger: Partners in Power provides a startling new portrait and a new understanding of the immense power and sway these two men held in affecting world history.

Can you name the ten Cabinet Secretaries who have held office since World War I , or the ten political powers vested in the monarch, or could you name thirty songs for a political karaoke? They're all in the ultimate quirky reference book for voters, students and the entire population of the Westminster village - Nick Inman's Politipedia: A Compendium of Useful and Curious Facts about British Politics.


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1. New: Theodore Dalrymple's Junk Medicine
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Based on his experience as a prison doctor and as a psychiatrist in a large general hospital in Birmingham, Theodore Dalrymple exposes the mythology surrounding heroin addiction. Moving seamlessly between literature, pharmacology, history and philosophy, he demonstrates what happens when the nature of a social problem is so thoroughly misunderstood, and when human beings are regarded as inanimate objects rather than as agents of their own destiny. His scintillating, iconoclastic book has an importance far beyond its immediate subject matter.

"Theodore Dalrymple is a brilliant observer of both medicine and society, and his book wittily engages with two versions of the current nonsense: orthodox medicine on drug addiction, and romantic poets on the wisdom you supposedly enjoy from getting high."
- Kenneth Minogue, professor emeritus at The London School of Economics and author of 'The Liberal Mind'

Buy Junk Medicine: Doctors, Lies and the Addiction Bureaucracy in hardback.

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2. New: The Political Campaigning Handbook
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Aimed at the many thousands of people who take part in election campaigns every year, The Political Campaigning Handbook is a 'how-to' guide to fighting elections on the ground. From the top-down of the political party campaign machine, Lionel Zetter, a veteran of many a campaign, describes the steps necessary to win those all-important seats. Whether you are fighting for parliamentary, local or council positions, every stage of the combat is described; from the bureaucracy surrounding the selection process, to the timetable that must be followed to keep your application on track, and cunning tactics to fill up both the coffers of the ‘war chest’ and the lists of constituents who pledge their vote.

Buy The Political Campaigning Handbook in paperback.

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3. In Paperback: Simon Jenkins' Thatcher and Sons'
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The history of Britain in the last thirty years, under both Conservative and Labour governments, has been dominated by one figure - Margaret Thatcher. Her election marked a decisive break with the past and her premiership transformed not just her country, but the nature of democratic leadership. In his 'argued history', now available in paperback, Simon Jenkins analyses this revolution from its beginnings in the turmoil of the 1970s through the social and economic changes of the 1980s. Was Thatcherism a mere medicine for an ailing economy or a complete political philosophy? And did it eventually fall victim to the dogmatism and control which made it possible? This is the story of the events, personalities, defeats and victories which will be familiar to all those who lived through them, but seen through a new lens. It is also an argument about how Thatcher's legacy has continued down to the present. Not just John Major, but also Tony Blair and Gordon Brown are her heirs and acolytes. And as the Conservative party reinvents itself as a viable political force once again, is the age of Thatcher finally over?

Buy Thatcher and Sons in paperback and save 35%

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4. New: Nixon and Kissinger
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Richard Nixon and Henry Kissinger were two of the most compelling and contradictory world leaders in the second half of the 20th century. Both were largely self-made men, brimming with ambition, driven by their own inner demons, and often ruthless in pursuit of their goals. Tapping into a wealth of recently declassified documents and tapes Robert Dallek, one of America’s most distinguished historians, uncovers fascinating details about Nixon and Kissinger’s tumultuous personal relationship—their collaboration and rivalry—and the extent to which they struggled to outdo each other in the reach for foreign policy achievements. He also brilliantly analyzes their dealings with power brokers at home and abroad. Authoritative, illuminating, and deeply engrossing, 'Nixon and Kissinger' provides a startling new portrait and a new understanding of the immense power and sway these two men held in affecting world history..

Buy Nixon and Kissinger: Partners in Power in hardback and save 25%



Also recently published - Richard Milhous Nixon: The Invincible Quest by Conrad Black


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5. New: Politipedia: A Compendium of Useful and Curious Facts about British Politics
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An ideal new reference for anyone looking to discover where their vote (and money!) actually go, or for those looking for quotes and fascinating titbits. Politipedia captures the entertaining essence of politics without taking up too much of the reader’s valuable time. From listing the bars and refreshment points throughout the Palace of Westminster to a section entitled "Quangos (and Gocos) - A beginner's guide to everyday agency-spotting" , Nick Inman sets out to ask all the vital questions about politics and then attempts to find answers to them – getting to the heart of each subject with brevity and humour.

Buy Politipedia now from Politico's and receive 35% discount.

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"I am humble enough to recognise that I have made mistakes, but politically astute enough to have forgotten what they are."

- Michael Heseltine

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


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