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Bookshops remaindered

The second-hand book trade has lost much of its romance and charm, not to mention eccentric establishments and their owners

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Dedication’s what you need

Down with the gratitude-bloat of authors’ endless lists of acknowledgements

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Seeing the big picture

The most enduring historical work reveals eternal truths about the human condition

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The monster that lurks within us

The enduring popularity of fantasy and horror fiction proves that we still live in the long, dark shadow of the Gothic novel

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Walking the path of the stupidly rich

Serious Money tracks the excesses and indulgences of those with wealth to burn

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Professor Barry Mole: Scholarly Obsessive

Some things should stay buried

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Going to the ends of the earth

A thrilling story of machismo, mutiny and madness in the Pacific

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The Queen’s Jubilee Book List: why did they bother?

The choices show a lack of levity, imagination and courage

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A Room with a Feud

What happened to robust — and, yes, rude — literary criticism?

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Young Stalin’s unlikely London holiday

Stephen May’s new novel is a triumph of historical fiction

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