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Simon Schama
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Books Editor (673 KP) shared own list
Oct 6, 2017
BG Prize 2017
The Baillie Gifford Prize aims to reward the best of non-fiction and is open to authors of any nationality. It is the most prestigious non-fiction prize in the UK. Here is the 2017 longlist:
Red Famine: Stalin’s War on Ukraine
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The momentous new book from the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Gulag and Iron Curtain. In...
History Politics
The Islamic Enlightenment
8.5
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The Islamic Enlightenment: a contradiction in terms? The Muslim world has often been accused of a...
Religion History
Why I'm No Longer Talking to White People About Race
9.0
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"I couldn't have a conversation with white folks about the details of a problem if they didn't want...
Politics race gender social issues
How to Survive A Plague
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A definitive history of the successful battle to halt the AIDS epidemic, here is the incredible...
History Social Issues
Plot 29: A Memoir
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'When I am disturbed, even angry, gardening has been a therapy. When I don't want to talk I turn to...
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The Face of Britain: The Nation Through its Portraits
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A portrait opens a window into a person's life: who they were and wanted to be, who the artist saw -...
The Face of Britain: The Stories Behind the Nation's Portraits
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Simon Schama brings Britain to life through its portraits, as seen in the five-part BBC series The...
Diplomacy
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'Kissinger's absorbing book tackles head-on some of the toughest questions of our time ...Its pages...
The Sellout
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'Outrageous, hilarious and profound.' Simon Schama, Financial Times 'The longer you stare at...
Unspeakable Histories: Film and the Experience of Catastrophe
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In Unspeakable Histories, William Guynn focuses on the sensation of encountering past events through...
A New Book of Middle Eastern Food
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Discover Claudia Roden's classic recipes in The New Book of Middle Eastern Food. In 1968, Claudia...