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The Thirty-One Kings: Richard Hannay Returns

Robert J. Harris

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June 1940.As German troops pour across France, the veteran soldier and adventurer Richard Hannay is...

Berlin at War: Life and Death in Hitler's Capital, 1939-45

Roger Moorhouse

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Berlin was the nerve-centre of Hitler's Germany - the backdrop for the most lavish ceremonies, it...

Bloody Foreigners: The Story of Immigration to Britain

Robert Winder

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The story of the way Britain has been settled and influenced by foreign people and ideas is as old...

Stephin Merritt recommended Tin Drum by Japan in Music (curated)

Tin Drum by Japan

198 | Pop, Rock

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"Apparently someone is writing a 33 1/3 book about this 1981 album, which is universally regarded as Japan's masterpiece. It features electric guitar sounds previously possible only for Adrian Belew; the bass is so fretless it sounds like a moaning sea mammal, the gorgeous drums are so tonal they could be marimbas, the Prophet 5 synthesizer sits quietly in the mix making squiggly noises; and sometimes a violin plays, in a manner previously heard only in Chinese opera. The lyric and visual emphasis is on modern Chinese culture (like Eno's Taking Tiger Mountain (By Strategy) without the spy-spoof parts) but not Chinoiserie – no pentatonic xylophones – and the implication that the future is Chinese is no more threatening than Kraftwerk implying the future is German. "We're young and strong in this party, building our visions of China." "

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