Philosophy
In this provocative and passionately argued book, Roger Scruton proposes that the greatest harm and havoc has been wrought on the world by those who have presented themselves as optimists and idealists, whether of the left or of the right. Rejecting such ideals, we should instead seek to replace such irrational - and pernicious - exuberance with a humane pessimism.
'One of the most significant philosophers of contemporary conservatism...the argument is passionate and provocative' Kenan Malik, Observer
Brazil: E Editora; Hungary: Norman Libro; Italy: Edizioni Lindau; Poland: Zysk; Portugal: Quetzal; Spain: Ariel; The Netherlands: Nieuw Amsterdam; US: Oxford University Press
T HE GOOD SOLDIERS / David Finkel
Reportage / Current Events
Combining the action of Mark Bowden's Black Hawk Down with the literary brio of Tim O'Brien's The Things They Carried, The Good Soldiers is a outstanding work of reportage from Iraq's front line. David Finkel is a Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and, having be welcomed into this Iraq era 'band of brothers', pulls us through the turmoil of battle in Iraq to the bedsides of dying soldiers back in the US.
'Unflinching... powerful and moving... An exceptional account... better than any I have come across' Sunday Times
'Heart-stopping... harrowing... immediate and visceral.' New York Times
China (complex): Morning Star; France: Laffont; Finland: WSOY; Italy: Mondadori; Norway: Versal; Poland: Dolnoslaslie; Russia: United Press; Spain: Critica; Sweden: Lind & Co; The Netherlands: De Bezige ij
A HISTORY OF THE WORLD SINCE 9/11 / Dominic Streatfeild
Reportage / Current Events
An Afghani wedding party; a gas station proprietor in Texas; a plane-spotter in Mallorca and several others’ interlinked stories portray how people have been affected, sometimes devastatingly, by the American response to the attacks on the Twin Towers. Streatfeild shows how the sleep of reason and good sense in successive US administrations post-9/11 has brought forth the monsters of extraordinary rendition, Guantanamo Bay, extrajudicial execution and wholesale contravention of international law.
Italy: Newton Compton; Poland: Losgraf; Portugal: Dom Quixote; US: Bloomsbury
THE THINGS NOBODY KNOWS / William Hartston
G eneral NF
Why are so many giraffes gay? Has human evolution stopped? Can robots become self-aware? Can lobsters recognize other lobsters by sight? Are cell phones bad for us? And why can't we remember anything from our earliest years?
Full of the mysteries of life, the universe and everything, The Things that Nobody Knows is a fascinating and entertaining exploration of the limits of human knowledge of our planet, its history and culture, and the universe beyond.
China: Shaanxi; Estonia: Tanapaev; Italy: Bollati Boringhieri
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