http://www.ft.com/arts/books/essayhttp://www.ft.com/rss/arts/books/essayFT.com -Arts & weekend, Books - Essaysen© Copyright The Financial Times Ltd 2009. "FT" and "Financial Times" are trademarks of the Financial Times. See http://www.ft.com/servicestools/help/terms#legal1 for the terms and conditions of reuse.client.support@ft.com (Client Support)Fri, 20 Nov 2009 23:20:07 +0000Sat, 21 Nov 2009 12:20:27 +0000Newspapers60http://news.ft.com/cms/d1f3ce1a-6bbe-11da-bb53-0000779e2340.gifhttp://www.ft.com/arts/books/essay(PICS-1.1 "http://www.classify.org/safesurf/" L gen true for "http://www.ft.com/" r (SS~~000 1))http://traxfer.ft.com/cms/s/2/83d2bf12-d568-11de-81ee-00144feabdc0.html?o=%2Frss%2Farts%2Fbooks%2Fessayhttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/2/83d2bf12-d568-11de-81ee-00144feabdc0.htmlFour new books show the startling extent to which images of the next world still both reflect and shape life in this one Heaven and the AfterlifePocket Guide to the AfterlifeWho Goes There?The Garden and the Fire Fri, 20 Nov 2009 23:20:07 +0000http://traxfer.ft.com/cms/s/2/4e6ed0fe-cfe1-11de-a36d-00144feabdc0.html?o=%2Frss%2Farts%2Fbooks%2Fessayhttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/2/4e6ed0fe-cfe1-11de-a36d-00144feabdc0.htmlFour weighty books lament the impending death of the old Arctic and fearfully welcome the taming of this icy wasteland, writes Simon Kuper After the Ice Final Voyage The Magnetic North Arctic Labyrinth Fri, 13 Nov 2009 23:32:50 +0000http://traxfer.ft.com/cms/s/2/82555a02-ca62-11de-a3a3-00144feabdc0.html?o=%2Frss%2Farts%2Fbooks%2Fessayhttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/2/82555a02-ca62-11de-a3a3-00144feabdc0.htmlJohn Lloyd reviews a flood of new books that marks 20 years since the fall of the Berlin wall. Each one, in varying degrees of detail, considers the logic of the wall, both before and after it was built The Fall of the Berlin WallBehind the Berlin WallThe Year that Changed the World1989The Berlin Wall Fri, 6 Nov 2009 23:23:44 +0000http://traxfer.ft.com/cms/s/2/a025dd92-c4e3-11de-8d54-00144feab49a.html?o=%2Frss%2Farts%2Fbooks%2Fessayhttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/2/a025dd92-c4e3-11de-8d54-00144feab49a.htmlFour new literary stars expose the corruption and sleaze of modern-day life, and prove that it is often the times of greatest upheaval that throw up the works of most lasting value as generations of brilliant Russian writers have illustrated in the past The Sacred Book of the WerewolfThe Good Angel of DeathOne More YearShe Lover of Death Fri, 30 Oct 2009 23:33:27 +0000http://traxfer.ft.com/cms/s/2/cb05bc64-bf64-11de-a696-00144feab49a.html?o=%2Frss%2Farts%2Fbooks%2Fessayhttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/2/cb05bc64-bf64-11de-a696-00144feab49a.htmlCentral Asia is now the focus of a new 'Great Game' as Russia, China and the US vie for a strategic foothold. David Pilling discusses four volumes that bring to the fore a region that deserves to be better known and convey themes too pressing to ignore Out of SteppeInside Central AsiaIn the Bloody Footsteps of Ghengis KhanXanadu Sat, 24 Oct 2009 00:44:19 +0100