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Martin Daunton’s history of trade liberalisation shows that capricious US opinion has always mattered most
Alexander Chula’s eclectic biography shows that the African nation has rich lessons for wealthier countries
The writer’s life might best be understood as one long reply to George Orwell’s idea that only plainness can illuminate truth
Two books by leading historians do a fine job in charting the the path from fanaticism and violence to national reconciliation
The sequel to ‘The Country of Others’ finds its Catholic-Muslim couple facing the upheavals of Morocco in the 1960s
A Downing Street inspired satire by Boris Johnson’s former adviser pales in comparison with political reality
Tired of endless books on time management? An artist and a watchmaker, no less, share wisdom about this most precious resource in modern life
Hard-hitting fiction offers warnings about the dangers of a reimagined history
Wang Xiaobo’s semi-autobiographical account of the final decades of the 20th century in China is both subversive and hilarious
The shifting US influence on world trade; Spain’s journey from Franco to democracy; Polly Toynbee’s memoir of privilege and progressive causes; a Westminster ‘bodice-ripper’ by an ex-aide to Boris Johnson; Germany’s tangled relationship with Russia; the rise and tragic fall of Tony Hsieh; Leïla Slimani’s new novel — plus Adam LeBor’s round-up of thrillers
Author Georgi Gospodinov and translator Angela Rodel on ‘Time Shelter’, the first Bulgarian book to win the prize
The writer confronts family woes — and the difficulty of championing leftwing causes while hailing from privilege
The FT examines the causes and effects of an increasing global resistance to antibiotics: from the pressures doctors are under to prescribe them, to what new treatments are currently in the pipeline, as well as what role can the consumer play in reducing antibiotic use in the food chain
How the wunderkind behind shoe etailer Zappos set a goal of happiness rather than riches but ended his life in squalor and delusion
A comic prodigy who relished vulgarity and made low-life subject matter a speciality, he was always a literary critic at heart
Vividly drawn characters blaze trails across small-town Arkansas and Nazi-occupied Oslo
The ‘Moskau Connection’ recounts Gerhard Schröder and other politicians’ all-too-trusting approach to Putin
The British novelist whose swagger and love of literary pyrotechnics produced dazzling, sardonic prose
Writer dubbed ‘the erstwhile Mick Jagger of British letters’ was drawn to the underbelly of society
Writer defends freedom of expression and says he is recovering in appearance at FT Weekend festival
The story of the fight for equality at MIT in the 1990s is a reminder of the stubborn persistence of gender bias
Vénus Khoury-Ghata’s novella takes readers to a tight-knit Albanian community in the mountains of southern Italy
The writer’s fifth novel conjures a new plague and its catastrophic effects in journal entries addressed to a cephalopod
The first in a new series of thrillers features an ageing Californian hacker in the hunt for a billion-dollar blockchain
The podcaster and presenter breaks down the complex issue of additives with clarity and sensitivity but without moralising
Henry Grabar convincingly makes a case for how parking has had a destructive impact on housing, urban life and design
Claire Kilroy manages to articulate both the profound and commonplace reality of early motherhood
Jonny Steinberg’s outstanding biography balances sympathy with unflinching accounts of the discord that plagued South Africa’s power couple
Publisher’s action adds to pushback from the likes of Walt Disney to state’s war on ‘wokeism’
Travis Zadeh’s account of the 13th-century Arabic text takes readers on an enchanting journey into the angels and demons of pre-scientific times
Three new books consider the country’s economic potential and pitfalls from different perspectives
In an online world, the role of our hobbies and obsessions has gained new urgency
A fresh look at the scale of the nature crisis, and how it might be halted
In the Park Avenue Armory, a buzzing hall of superfans are keeping the building blocks of our culture alive
Never mind online recipes — I buy food books for their storytelling and culinary lore
A story about a mute young Korean woman and her tutor who is slowly going blind explores the physicality of communication
A variety of eccentrics illuminate this tour of Britain’s religious sites
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