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A Ticklish Subject

Patrick Skene Catling LAUGHTER: A SCIENTIFIC INVESTIGATION by Robert R. Provine Faber, £12.99, pp. 258 T he smile broadens, the mouth opens and strange sounds come out, more......

Definitely Not A Fool

Douglas Johnson THE RISE AND FALL OF NAPOLEON BONAPARTE VOLUME I: THE RISE by Robert Asprey Little, Brown and Co, £25, pp. 580 N apoleon Bonaparte has too often been the victim......