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The Emperor Penguin Rules Ok?

Sara Wheeler LIFE AT THE EXTREMES: THE SCIENCE OF SURVIVAL by Frances Ashcroft HarperCollins, f17.99, pp. 326 T o prepare for more than half a year in the Antarctic I once pored......

Was His War Really Necessary?

John Lukacs CHURCHILL AND APPEASEMENT by R. A. C Parker Macmillan, f20, pp. 290 H istory is revisionist. An 'orthodox' history, Maitland said, is a contradiction in terms. The......