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The Forecast Is Disaster

Brian Power O RACLE B ONES by Peter Hessler John Murray, £20, pp. 491, ISBN 9780719564406 ✆ £16 (plus £2.45 p&p) 0870 429 6655 T he oracle bones in Peter Hessler’s book were......

As Per The American Dream

Montagu Curzon T HE E MPEROR OF W INE : T HE R ISE AND R EIGN OF R OBERT P ARKER by Elin McCoy Grub Street, £20, pp. 309, ISBN 190494342X ✆ £16 (plus £2.45 p&p) 0870 429 6655 F......