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The Consequences Of Joining The Club

Jonathan Mirsky INVENTING JAPAN: FROM EMPIRE TO ECONOMIC MIRACLE, 1853-1964 by Ian Buruma Weidenfeld, £12.99, pp. 162, ISBN 1842126873 I t didn't last quite 40 years, but for......

It's Getting Down To It That Counts

Mary Keen THE GARDENER'S YEAR by Karel Capek, illustrated by Josef Capek, translated by Geoffrey Newsome Claridge Press, £12.99, pp. 208, ISBN 1870626699 K arel Capek. the Czech......