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A t rare intervals, a historical work appears that is more than history. Hitler made the 20th century, perhaps in indirect reaction to Lenin, but at any rate in a catastrophic......

Ten Positions Only, Give Or Take A Foot Or An

elbow David Sexton A CONCISE HISTORY OF THE SEX MANUAL 1886-1986 by Alan Rusbridger Faber, £10.95, W hen Alan Rusbridger was a school- boy he was alarmed to read, in a book......