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The Destruction Of The Jews

Nikolai Tolstoy Auschwitz and the Allies Martin Gilbert (Michael Joseph pp. 368, £12) This brilliant book is the full account of how news of the German programme of annihilation......

Still Waters

James Cameron Old Glory Jonathan Raban (Collins pp.528, £9.95) From the age of seven, Jonathan Raban tells us, he was absorbed by the Mississippi River, which seems an unusual......