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The Way Of The World

Jonathan Sumption COLLAPSE: H OW S OCIETIES C HOOSE TO F AIL OR S URVIVE by Jared Diamond Allen Lane/ Penguin, £20, pp. 575, ISBN 0713992867X V £18 (plus £2.25 p&p) 0870 800......

Stories About Story-telling

P. N. Furbank T HE B OOK OF T EN N IGHTS AND A N IGHT by John Barth Atlantic Books, £16.99, pp. 295, ISBN 1843544067 ✆ £14.99 (plus £2.25 p&p) 0870 800 4848 T he story that John......

The Grass Below, Above, The Vaulted Sky

Caroline Moorehead N ATURE C URE by Richard Mabey Chatto, £15.99, pp. 231, ISBN 0701176016 ✆ £13.99 (plus £2.25 p&p) 0870 800 4848 I t was soon after he finished work on Flora......