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Mao’s Great Famine The History of China’s Most Devastating Catastrophe
Frank Dikötter
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Discover the world’s best non-fiction writing. The longlist, shortlist and winning books from the world’s most prestigious and longest running non-fiction book prize.
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Shortlist
Caravaggio A Life Sacred and Profane
Andrew Graham-Dixon
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Liberty's Exiles The Loss of America and the Remaking of the British Empire
Maya Jasanoff
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The Rational Optimist How Prosperity Evolves
Matt Ridley
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Bismarck A Life
Jonathan Steinberg
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Reprobates The Cavaliers of the English Civil War
John Stubbs
Longlist
Tolstoy A Russian Life
Rosamund Bartlett
Longlist
Afgantsy The Russians in Afghanistan, 1979-89
Rodric Braithwaite
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Through the Language Glass How Words Colour Your World
Guy Deutscher
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The Hare With Amber Eyes A Hidden Inheritance
Edmund de Waal
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Capitalism 4.0 The Birth of a New Economy
Anatole Kaletsky
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Scott-land The Man Who Invented a Nation
Stuart Kelly