FinancialMail Book Recommendations & Book Mentions
This list consists of recommendations or mentions of books spotted in media, social media accounts, podcasts or other public websites.
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The World: A Family History of Humanity
Simon Sebag MontefioreFinancialMailTwenty-three ‘acts’, 1,300 pages, 5,000 years — Simon Sebag Montefiore’s The World is an intricate, painstakingly detailed and fascinating ride through the ages. https://t.co/XAQIY3jWxa
Hardcover, 2023
$45.00Member price:$22.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book
The Wealth of Nations
Adam SmithFinancialMailIf he were alive today, Adam Smith might snap up shares in industrial supplies company Hudaco https://t.co/QnLItt4C7o
Paperback, Mass Market, 2003
$9.99Member price:$4.99 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Influence Empire: Inside the Story of Tencent and China's Tech Ambition
Lulu ChenFinancialMailWithout Naspers’s $32m investment in Tencent, it’s doubtful the Chinese company would have survived. But its success can in no small part also be credited to the efforts of its founder, Pony Ma. In Influence Empire, Bloomberg journalist Lulu Chen charts... https://t.co/ysWwg5YFbx
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The Future of Geography: How the Competition in Space Will Change Our World
Tim MarshallFinancialMailA new and complex space race is happening — one that is being shaped by power and politics, writes Tim Marshall in The Future of Geography https://t.co/zfEWjrD9jX
Hardcover, 2023
$28.00Member price:$14.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Milner: Last of the Empire Builders
Richard SteynFinancialMailRichard Steyn’s impressive new book on Alfred Milner may not say as much, but it paints the picture of a warmongering narcissist. https://t.co/ffw4IEJHQ7
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Emma (1816). By: Jane Austen (Complete in three volume): Novel
Jane AustenFinancialMailIf SA’s mining sector were a character in a Jane Austen novel it would be the unloved rector, or the middle sister whose dance card yields only disappointment. Or something like that, writes @davidaamckay. https://t.co/SsloTkHkno
Paperback, 2017
$15.47Member price:$7.74 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Glory
Noviolet BulawayoFinancialMailNoViolet Bulawayo’s latest book, ‘Glory’, portrays Zimbabwe’s post-liberation tragedy in a satire inspired by George Orwell. https://t.co/GLAZVrjnkg
Paperback, 2023
$18.00Member price:$9.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Burmese Days by George Orwell: Book
George OrwellFinancialMailNoViolet Bulawayo’s latest book, ‘Glory’, portrays Zimbabwe’s post-liberation tragedy in a satire inspired by George Orwell. https://t.co/c36xKuZz7r
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