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Shortlist 487: Tales from history

Shortlist 487: Tales from history

‘That men do not learn very much from the lessons of history is the most important of all the lessons that history has to teach' — Aldous Huxley

From the middle ages to the Cold War, there’s something for every history buff in our latest shortlist.

Shortlist 486: Prize winning authors

Shortlist 486: Prize winning authors

“History teaches us that the greatest authors are those who wrote silently without hope of praise or reward. They wrote to defend principles and win people's hearts, and not to please a Prize committee or win a literary award.” ― Mouloud Benzadi

Shortlist 485: Book trade memories

Shortlist 485: Book trade memories

“This book business is all uphill. When you have theology the trade wants fiction, and if you get them fiction, they are all the wrong authors. But I’ll stick to it. I am a bookseller and I never want to be anything else.” – Fred Bason