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Editor, Dale Kneen

FEATURED IN THIS E-MAIL:
* Bestsellers of 1999
* Editor's Picks of the Year
* Up and Coming in 2000

***BESTSELLERS OF 1999***
"Mandela: The Authorised Biography"
by Anthony Sampson
http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/ASIN/0002558297/entertainments08
From prisoner to president, former boxer Nelson Mandela is the
world's most famous freedom fighter and its most respected
statesman. In "Mandela: The Authorised Biography" veteran
journalist Anthony Sampson follows the long walk to freedom of
the modern messiah who won South Africa's emancipation from the
violent tyranny of racial oppression.

"John Major The Autobiography"
by John Major
http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/ASIN/0002570041/entertainments08
The most personal and revealing autobiography to date of any
British Prime Minister. The memoirs of the Right Honourable J
ohn Major, MP, became the hottest political bestseller this
autumn. Major's intention in writing the book was to give as
open and accurate an account of his time in office as possible;
and he did not pull any punches.

"Devil's Advocate"
by John Humphrys
http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/ASIN/009180048X/entertainments08
Britain's "Devil's Advocate"--Radio Four presenter John
Humphrys--asked piercing questions about the state of a nation
that, he wrote, judges everything according to its commercial
value and confuses genuine caring with wearing ribbons.

"The Mitrokhin Archive"
by Christopher Andrew and Vasili Mitrokhin
http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/ASIN/0713993588/entertainments08
In 1992 the British Secret Intelligence Service ex-filtrated
from Russia a defector whose presence in the West remained
secret until the publication of this book. Vasili Mitrokhin's
treasure-trove of KGB documents has been described by the FBI
as "the most complete and extensive intelligence ever received
from any source."

"The Whole Woman"
by Germaine Greer
http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/ASIN/0385600151/entertainments08
In 1970, Germaine Greer took an in-your-face assertive stand
against male oppression with "The Female Eunuch". She returned
earlier this year and she was angry. The Whole Woman is a
panorama of fin-de-siècle womanhood, in which Greer explores
and explodes the practices of the modern health industry.

***EDITOR'S PICKS OF THE YEAR***
"We Wish to Inform You That Tomorrow We Will Be Killed with Our
Families"
by Philip Gourevitch
http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/ASIN/0330371207/entertainments08
One of the most significant books of 1999, and the deserved
winner of the Guardian First Book Award, is Philip Gourevitch's
unflinching account of the Rwanda genocide of 1994. It explores
the physical, psychological and political aftermath of one of
the late-20th century's most chilling episodes.

"The River : A Journey back to the Source of HIV and AIDS"
by Edward Hooper
http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/ASIN/0713993359/entertainments08
When Edward Hooper worked for the BBC in Africa, he was the
first journalist to cover the AIDS epidemic in Africa; he has
devoted the last 10 years to "The River", which traces the
epidemic back to its source.

"Who Paid the Piper?"
by Frances Stonor Saunders
http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/ASIN/1862070296/entertainments08
In this intriguing real-life thriller, "Who Paid The Piper?",
Frances Stonor Saunders reveals how CIA front organisations
inveigled unsuspecting artists and intellectuals--like Bertrand
Russell, Stephen Spender and Isaiah Berlin--into dancing to its
tune. Full of waspish wit and intriguing gossip, this book shows
how the Right tried to put the big freeze on European culture
during the Cold War.

**UP AND COMING IN 2000**
Books to watch out for in the new millennium.

"Pound: A Biography"
by David Sinclair
http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/ASIN/0712684069/entertainments08
Subtitled "The Story of the Currency that Ruled the World and
Lasted a Thousand Years", this tells the story of the pound
from the Vikings to cyberspace, when--single European currency
or not--it may have come to the end of its life.

"MI6"
by Stephen Dorrill
http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/ASIN/1857020936/entertainments08
The first comprehensive history of the Secret Intelligence
Service--Britain's hands abroad--the MI6, by an acknowledged
expert. Epitomised in the public imagination by James Bond,
MI6's svelte and glamorous image has been peeled away by
Dorril's searching investigation to reveal a less than savoury
truth.

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