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Sam Leith hosts conversations about books and new publishing. The show’s range stretches from literary writing to scientific subjects. Poetry and physics are both within its stated interests. Interviews give authors room to discuss their work and the ideas it develops. The program offers a broad literary meeting point rather than restricting itself to a single genre.

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Cover of Pandora’s Jar: Women in the Greek Myths

Pandora’s Jar: Women in the Greek Myths

byNatalie Haynes

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Cover of Burning the Books: A History of the Deliberate Destruction of Knowledge

Burning the Books: A History of the Deliberate Destruction of Knowledge

byRichard Ovenden

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Cover of Burning Man: The Trials of D. H. Lawrence

Burning Man: The Trials of D. H. Lawrence

byFrances Wilson

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Cover of Emperor of Rome: Ruling the Ancient Roman World

Emperor of Rome: Ruling the Ancient Roman World

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Cover of Magnificent Rebels: The First Romantics and the Invention of the Self

Magnificent Rebels: The First Romantics and the Invention of the Self

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Cover of River Kings: A New History of the Vikings from Scandinavia to the Silk Roads

River Kings: A New History of the Vikings from Scandinavia to the Silk Roads

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Cover of Magic: A History: From Alchemy to Witchcraft, from the Ice Age to the Present

Magic: A History: From Alchemy to Witchcraft, from the Ice Age to the Present

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Cover of The White Ship: Conquest, Anarchy and the Wrecking of Henry I’s Dream

The White Ship: Conquest, Anarchy and the Wrecking of Henry I’s Dream

byCharles Spencer

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Cover of Madhouse at the End of the Earth: The Belgica’s Journey into the Dark Antarctic Night

Madhouse at the End of the Earth: The Belgica’s Journey into the Dark Antarctic Night

byJulian Sancton

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Cover of Four Thousand Weeks: Time Management for Mortals

Four Thousand Weeks: Time Management for Mortals

byOliver Burkeman

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Cover of The Library of Ancient Wisdom: Mesopotamia and the Making of History

The Library of Ancient Wisdom: Mesopotamia and the Making of History

bySelena Wisnom

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Cover of Beyond the Wall

Beyond the Wall

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Cover of A Question of Standing: The History of the CIA

A Question of Standing: The History of the CIA

byRhodri Jeffreys-Jones

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Cover of Crashed: How Decades of Financial Crises Changed the World

Crashed: How Decades of Financial Crises Changed the World

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Cover of The Undoing Project: A Friendship That Changed Our Minds

The Undoing Project: A Friendship That Changed Our Minds

byMichael Lewis

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Cover of Operation Barbarossa: The History of a Cataclysm

Operation Barbarossa: The History of a Cataclysm

byJonathan Dimbleby

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Cover of Tom Stoppard: A Life

Tom Stoppard: A Life

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Cover of The Ratline: The Exalted Life and Mysterious Death of a Nazi Fugitive

The Ratline: The Exalted Life and Mysterious Death of a Nazi Fugitive

byPhilippe Sands

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Cover of Checkpoint Charlie: The Cold War, The Berlin Wall, and the Most Dangerous Place On Earth

Checkpoint Charlie: The Cold War, The Berlin Wall, and the Most Dangerous Place On Earth

byIain MacGregor

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Cover of The Battle of Arnhem: The Deadliest Airborne Operation of World War II

The Battle of Arnhem: The Deadliest Airborne Operation of World War II

byAntony Beevor

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Cover of How to Change Your Mind: What the New Science of Psychedelics Teaches Us About Consciousness, Dying, Addiction, Depression, and Transcendence

How to Change Your Mind: What the New Science of Psychedelics Teaches Us About Consciousness, Dying, Addiction, Depression, and Transcendence

byMichael Pollan

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Cover of The Collaborators: Three Stories of Deception and Survival in World War II

The Collaborators: Three Stories of Deception and Survival in World War II

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Cover of The Facemaker: A Visionary Surgeon’s Battle to Mend the Disfigured Soldiers of World War I

The Facemaker: A Visionary Surgeon’s Battle to Mend the Disfigured Soldiers of World War I

byLindsey Fitzharris

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Cover of Europe’s Babylon: The Rise and Fall of Antwerp’s Golden Age

Europe’s Babylon: The Rise and Fall of Antwerp’s Golden Age

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Cover of Land: How the Hunger for Ownership Shaped the Modern World

Land: How the Hunger for Ownership Shaped the Modern World

bySimon Winchester

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Cover of The Moth and the Mountain: A True Story of Love, War, and Everest

The Moth and the Mountain: A True Story of Love, War, and Everest

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Cover of The Spy and the Traitor: The Greatest Espionage Story of the Cold War

The Spy and the Traitor: The Greatest Espionage Story of the Cold War

byBen Macintyre

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Cover of Red Famine: Stalin’s War on Ukraine

Red Famine: Stalin’s War on Ukraine

byAnne Applebaum

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Cover of Ethel Rosenberg: An American Tragedy

Ethel Rosenberg: An American Tragedy

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Cover of Square Haunting: Five Writers in London Between the Wars

Square Haunting: Five Writers in London Between the Wars

byFrancesca Wade

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Cover of Our Moon: How Earth’s Celestial Companion Transformed the Planet, Guided Evolution, and Made Us Who We Are

Our Moon: How Earth’s Celestial Companion Transformed the Planet, Guided Evolution, and Made Us Who We Are

byRebecca Boyle

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Cover of Red Memory: The Afterlives of China’s Cultural Revolution

Red Memory: The Afterlives of China’s Cultural Revolution

byTania Branigan

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Cover of The Women of Rothschild: The Untold Story of the World’s Most Famous Dynasty

The Women of Rothschild: The Untold Story of the World’s Most Famous Dynasty

byNatalie Livingstone

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Cover of Kilo: Inside the Deadliest Cocaine Cartels from the Jungles to the Streets

Kilo: Inside the Deadliest Cocaine Cartels from the Jungles to the Streets

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Cover of The New Silk Roads: The Present and Future of the World

The New Silk Roads: The Present and Future of the World

byPeter Frankopan

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Cover of Dominion: How the Christian Revolution Remade the World

Dominion: How the Christian Revolution Remade the World

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Cover of RAF: The Birth of the World’s First Air Force

RAF: The Birth of the World’s First Air Force

byRichard Overy

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Cover of Koh-I-Noor: The History of the World’s Most Infamous Diamond

Koh-I-Noor: The History of the World’s Most Infamous Diamond

byAnita AnandandWilliam Dalrymple

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Cover of The Plague Year: America in the Time of Covid

The Plague Year: America in the Time of Covid

byLawrence Wright

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Cover of Humankind: A Hopeful History

Humankind: A Hopeful History

byRutger Bregman

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Cover of How to Be a Dictator: The Cult of Personality in the Twentieth Century

How to Be a Dictator: The Cult of Personality in the Twentieth Century

byFrank Dikötter

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Cover of The Haunting of Alma Fielding: A True Ghost Story

The Haunting of Alma Fielding: A True Ghost Story

byKate Summerscale

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Cover of Chaucer: A European Life

Chaucer: A European Life

byMarion Turner

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Cover of Crossing the Wine-Dark Sea: Journeys Through Ancient Literature

Crossing the Wine-Dark Sea: Journeys Through Ancient Literature

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Cover of Napoleon: A Life Told in Gardens and Shadows

Napoleon: A Life Told in Gardens and Shadows

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Cover of Big Sister, Little Sister, Red Sister: Three Women at the Heart of Twentieth-Century China

Big Sister, Little Sister, Red Sister: Three Women at the Heart of Twentieth-Century China

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Cover of The Future Is History: How Totalitarianism Reclaimed Russia

The Future Is History: How Totalitarianism Reclaimed Russia

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Cover of The Precipice: Existential Risk and the Future of Humanity

The Precipice: Existential Risk and the Future of Humanity

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