First Impressions
This week's competition, in which you have to identify a book from its opening sentence, is from a lesser work by a prolific English novelist, now better known for his plays: "It was the end of a wet...
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Mystery men of hard rock
Unknown Amazon
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My right vs. a future child's
David Pearce asks if we need ethical reforms to ensure sustainability. From an ecological standpoint, the history of economic and social development can be thought of as the exploitation of one form...
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Craving for hardship
The Other Enlightenment - Simone Weil
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Bangkok: the new Vienna
Global Sex - Travels in the Skin Trade
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Hard to let go of girlish fantasy
Men in Wonderland
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Heroines find way into shanties
In this well-written work, David Cordingly displays ingenuity in weaving together mermaids and prostitutes, women going to sea dressed as men, female pirates, captains' wives and female lighthouse...
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Hilarity and the invisible women
Moments of Truth
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China life through a courtesan's mirror
Prostitution and Sexuality in Shanghai
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Heroine who fought hypocrisy and raised the 'fallen'
Josephine Butler
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Leadership is nature, nurture... and luck
Writers on Leadership. First edition
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Looking at how a buyer behaves
The Oxford Textbook of Marketing. First edition - Principles of Marketing. First edition
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Playing real-world games
Quantitative Methods for Business, Management and Finance. First edition - Managerial Statistics. First edition
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Romantics beware
The Cathars
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Just when you thought you'd got the revolution pinned down
The French Revolution