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Books

Right or wrong: no views Hans Keller Collins German Dictionary .(Collins Standard Edition £9.95, with thumb index £11.50) Collins Dictionary? As distinct from Langenscheidt's......

Overspill

Nicolas Walter Pornography, Psychedelics and Technology E.J. Mishan (Allen & Unwin £12.50) Nothing is deader than last week's newspaper, except perhaps last year's magazine or......

War Stories

Max Hastings War Since 1945 Michael Carver (Weidenfeld £8.50) Could there be some sort of Parkinson's Law about the quality of books being in inverse relationship to the......