<i>At a glance</i>
Absolute Power
The Real Lives of Europe's Most Infamous Rulers
C.S. Denton
Arcturus
A riveting series of essays on all the cruel men and women who once ran riot across Europe. But there are the helpless and misunderstood ones as well, such as Louis XVI and his empress. It is a work that brings alive the darkness that for long pervaded Europe until thoughts of democracy began to make inroads. A Parliamentary Affair
Edwina Currie
TimeWarner
It is a sizzler of a novel you have here. A pretty, young woman is elected to Parliament and soon finds herself caught in a vortex where ambitions and backroom deals become the staple of politics. All of that is again made excruciatingly charming by the tales of satisfying sex along the spaces of Westminster. Madam President
Suzanne Goldenberg
Guardian Books
In a year when the former First Lady struggles to become America's first woman president, Goldenberg examines the chances. Are Americans ready to send Clinton back to the White House, this time as their leader? In the run-up to the primaries, the conventions and finally the elections, this is a superb work. Culture and Identity
Selected English Writings of Faiz
Compiled by Sheema Majeed
Oxford University Press
Faiz Ahmed Faiz comes alive again. But, then, he has never died where literature and aesthetics in South Asia are concerned. In this eclectic collection of essays by the poet on a whole range of issues, from politics to poetry to the deeply personal, Majeed reminds people once more why Faiz remains relevant. A reflective read.
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