The Only House Left Standing
Thomas Hurndall
Posted 11/04/2012
Thomas Hurndall, or Tom as he was better known, gave his life for his belief that the Iraq war was fundamentally wrong.
Facing the Torturer
Francois Bizot
Posted 01/05/2012
In 1971 Francois Bizot was arrested in Cambodia by the Khmer Rouge.
HHhH
Laurent Binet
Posted 01/05/2012
This stunning novel, published in France in 2010, won its author the coveted Prix Goncourt for the best and most imaginative prose work of the year.
Just Send Me Word
Orlando Figes
Posted 29/05/2012
In this moving book Orlando Figes looks at the lives of two young Muscovites seperated for fourteen years by war and the Gulag.
Inside Job
Charles Ferguson
Posted 18/06/2012
In 2011 Charles Ferguson won the Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature for his acclaimed film Inside Job.
