Blogs in January 1970

People Who Eat Darkness 1st January 1970

A deeply compelling and chilling journey into the dark side of Japan, centred on the tragic case of Lucie Blackman

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Pompeii: The Life of a Roman Town 1st January 1970

Pompeii explodes a number of myths – from the very date of the eruption, probably a few months later than usually thought: the hygiene of the baths which must have been hotbeds of germs: and the legendary number of...

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Sold 1st January 1970

Zana Muhsen, born and bred in Birmingham, is of Yemeni origin. When her father told her she was to spend a holiday with relatives in North Yemen, she jumped at the chance. Aged 15 and 13 respectively, Zana and...

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Mistaken Modernity: India between Worlds 1st January 1970

From Hindu notions of dirt, South Asia’s preference for women leaders to patronage in democratic politics, the author resolves many of the paradoxes of contemporary India in this book.

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Tokyo vice 1st January 1970

A page turning insider’s account fighting crime in Japan. Does for Tokyo what Homicide did for Baltimore.

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