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April 2020 Issue Malcolm Murfett Isle of the Dead Crucible of Hell: Okinawa – The Last Great Battle of the Second World War By Saul David LR
November 2018 Issue Christopher Ross From Edo Bay to Abenomics Japan Story: In Search of a Nation, 1850 to the Present By Christopher Harding LR
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June 2016 Issue Saul David Admin Nightmare Burma ’44: The Battle that Turned the War in the Far East By James Holland LR
October 2007 Issue Richard Overy War in Asia Nemesis: The Battle for Japan, 1944–45 By Max Hastings LR
July 2013 Issue Lesley Downer Kabuki Nights An Imperial Concubine’s Tale: Scandal, Shipwreck, and Salvation in Seventeenth-Century Japan By G G Rowley LR
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Although a pioneering physicist and mathematician, Blaise Pascal made it his mission to identify the divine presence in everyday life.
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Johannes Gutenberg cut corners at every turn when putting together his bible. How, then, did his creation achieve such renown?
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