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The Medieval Guide to Healthy Living: a ‘richly’ detailed bookThe Week Recommends Katherine Harvey’s fascinating history of health in the Middle Ages
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Book reviews: ‘London Falling: A Mysterious Death in a Gilded City and a Family’s Search for Truth’ and ‘Western Star: The Life and Legends of Larry McMurtry’Feature A journalist digs into a London true-crime mystery, and understanding Texas’ most famous novelist
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Jan Morris: A Life – an ‘enthralling’ biographyThe Week Recommends Sara Wheeler paints a ‘masterly’ portrait of the complex trans pioneer
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Book reviews: ‘Transcription’ and ‘The Meaning of Your Life: Finding Purpose in an Age of Emptiness’Feature A fictional take on how cell phones have changed us all and the ways self-focus can lead to a happier existence
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Best biographies and memoirs to add to your reading listThe Week Recommends Dive into these compelling life stories – from Margaret Atwood to Cher
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David Szalay: Booker Prize winner not open about the origins of his novel’s plotIn the Spotlight Startling similarities have emerged between author’s novel Flesh and Stanley Kubrick’s film Barry Lyndon – but the writer is playing down the parallels
By Irenie Forshaw, The Week UK Published
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One great cookbook: ‘Hot Sour Salty Sweet’the week recommends A remarkable Southeast Asian travelogue
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What to see and do at Hay FestivalThe Week Recommends This year’s line-up is as enticing as ever, with Ian McEwan, Maggie O'Farrell, Bernardine Evaristo, Val McDermid – and more
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Enough Said: latest volume of Alan Bennett’s ‘punctiliously kept’ diariesThe Week Recommends The 91-year-old ponders mortality and loss in his fourth instalment
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Book review: ‘Judy Blume: A Life’Feature The beloved author gets her own story told
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April’s books feature a meditation on memory and a generational tale of gentrificationThe Week Recommends This month’s new releases include ‘Transcription’ by Ben Lerner, ‘Livonia Chow Mein’ by Abigail Savitch-Lew and ‘Like, Follow, Subscribe’ by Fortesa Latifi
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Kids, Wait Till You Hear This! – Liza Minnelli’s ‘enthralling’ memoirThe Week Recommends The actor charts her highs and lows in ‘heartrending’ and hilarious book
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Book reviews: ‘Stay Alive: Berlin, 1939-1945’ and ‘Adult Braces’Feature A new history of Berlin during World War II and a popular writer accepts life in a throuple
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Will Self picks his favourite booksThe Week Recommends Author shares works by Martin Heidegger, François-René de Chateaubriand and Norman Lewis
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