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In MARCH 1930, a rising politician was in a car travelling over a crossroads in Munich. At that moment, a huge truck smashed into it, halting just in time to avoid crushing the passengers inside.That politician was Adolf Hitler. Three…

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The Seven Wonders Of The Ancient Worldby Bettany Hughes (W&N £25, 416pp)Aproto-science fiction story by the 2nd century AD Greek writer Lucian of Samosata has its hero travelling to the Moon. Looking down, he can recognise the Earth…

SOCIETY A Short History Of The World In 50 Lies by Natasha Tidd (Michael O’Mara £12.99, 288pp) Author Natasha Tidd tells us of the medieval chronicler, Gerald of Wales, who claimed he knew a man on whom tiny devils appeared every time he…

FOODROMAINE WASN'T BUILT IN A DAY by Judith Tschann (Headline £18.99, 240pp)Stand by for a tsunami of lettuce-based puns as American academic Judith Tschann explores the often bizarre etymology of various foods.Actually, her book,…