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Latest reviews (all recent reviews)

The Turnpike Road System in England 1663-1840 (William Albert) - development, administration, finance; repair and transport costs
The Lecture (Lydie Salvayre) - a comic extravaganza of a monologue
*Aboriginal Art (Wally Caruana) - brief description and analysis of 200 works, with photographs
Lords and Lemurs (Alison Jolly) Mad Scientists, Kings with Spears, and the Survival of Diversity in Madagascar
War Trash (Ha Jin) - the story of a Chinese prisoner-of-war in Korea
Artificial Sunshine (Maureen Dillon) A Social History of Domestic Lighting

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