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Trading Information: Leaks, Lies and Tip-offs, by Nicholas Jones, Politico’s, £18.99 (all proceeds go to the Journalists’ Charity, of which the author was chairman, 2005-06).

Nobody Told Us We Are Defeated, by Rory McCarthy, Guardian Books, £11.99.

My Trade: A short history of British journalism, by Andrew Marr, Macmillan, £20.

The Accidental American: Tony Blair and the Presidency, by James Naughtie, £20.

Hug Them Close: Blair, Clinton, Bush and the “Special Relationship,” by Peter Riddell, £8.99.

Apes of Wrath: Cartoons, by Steve Bell, £12.99.

The Road Taken: an autobiography, by Michael Buerk, Hutchinson, £20.

What’s the Matter with America, by Thomas Frank, Secker & Warburg, £12 (paper).

The Right Nation: why America is different, by John Micklethwait and Adrian Wooldridge, Allen Lane, Penguin Press, £14.99.

From Bevan to Blair, by Geoffrey Goodman. Pluto Press.

Supping with The Devils: Political Journalism from Thatcher to Blair, by Hugo Young, Guardian columnist. Atlantic Books, £12.99.

Hooh-Hahs and Passing Frenzies: Collected Journalism 1991-2001, by Francis Wheen. Atlantic Books.

News from No Man's Land: Reporting the World, by John Simpson. Pan, £7.99.

Hard Work, by Polly Toynbee, Guardian columnist. Bloomsbury, £6.99.

The War We Could Not Stop: The Real Story of the Battle for Iraq, edited (for the Guardian) by Randeep Ramesh. Faber & Faber, £7.99.

The Eagle's Shadow: Why America fascinates and infuriates the world, by Mark Hertsgaard, American journalist. Bloomsbury, £7.99.

Orwell: The Life, by D.J.Taylor. Chatto & Windus, £20.00.

George Orwell, by Gordon Bowker. Little,Brown, £20.00.

The Control Freaks, by Nicholas Jones, former BBC political correspondent. Politicos, paperback, £9.99.

Heartbreak and Vine: The Fate of Hardboiled Writers in Hollywood, by Woody Haut. Serpent's Tail, £12.00.

The Shadow of a Nation (Six celebrities: to mark the Queen's Jubilee), by Nick Clarke, BBC Radio Four. Weidenfeld & Nicolson, £20.00.

Krakatoa: The Day the World Exploded, by Simon Winchester, former Guardian journalist. Viking, £16.99.

20:21 Vision: The Lessons of the 20th Century for the 21st, by Bill Emmott, editor of the Economist. Allen Lane, £20.00.

Bush at War, by Bob Woodward, Washington Post. Simon & Schuster, £18.99.

Journalism: Truth or Dare ? by Ian Hargreaves. OUP, £12.99.

The Wages of Sin, by Bernard Ingham. John Murray, £18.99.

Innocent in the House, by Andy McSmith, a novel by the political editor, Independent on Sunday. Verso, £7.00.

Panorama: Fifty Years of Pride and Paronoia, by Richard Lindley. Politicos, £18.99.

An Unlikely Hero: Vere Harmsworth and how the Daily Mail was saved, by S.J. Taylor. Weidenfeld & Nicolson, £25.

Editor: An Inside Story of Newspapers, by Max Hastings, former editor of the Evening Standard (London). Macmillan, £20.

Dogs and Lampposts, by Richard Stott, former editor of the Daily Mirror (London). Metro, £17.99.

Free At Last ! Diaries 1991-2001, by Tony Benn, journalist and former MP. Hutchinson, £25.

Chance Witness, by Matthew Parris, journalist and former MP. Viking, £18.99.

Book Mart

On offer, rare and or exceptional books by journalists or about the media, worldwide, interest many GJR readers. Seekers after books, or for exchanges, should send details to info@globaljreview.com

Available:

Northcliffiana.

The Real Lord Northcliffe, by Louise Owen (Cassell, 1922), signed by the author.

Northcliffe: The Facts, by Louise Owen (published privately, 1931), inscribed by the author to Lord Beaverbrook.

NB A sad tale here. Louise Owen was Northcliffe's private secretary for 20 years, and her 1931 book describes her unsuccessful effort (costly to the point of bankruptcy) to obtain the bequest promised by her employer. The book includes reports of her legal actions (up to the Lords of Appeal), and facsimiles of Northcliffe's handwritten bequest, addressed to My Dear Miss Owen, dated November 1, 1915; confirmation addressed to his executors, dated November 4, 1915; and - addressed to My Dear Lulu - an increase in the original allowance, to £4,160 per annum for life, adding: "If I should die before you my trustees and my brothers will see that this undertaking is carried out, Yours affectionately, Northcliffe."

My Journey Round The World, by Lord Northcliffe (John Lane, The Bodley Head, 12s.6d, 1923, with jacket - reprinted 1924, dedicated to his mother).

NB Another sad tale in the Northcliffe saga. It is edited by his brothers, Cecil and St John Harmworth. Perhaps with the intention of countering the many reports of Northcliffe's mental state at the time and subsequently, they include in their introduction the following: "A sad truth in the Diary is that the long holiday - perilously overdue - in quest of health and recuperation for a mind and body exhausted by the labours of many years, developed from the first on lines that were calculated to defeat rather than to promote, the all-important object in view. The holiday became an arduous tour of exploration into the problems of the Empire, and there is no doubt that Lord Northcliffe arrived home in February of last year less fit to resist the ravages of a serious illness than when he set out on his travels, with so much happy confidence, in July. 1921." - Signed January 1923.

At The War, by Lord Northcliffe (Hodder & Stoughton, 1916, dedicated to his mother). Inscribed Sir C.Laurie. Chapter headings begin Our soldier boys arrive, and include The women are splendid, The war doctors, With the Italians, Food for our men in Germany.

Warnings and Predictions, by Viscount Rothermere (Eyre and Spottiswoode, 1939. Plates). He begins with an assessment of the rise of Hitler, in 1933, in the context of Germany's defeat in the first world war. It includes his campaign for an increase in Britain's air power, with a reprint of his article in the Daily Mail, headed We need 5,000 war planes !, and ends with praise for Neville Chamberlain, Prime Minister, and his visit to Munich, as the man who "saved Europe from a devastating war in September 1938."

Northcliffe's Return, by Hannen Swaffer (Hutchinson, 1925), with foreword by Lord Beaverbrook. The author explains how the spirit of Northcliffe appeared at a seance and said he was worried about the conduct of his newspapers. Also includes "How Lord Northcliffe came back to Louise Owen...." (see above books).

Wanted

Deadline, Collected Journalism, by David Leitch (Harrap, 1984, hard cover, illustrated.

With Malice Toward None, A War Diary, by Cecil King (Sidgwick & Jackson, 1970, hard cover

The File, by Penn Kimball (Allen & Unwin, London, and Harcourt, New York, 1983, hard cover. The story of a courageous American journalist, and professor at Columbia Graduate School of Journalism, who was spied on and hounded by the FBI for 30 years.

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