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BBC Samuel Johnson Prize for Non-Fiction 2011 Longlist

15/04/2011
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Tolstoy by Rosamund Bartlett Afgantsy by Rodric Braithwaite Through the Language Glass by Guy Deutscher
TOLSTOY by Rosamund Bartlett

 AFGANTSY by Rodric Braithwaite

 THROUGH THE LANGUAGE GLASS by Guy Deutscher
The Hare with Amber Eyes by Edmund De Waal Mao’s Great Famine by Frank Dikötter Caravaggio by Andrew Graham Dixon
THE HARE WITH AMBER EYES by Edmund De Waal

 MAO’S GREAT FAMINE by Frank Dikötter

 CARAVAGGIO by Andrew Graham Dixon
Liberty’s Exiles by Maya Jasanoff Capitalism 4.0 by Anatole Kaletsky Scott-land by Stuart Kelly
LIBERTY’S EXILES by Maya Jasanoff

 

 CAPITALISM 4.0 by Anatole Kaletsky

 SCOTT-LAND by Stuart Kelly
People Who Eat Darkness by Richard Lloyd Parry The Bridge by David Remnick The Rational Optimist by Matt Ridley
PEOPLE WHO EAT DARKNESS by Richard Lloyd Parry

 

 THE BRIDGE by David Remnick THE RATIONAL OPTIMIST Matt Ridley
Bismarck: A Life by Jonathan Steinberg Reprobates by John Stubbs Storyteller: The Life of Roald Dahl by Donald Sturrock
BISMARCK by Jonathan Steinberg


 REPROBATES by John Stubbs

 STORYTELLER: THE LIFE OF ROALD DAHL by Donald Sturrock
Bomber County by Daniel Swift Sex Before the Sexual Revolution by Simon Szreter and Kate Fisher Amexica: War Along The Borderline by Ed Vulliamy
BOMBER COUNTY by Daniel Swift

 SEX BEFORE THE SEXUAL REVOLUTION by Simon Szreter and Kate Fisher

 

 AMEXICA by Ed Vulliamy

The shortlist will be announced on 14 June.

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