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McSweeney�s 30

Simon Akam — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 10:37:05 GMT

Short cuts to success

Spirit of the woods

Simon Akam — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 10:37:05 GMT

Simon Akam experiences the calm of an artists� retreat in upstate New York with an impressive visitors� book

Old wound, same pain

Simon Akam — Thu, 11 Jun 2009 12:12:09 GMT

The conquest of the Wild West left North America�s first inhabitants scattered, diseased and broken. Can they find a panacea at the gambling table?

Somewhere not here

Simon Akam — Thu, 16 Apr 2009 09:15:33 GMT

Journey Into Space Toby Litt Penguin, 243pp, �7.99

Tsars in their�eyes

Simon Akam — Thu, 19 Feb 2009 12:02:11 GMT

The Coronation Boris Akunin Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 311pp, �16.99

Peak practice

Simon Akam — Thu, 12 Feb 2009 10:29:07 GMT

Cycling in mountainous, jagged Norway is not for�the�faint-hearted, as Simon Akam discovers

Mad about the boy

Simon Akam — Thu, 05 Feb 2009 10:09:52 GMT

The Great Lover Jill Dawson Sceptre, 320pp, �12.99

S�o Paulo: the brand

Simon Akam — Thu, 29 Jan 2009 10:35:41 GMT

Heliopolis James Scudamore Harvill Secker, 288pp, �12.99

Dancing in Harlem's streets

Simon Akam — Wed, 05 Nov 2008 08:50:56 GMT

As the US strolls into a brighter future Simon Akam enjoyed the historic moment in Harlem as black and white Americans celebrated the election of Barack Obama to be president

''We're still fighting the Civil War here"

Simon Akam — Thu, 30 Oct 2008 09:16:12 GMT

Virginia, a former slave state and Republican stronghold, could help secure the presidency for Barack Obama if thousands of unregistered and disenfranchised black voters can be mobilised