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Slim pickings

William Leith — Mon, 13 Feb 2006 12:00:00 GMT

Hunger: an unnatural history Sharman Apt Russell Basic Books, 262pp, �14.99 ISBN 0465071635

Diary - William Leith

William Leith — Mon, 09 Jan 2006 12:00:00 GMT

This Christmas I go to one party, drink a few glasses of wine, and catch the train home. I can tell I'm a more sober individual because I don't fall asleep and miss my stop

By the book

William Leith — Mon, 21 Mar 2005 12:00:00 GMT

The Blue-Eyed Salaryman: from world traveller to lifer at Mitsubishi Niall Murtagh Profile Books, 216pp, �16.99 ISBN 1861977247

Point of departure

William Leith — Mon, 11 Oct 2004 12:00:00 GMT

The Terminal Man Sir Alfred Mehran Corgi, 254pp, �6.99 ISBN 0552152749

Men and motors

William Leith — Mon, 19 Jul 2004 12:00:00 GMT

The Fast Set: three extraordinary men and their race for the land speed record Charles Jennings Little, Brown, 342pp, �18.99 ISBN 0316861901

Off track

William Leith — Mon, 03 May 2004 12:00:00 GMT

3:59.4: the quest to break the four-minute mile John Bryant Hutchinson, 310pp, �14.99 ISBN 0091800331

The real thing

William Leith — Mon, 22 Mar 2004 12:00:00 GMT

Pop: truth and power at the Coca-Cola company Constance Hays Hutchinson, 398pp, �18.99 ISBN 0091799686

Spiritual fraud

William Leith — Mon, 16 Feb 2004 12:00:00 GMT

My Life in Orange Tim Guest Granta, 301pp, �12 ISBN 1862076324

Grave concerns

William Leith — Mon, 04 Aug 2003 12:00:00 GMT

Stiff: the curious lives of human cadavers Mary Roach Penguin, 303pp, �14.99 ISBN 0670912174

Master of the unexpected

William Leith — Mon, 09 Jun 2003 12:00:00 GMT

Being John McEnroe Tim Adams Yellow Jersey, 128pp, �10 ISBN 0224069616