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From the great war to the gardens of venice, the best books of 20 as chosen by ft writers and guests. This book is full of facts and figures about the world today on subjects as diverse as geography, population and demographics, business, finance and the economy, transport, tourism and the environment, society, culture and crime this twentysecond annual edition of the economist pocket world in figures is a treasure trove of fascinating data that will both inform and entertain. They are about corruption, blood, slavery, survivalism, espionage and a drifting secondworldwar veteran. Slavery and the making of american capitalism 2014 by edward baptist, an american historian. Financial times and mckinsey business book of the year award. Quantitative easing has reached its 20 goals with more than a month to spare. The book talks about travel through the eyes of someone who wants to spend more than an hour or two at the tourist traps on a journey overseas.