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Books that explain the world: Guardian writers share their best nonfiction reads of the year
From a Jacobean traveller’s travails in Sindh to the tangled roots of Nigeria, our pick of new nonfiction books that shine a light on Asia, Africa and South America
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You Have Not Yet Been Defeated: Selected Works 2011-2021
By Alaa Abd El-Fattah