That alone makes it essential reading for anyone intrigued by South Africa's complex philosopher-king.
The Daily Mail became essential reading and whipped the rug out from under the then dominant Daily Express.
It is for this reason that The Signal and the Noise is essential reading in the era of Big Data that touches every business, every sports event, and every policymaker.
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But you suspect in years to come, it will be his diaries, and not those of his more celebrated colleagues, which may be seen as essential reading for students of the Blair government.
Indeed, while the modern Bartlett has seemingly moved to the dark side, his 1981 book, Reaganomics, written before Ronald Reagan reached office, remains essential reading for anyone who wants to understand economic policy.
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The September issue of Harvard Business Review includes an article by Nathan Foote, Russell Eisenstat, and Tobias Fredberg, titled The Higher Ambition Leader, that is essential reading for everyone interested in corporate social responsibility.
For guidance on how to build one of these boozy masterpieces, I turned to Krystina Castella and Terry Lee Stone, authors of Booze Cakes: Confections Spiked With Spirits, Wine, and Beer (Quirk, 2010), essential reading for the tippling baker.
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It is essential for reading, driving and recognising people's faces.
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Mickey Pearlman, author of What to Read: The Essential Guide for Reading Group Members and Other Book Lovers also joins the show to talk about the nuts and bolts of book clubs.
These four books overlap considerably, but each includes some unique information and, while not smooth reading, they are essential to understanding the scope and detail of Soviet espionage.
The directors argued that they had relied on management and company auditors PricewaterhouseCoopers(PwC) to ensure the accounts were correct, but Justice Middleton ruled they could not delegate essential duties when it came to reading financial statements.
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The most successful leaders of the past understood that reading literature was just as essential to decision-making as weighing policy briefs.
Rather, I think the root cause lies in families of origin, where the critical thinking, reading, and listening skills so essential to success in a global high-tech economy, need to be modeled from the earliest possible age.
Congress needs to comprehend an essential truth: The SEC should be fighting fraud not reading letters and drafting and re-drafting rules.
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The year 2009 will indeed, here and across the world, be a chance to recognise this form of communication as an essential liberator, a window on the world for children reading their books (under their bedcovers, as I did), or adults being able to go about their business with confidence - and with the certainty that very few other people will be able to read their secrets.
Another set is essential for the advancement of knowledge, civilization and culture: notation, reading and writing, and the algorithms for logical thinking.
Cooperating with foreign services like yours is absolutely crucial but I think reading and writing and debating and just thinking is the first essential step.
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