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This week on The Last Word, we're looking at some of the best books you should buy for yourself or a loved one this Christmas. Minister for Finance Paschal Donohoe and political journalist Lise Hand joined us to recommend their favourite non-fiction books of the year. Their picks were as follows: 'The Globalist: Peter Sutherland' by John Walsh 'Burned: The Inside Story of the 'Cash-for-Ash' Scandal and Northern Ireland's Secretive New Elite' by Sam McBride 'Constellations' by Sinéad Gleeson 'How to Lose a Country: The Seven Steps from Democracy to Dictatorship' by Ece Temelkuran 'Invisible Women: Exposing Data Bias in a World Designed for Men' by Caroline Criado Perez 'Good Economics for Hard Times' by Abhijit Banerjee and Esther Dunlop 'The Only Plane in the Sky: An Oral History of 9/11' by Garrett M. Graff 'Winners Take All' by Anand Giridharadas 'The Third Pillar - The Revival of Community in a Polarized World' by Raghuram Rajan 'Haven't You Heard?: Gossip, power, and how politics really works' by Marie Le Conte Listen to the interview in full by pressing the play button on this page.