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October 12, 1978 Issue
- 18 Articles
[+]
Character
(Review)
V.S. Pritchett
, pp. 6-10
E.M. Forster: A Life, by P.N. Furbank
E.M. Forster: A Life
by P.N. Furbank
Lithuanian Divertissement
Joseph Brodsky
, pp. 11-13
[+]
Digging out Doug
(Review)
John K. Fairbank
, pp. 14-17
American Caesar, by William Manchester
American Caesar
by William Manchester
[+]
Soulcraft
(Review)
Ronald Dworkin
, pp. 18-21
The Pursuit of Happiness and Other Sobering Thoughts, by George F. Will
The Pursuit of Happiness and Other Sobering Thoughts
by George F. Will
[+]
Death and Its History
(2 Reviews)
Lawrence Stone
, pp. 22-33
The Hour of Our Death, by Philippe Aries
The Hour of Our Death
by Philippe Aries
Western Attitudes Towards Death
by Philippe Aries
[+]
Compulsion
(5 Reviews)
Julian Symons
, pp. 34-36
The Iron Staircase, by Georges Simenon
The Iron Staircase
by Georges Simenon
The Girl with a Squint
by Georges Simenon
The Family Lie
by Georges Simenon
Maigret's Pipe
by Georges Simenon
Maigret and the Hotel Majestic
by Georges Simenon
[+]
The Scientist as Conformist
(3 Reviews)
David Joravsky
, pp. 37-41
Soviet Science, by Zhores A. Medvedev
Soviet Science
by Zhores A. Medvedev
Scientists Under Hitler
by Alan D. Beyerchen
Proletarian Science? The Case of Lysenko
by Dominique Lecourt
[+]
The Transformation of Bobby Kennedy
(Review)
Marshall Frady
, pp. 42-51
Robert Kennedy and His Times, by Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr.
Robert Kennedy and His Times
by Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr.
[+]
The Wizard of Oc
(3 Reviews)
Keith Thomas
, pp. 52-54
Montaillou: The Promised Land of Error, by Emmanuel Le Roy Ladurie
Montaillou: The Promised Land of Error
by Emmanuel Le Roy Ladurie
Life in Renaissance France
by Lucien Febvre and Marian Rothstein
The Community of the Village
by Edward Britton
[+]
Yesterday's Today Show
(Review)
Francis Haskell
, pp. 55-56
The Shows of London, by Richard D. Altick
The Shows of London
by Richard D. Altick
[+]
The Lesson of Thomas More
(Review)
Quentin Skinner
, pp. 57-60
The Complete Works of St. Thomas More, by Thomas More
The Complete Works of St. Thomas More
by Thomas More
[+]
The Not So Light Fantastic
(2 Reviews)
Michael Wood
, pp. 61-63
Innocent Erendira and Other Stories, by Gabriel Garcia Marquez
Innocent Erendira and Other Stories
by Gabriel Garcia Marquez
A Manual for Manuel
by Julio Cortazar
[+]
The Illusion of Sociobiology
(Review)
Stuart Hampshire
, pp. 64-69
On Human Nature, by Edward O. Wilson
On Human Nature
by Edward O. Wilson
KGB Psychiatry
Peter Reddaway
, pp. 70-71
[+]
The Strategic Mind
(3 Reviews)
John Kenneth Galbraith
, pp. 72-74
In Search of Enemies, by John Stockwell
In Search of Enemies
by John Stockwell
Honorable Men
by William E. Colby and Peter Forbath
Decent Interval
by Frank Snepp
[+]
The Last Intellectual
(Review)
Susan Sontag
, pp. 75-81
Reflections, by Walter Benjamin and Peter Demetz
Reflections
by Walter Benjamin and Peter Demetz
[+]
Short Reviews
(2 Reviews)
, p. 82
The Crime and Punishment of I. G. Farben, by Joseph Borkin
The Crime and Punishment of I. G. Farben
by Joseph Borkin
Of Wolves and Men
by Barry Holstun Lopez
Letters
Hal Draper, John McMurtry, and Robert Heilbroner, ...
, pp. 83-88
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