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October 11, 1979 Issue
- 18 Articles
[+]
Dreamer
(Review)
Stephen Jay Gould
, pp. 3-4
Disturbing the Universe, by Freeman Dyson
Disturbing the Universe
by Freeman Dyson
[+]
Nervous Liberals
(Review)
Michael Walzer
, pp. 5-8
The Neoconservatives, by Peter Steinfels
The Neoconservatives
by Peter Steinfels
[+]
She Had It All
(4 Reviews)
Diane Johnson
, pp. 9-11
My Life, by George Sand and Dan Hofstadter
My Life
by George Sand and Dan Hofstadter
George Sand in Her Own Words
by Joseph Amber Barry and George Sand
The George Sand-Gustave Flaubert Letters
by A.L. McKenzie, George Sand, and Gustave Flaubert, ...
The Double Life of George Sand, Woman and Writer
by Renee Winegarten
Tony White
Richard Murphy
, p. 12
Argentine Terror
V.S. Naipaul
, pp. 13-16
A Memoir
[+]
Bangs and Whimpers
(Review)
Michael Wood
, pp. 17-18
Apocalypse Now (1979 Film), by Francis Ford Coppola
Apocalypse Now (1979 Film)
by Francis Ford Coppola
[+]
Tut-Tut-Tut
(23 Reviews)
Peter Green
, pp. 19-32
A review of recently published books on ancient Egypt
Tutankhamun: His Tomb and Its Treasures
by I.E.S. Edwards
The Gold of Tutankhamen
by Arnold C. Brackman
Egyptian Treasures from the Collections of the Brooklyn Museum
by Robert S. Bianchi
An Egyptian Hieroglyphic Dictionary
by E.A. Wallis Budge
Egypt Observed
by Henri Gougaud and Colette Gouvion
Ramesses the Great, Master of the World
by William MacQuitty
Tutankhamun: The Untold Story
by Thomas Hoving
The Discovery of the Tomb of Tutankhamen
by Howard Carter and A.C. Mace
Egypt Before the Pharoahs
by Michael A. Hoffman
Ancient Egyptians
by Adolf Erman
The Wisdom of the Ancient Egyptians
by William MacQuitty
Ancient Egypt: A Cultural Topography
by Hermann Kees and T.G.H. James
Egyptian Religion
by E.A. Wallis Budge
Egyptian Magic
by E.A. Wallis Budge
The Egyptian Gods
by Alan W. Shorter
Temples, Tombs and Hieroglyphs
by Barbara Mertz
Red Land, Black Land
by Barbara Mertz
Ancient Egypt
by Warner Hutchinson
Our Inheritance in the Great Pyramid
by C. Piazzi Smyth
The Great Pyramid Decoded
by Peter Lemesurier
Serpent in the Sky
by John Anthony West
The First Practical Pyramid Book
by Norman Stark
The Egypt Story
by P.H. Newby
[+]
Cheerful Chronicle
(Review)
J.M. Cameron
, pp. 33-34
Confessions of a Conservative, by Garry Wills
Confessions of a Conservative
by Garry Wills
[+]
Back to Burckhardt
(2 Reviews)
Peter Burke
, pp. 35-36
Renaissance Man, by Agnes Heller
Renaissance Man
by Agnes Heller
Power and Imagination
by Lauro Martines
[+]
Nothing to Lose
(Review)
David Trainer
, pp. 37-39
Prick Up Your Ears, by John Lahr
Prick Up Your Ears
by John Lahr
[+]
Cult of the Sword
(3 Reviews)
Richard Storry
, pp. 40-41
Some Japanese Portraits, by Donald Keene
Some Japanese Portraits
by Donald Keene
Hagakure: The Book of the Samurai
by Yamamoto Tsunetomo
Giving Up the Gun
by Noel Perrin
30 Out of 600
Christopher Logue
, p. 42
[+]
In the Trap
(3 Reviews)
Robert Towers
, pp. 43-44
The Tree House Confessions, by James McConkey
The Tree House Confessions
by James McConkey
Ghost Images
by Stephen Minot
Let the Lion Eat Straw
by Ellease Southerland
[+]
Upward to Defeat
(Review)
Neal Ascherson
, pp. 45-46
Gladstone: A Progress in Politics, by Peter Stansky
Gladstone: A Progress in Politics
by Peter Stansky
[+]
Meat Loaf
(Review)
Stephen Spender
, p. 47
What's for Dinner?, by James Schuyler
What's for Dinner?
by James Schuyler
Science and Society
Daniel J. Kevles, Paul Feyerabend, and David Joravsky, ...
, pp. 48-50
An Exchange
Letters
Irving Howe, Sidney Morgenbesser, and Roger Hurwitz, ...
, p. 51
NYR Doublecross No. 2
Jane Salter
, pp. 52-56
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