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October 5, 2006 Issue
- 15 Articles
[+]
Back to the Beginning
(Review)
Charles Simic
, pp. 4-9
The Lost, by Daniel Mendelsohn
The Lost
by Daniel Mendelsohn
[+]
The Artful Clarks
(Review)
John Updike
, pp. 10-12
The Clark Brothers Collect, by Michael Conforti, James A. Ganz, and Neil Harris, ...
The Clark Brothers Collect
by Michael Conforti, James A. Ganz, and Neil Harris, ...
[+]
Drawing a Dog in Iraq
(Review)
Robert Skidelsky
, pp. 13-16
The Prince of the Marshes, by Rory Stewart
The Prince of the Marshes
by Rory Stewart
[+]
Thanks for the Memory
(2 Reviews)
Sue Halpern
, pp. 17-21
In Search of Memory, by Eric R. Kandel
In Search of Memory
by Eric R. Kandel
Another Day in the Frontal Lobe
by Katrina Firlik
[+]
The Moving Target
(Review)
John Gray
, pp. 22-24
The Age of Fallibility, by George Soros
The Age of Fallibility
by George Soros
[+]
The Prisoners Speak
(3 Reviews)
Jonathan Raban
, pp. 25-28
The Road to Guantanamo (2006 Film), by Michael Winterbottom and Mat Whitecross
The Road to Guantanamo (2006 Film)
by Michael Winterbottom and Mat Whitecross
Enemy Combatant
by Moazzam Begg and Victoria Brittain
Guantanamo and the Abuse of Presidential Power
by Joseph Margulies
[+]
Men Without Qualities
(4 Reviews)
Joyce Carol Oates
, pp. 29-31
The Emperor's Children, by Claire Messud
The Emperor's Children
by Claire Messud
When the World Was Steady
by Claire Messud
The Last Life
by Claire Messud
The Hunters
by Claire Messud
[+]
Islam in Europe
(2 Reviews)
Timothy Garton Ash
, pp. 32-35
Murder in Amsterdam, by Ian Buruma
Murder in Amsterdam
by Ian Buruma
The Caged Virgin
by Ayaan Hirsi Ali
[+]
Opera: Follow the Music
(Review)
Charles Rosen
, pp. 36-38
Divas and Scholars, by Philip Gossett
Divas and Scholars
by Philip Gossett
[+]
Our Man in the Underworld
(2 Reviews)
Mark Ford
, pp. 39-40
My Life in CIA, by Harry Mathews
My Life in CIA
by Harry Mathews
Oulipo Compendium
by Harry Mathews and Alastair Brotchie
[+]
Aid: Can It Work?
(5 Reviews)
Nicholas Kristof
, pp. 41-43
The White Man's Burden, by William Easterly
The White Man's Burden
by William Easterly
The End of Poverty
by Jeffrey D. Sachs
Millions Saved
by Ruth Levine and Molly Kinder
The Trouble with Africa
by Robert Calderisi
Africa's Stalled Development
by David K. Leonard and Scott Straus
[+]
Rediscovering a Lost Continent
(13 Reviews)
Anthony Grafton
, pp. 44-50
Italy Illuminated, by Biondo Flavio and Jeffrey White
Italy Illuminated
by Biondo Flavio and Jeffrey White
Invectives
by Francesco Petrarca and David Marsh
Humanist Educational Treatises
by Craig W. Kallendorf
Biographical Writings
by Giannozzo Manetti, Stefano U. Baldassarri, and Rolf Bagemihl, ...
Commentaries
by Pius II, Margaret Meserve, and Marcello Simonetta, ...
Later Travels
by Cyriac of Ancona, Edward W. Bodnar, and Clive Foss, ...
History of the Florentine People
by Leonardo Bruni and James Hankins
Platonic Theology
by Marsilio Ficino, James Hankins, and William Bowen, ...
On Discovery
by Polydore Vergil and Brian P. Copenhaver
Humanist Comedies
by Gary R. Grund
Short Epics
by Maffeo Vegio, Michael C.J. Putnam, and James Hankins, ...
Silvae
by Angelo Poliziano and Charles Fantazzi
Letters
by Angelo Poliziano and Shane Butler
[+]
Cheney: The Fatal Touch
(15 Reviews)
Joan Didion
, pp. 51-55
A Very Thin Line, by Theodore Draper
A Very Thin Line
by Theodore Draper
Against All Enemies
by Richard A. Clarke
Burn Before Reading
by Stansfield Turner
Disarming Iraq
by Hans Blix
The Halliburton Agenda
by Dan Briody
My Year in Iraq
by L. Paul Bremer III and Malcolm McConnell
Now It's My Turn
by Mary Cheney
The One Percent Doctrine
by Ron Suskind
Plan of Attack
by Bob Woodward
The Rise and Rise of Richard B. Cheney
by John Nichols
Rise of the Vulcans
by James Mann
31 Days~~Thirty-One Days
by Barry Werth
Torture and Truth
by Mark Danner
Worse Than Watergate
by John W. Dean
Years of Renewal
by Henry Kissinger
The Case for Liberalism
Thomas Nagel and Michael Sandel
, p. 56
An Exchange
Letters
Hans Koning, David Parks, Tim Flannery, and Eve Fleisher, ...
, pp. 57-60
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