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November 19, 2009 Issue - 21 Articles-
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Ted (Review) Russell Baker
, pp. 6-9 True Compass, by Edward M. Kennedy
- True Compass by Edward M. Kennedy
- Two Poems
Derek Walcott
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American Pastoral (2 Reviews) Jonathan Raban
, pp. 12-17 Dorothea Lange: A Life Beyond Limits, by Linda Gordon
- Dorothea Lange: A Life Beyond Limits by Linda Gordon
- Daring to Look by Anne Whiston Spirn
- Iraq on the Edge
Joost R. Hiltermann
, pp. 18-20 - The Mighty Penn
Martin Filler
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At the Bad New Ballparks (Review) Michael Kimmelman
, pp. 22-23 The Last Days of Shea, by Dana Brand
- The Last Days of Shea by Dana Brand
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Heroes from Hungary (2 Reviews) Istvan Deak
, pp. 24-26 Double Exile, by Tibor Frank
- Double Exile by Tibor Frank
- Enemies of the People by Kati Marton
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Dreams of Better Schools (2 Reviews) Andrew Delbanco
, pp. 27-29 The Making of Americans, by E.D. Hirsch, Jr.
- The Making of Americans by E.D. Hirsch, Jr.
- Why School? by Mike Rose
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Napoleon's Eye (2 Reviews) Peter Brooks
, pp. 30-32 No Tomorrow, by Vivant Denon
- No Tomorrow by Vivant Denon
- Inventing the Louvre by Andrew McClellan
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Breaking a Conspiracy of Silence (2 Reviews) Sue Halpern
, pp. 33-37 Half the Sky, by Nicholas D. Kristof and Sheryl WuDunn
- Half the Sky by Nicholas D. Kristof and Sheryl WuDunn
- Creating a World Without Poverty by Muhammad Yunus and Karl Weber
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Secret Love in the Lost City (Review) Pico Iyer
, pp. 38-40 The Museum of Innocence, by Orhan Pamuk
- The Museum of Innocence by Orhan Pamuk
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Can Our Shameful Prisons Be Reformed? (3 Reviews) David Cole
, pp. 41-43 Race, Incarceration, and American Values, by Glenn C. Loury, Pamela S. Karlan, and Tomm...
- Race, Incarceration, and American Values by Glenn C. Loury, Pamela S. Karlan, and Tommie Shelby, ...
- Let's Get Free by Paul Butler
- Releasing Prisoners, Redeeming Communities by Anthony Thompson
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How England Became Modern: A Revolutionary View (Review) Bernard Bailyn
, pp. 44-47 1688: The First Modern Revolution~~Sixteen Eighty-Eight: The First Modern Revolution, b...
- 1688: The First Modern Revolution~~Sixteen Eighty-Eight: The First Modern Revolution by Steve Pincus
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The Empire of Sister Ping (Review) Richard Bernstein
, pp. 48-50 The Snakehead, by Patrick Radden Keefe
- The Snakehead by Patrick Radden Keefe
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A Passion for Hindu Myths (Review) David Shulman
, pp. 51-53 The Hindus, by Wendy Doniger
- The Hindus by Wendy Doniger
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The Subtle Touch (Review) David Lodge
, pp. 54-55 Love and Summer, by William Trevor
- Love and Summer by William Trevor
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A Great Jump to Disaster? (3 Reviews) Tim Flannery
, pp. 56-58 The Vanishing Face of Gaia, by James Lovelock
- The Vanishing Face of Gaia by James Lovelock
- James Lovelock: In Search of Gaia by John Gribbin and Mary Gribbin
- The Medea Hypothesis by Peter Ward
- The Tragedy of Leonard Peltier vs. the US
Peter Matthiessen
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The Invented World of Wallace Stevens (Review) Dan Chiasson
, pp. 61-63 Wallace Stevens: Selected Poems, by John N. Serio and Wallace Stevens
- Wallace Stevens: Selected Poems by John N. Serio and Wallace Stevens
- 'What Is an Andy Warhol?': An Exchange
Richard Dorment
, p. 64 - Letters
Burt Neuborne, David Cole, Ha-Joon Chang, and James Rossant, ...
, pp. 65-68