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October 8, 2009 Issue - 16 Articles- Entangled Giant
Garry Wills
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The Powers of Dr. Johnson (4 Reviews) Andrew O'Hagan
, pp. 6-9 Samuel Johnson: A Biography, by Peter Martin
- Samuel Johnson: A Biography by Peter Martin
- Samuel Johnson: Selected Writings by Peter Martin and Samuel Johnson
- Samuel Johnson: The Struggle by Jeffrey Meyers
- Samuel Johnson: A Life by David Nokes
- One Last Kick for Dick
Frederick Seidel
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The Witchcraft of Shirley Jackson (Review) Joyce Carol Oates
, pp. 11-13 We Have Always Lived in the Castle, by Shirley Jackson
- We Have Always Lived in the Castle by Shirley Jackson
- The Torture Memos: The Case Against the Lawyers
David Cole
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Pixar Genius (4 Reviews) Christian Caryl
, pp. 17-19 Wall-E (2008 Film), by Andrew Stanton
- Wall-E (2008 Film) by Andrew Stanton
- The Pixar Touch by David A. Price
- To Infinity and Beyond! by Karen Paik
- The Art of Pixar Short Films by Amid Amidi
- Deception Over Lockerbie?
Malise Ruthven
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Why Art? (2 Reviews) Julian Bell
, pp. 22-24 Art Without Borders, by Ben-Ami Scharfstein
- Art Without Borders by Ben-Ami Scharfstein
- The Art Instinct by Denis Dutton
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The Double Life & Its Dangers (Review) Margaret Atwood
, pp. 25-27 The Confessions of Edward Day, by Valerie Martin
- The Confessions of Edward Day by Valerie Martin
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The Anarchy of Success (2 Reviews) William Easterly
, pp. 28-30 The Drunkard's Walk, by Leonard Mlodinow
- The Drunkard's Walk by Leonard Mlodinow
- Bad Samaritans by Ha-Joon Chang
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The Price of Paradise (Review) Joshua Hammer
, pp. 31-33 Fordlandia, by Greg Grandin
- Fordlandia by Greg Grandin
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Blood on the Border (Review) Madison Smartt Bell
, pp. 34-36 Imperial, by William T. Vollmann
- Imperial by William T. Vollmann
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Mary McCarthy's Room (Review) Christopher Benfey
, pp. 37-38 A Jury of Her Peers, by Elaine Showalter
- A Jury of Her Peers by Elaine Showalter
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Right and Wrong: Psychologists vs. Philosophers (Review) Jeremy Waldron
, pp. 39-41 Experiments in Ethics, by Kwame Anthony Appiah
- Experiments in Ethics by Kwame Anthony Appiah
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The Afghanistan Impasse (2 Reviews) Ahmed Rashid
, pp. 42-44 To Live or to Perish Forever, by Nicholas Schmidle
- To Live or to Perish Forever by Nicholas Schmidle
- Seeds of Terror by Gretchen Peters
- Letters
Ionel Vasilescu, Theodore R. Marmor, and Jonathan Oberlander, ...
, pp. 45-48