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October 11, 1979 Issue - 18 Articles-
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Dreamer (Review) Stephen Jay Gould
, pp. 3-4 Disturbing the Universe, by Freeman Dyson
- Disturbing the Universe by Freeman Dyson
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Nervous Liberals (Review) Michael Walzer
, pp. 5-8 The Neoconservatives, by Peter Steinfels
- The Neoconservatives by Peter Steinfels
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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
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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
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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
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Cheerful Chronicle (Review) J.M. Cameron
, pp. 33-34 Confessions of a Conservative, by Garry Wills
- Confessions of a Conservative by Garry Wills
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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
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Nothing to Lose (Review) David Trainer
, pp. 37-39 Prick Up Your Ears, by John Lahr
- Prick Up Your Ears by John Lahr
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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
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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
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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
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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