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June 2, 1956 Issue - 47 Articles- Trade Winds
Bennett Cerf
, p. 4 The Battle for the Book
- Can Johnny's Parents Read?
Gordon Dupee
, pp. 5-6 - Books are Hard Work
Ronald Mansbridge
, p. 7 - Literary Crypt, p. 8
- Let's Stop Salvaging
J.R. Cominsky
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SR's Book of the Week (Review) Howard Mumford Jones
, p. 10 A Single Pebble, by John Hersey
- A Single Pebble by John Hersey
- The Author: John Hersey
Richard Lemon
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Sweet Venom (Review) Faubion Bowers
, p. 11 The Happy Exiles, by Felicity Shaw
- The Happy Exiles by Felicity Shaw
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Plenty of Impulse (Review) Ernestine Evans
, p. 11 Mama, I Love You, by William Saroyan
- Mama, I Love You by William Saroyan
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A Painter's Peregrinations (Review) Ben Ray Redman
, p. 12 A Thing of Beauty, by A.J. Cronin
- A Thing of Beauty by A.J. Cronin
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Self-Impaled Soldier (Review) Richard Plant
, p. 12 The Train Was On Time, by Heinrich Boll
- The Train Was On Time by Heinrich Boll
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Communicator-at-Ease (Review) Gilbert Seldes
, p. 13 Small Sounds in the Night, by Eric Sevareid
- Small Sounds in the Night by Eric Sevareid
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Bedeviled Buffoon (Review) Allen Churchill
, p. 13 The Golden Ham, by Jim Bishop
- The Golden Ham by Jim Bishop
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Oriental Glory (Review) Donald Keene
, p. 14 Theatre in the East, by Faubion Bowers
- Theatre in the East by Faubion Bowers
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Survival by Sea (Review) Fletcher Pratt
, p. 15 Sea War, by Felix Riesenberg, Jr.
- Sea War by Felix Riesenberg, Jr.
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Omar from Armenia (Review) Oscar Lewis
, p. 16 Song of America, by George M. Mardikian
- Song of America by George M. Mardikian
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Flag Bearers (Review) Harvey Wish
, p. 16 Patriotism on Parade, by Wallace Evan Davies
- Patriotism on Parade by Wallace Evan Davies
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Benefactors, Inc. (Review) Fred Rodell
, p. 17 The Ford Foundation: The Men and the Millions, by Dwight Macdonald
- The Ford Foundation: The Men and the Millions by Dwight Macdonald
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Quiet Revolutionist (Review) William O. Douglas
, p. 18 Hunza: Lost Kingdom of the Himalayas, by John Clark
- Hunza: Lost Kingdom of the Himalayas by John Clark
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Legion of Hell (Review) Geoffrey Bocca
, p. 19 The White Kepi, by Walter Kanitz
- The White Kepi by Walter Kanitz
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Working Peer (Review) Thomas E. Cooney
, p. 19 Living Like a Lord, by John Godley, Lord Kilbracken
- Living Like a Lord by John Godley, Lord Kilbracken
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Two on a Bum (Review) Martin Levin
, p. 19 When the Credit's Low, Order Champagne, by Reese Wolfe
- When the Credit's Low, Order Champagne by Reese Wolfe
- Science-Fiction Soviet-Style
Alexander Marshack
, pp. 20-21 - H-Bomb for Everyone?, pp. 22-23
An Editorial
- Letters to the Editor, p. 24
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The Movies: East India and West Bronx (3 Reviews) Arthur Knight
, p. 25 Bhowani Junction (1956 Film), by George Cukor
- Bhowani Junction (1956 Film) by George Cukor
- The Catered Affair (1956 Film) by Richard Brooks
- Nineteen Eighty-Four (1956 Film) by Michael Anderson
- TV and Radio, p. 26
- Music to My Ears
Irving Kolodin
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Flaming Youth in '56 (Review) Martin Levin
, p. 28 On a Darkling Plain, by Clifford Irving
- On a Darkling Plain by Clifford Irving
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In the Smoke-Filled Rooms (Review) L.L.L. Golden
, p. 28 Presidential Year, by Frederik Pohl and Cyril M. Kornbluth
- Presidential Year by Frederik Pohl and Cyril M. Kornbluth
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Foul Play in the Embassy Garden (Review) Martin Levin
, p. 28 A Capitol Offense, by Jocelyn Davey
- A Capitol Offense by Jocelyn Davey
- Literary I.Q., p. 29
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A Year with the Eskimos (Review) Thomas E. Cooney
, p. 29 Land of the Long Day, by Doug Wilkinson
- Land of the Long Day by Doug Wilkinson
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Skin-Diving Off the Great Barrier Reef (Review) Eugenie Clark
, p. 29 The Coast of Coral, by Arthur C. Clarke
- The Coast of Coral by Arthur C. Clarke
- Booked for Travel
Horace Sutton
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The Criminal Record (15 Reviews) Sergeant Cuff
, pp. 35-38 Death in the Wind, by Edwin Lanham
- Death in the Wind by Edwin Lanham
- The Blonde Cried Murder by Brett Halliday
- A Question of Queens by Michael Innes
- The Beauty Queen Killer by John Creasey
- Night Boat to Paris by Richard Jessup
- Death Keeps a Secret by Clarence Budington Kelland
- Maigret and the Burglar's Wife by Georges Simenon
- A Fearful Way to Die by Jeannette Covert Nolan
- Murder Makes a Date by Neill Graham
- Cop Hater by Ed McBain
- The Lenient Beast by Fredric Brown
- The Ripper Murders by Maurice Procter
- The Witnesses and the Watchmaker by Georges Simenon
- Wanted for Murder by Nancy Rutledge
- Alphonse Bertillon, Father of Scientific Detection by Henry T.F. Rhodes
SR/Research
- Research in America
John Lear
, pp. 39-40 The Scientist and U.S. Foreign Policy
- Crisis in Bang Chan
L.M. Hanks, Jr. and Jane R. Hanks
, p. 41 - He Built a Bridge from Science to Everyday
Al Lansing
, pp. 42-44 - The Art of Listening
John W. Gardner
, p. 45 - Deafness at the Summit
John Lear
, p. 46 - Letters to the Science Editor, p. 47
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Listening to the Stars (Review) John Pfeiffer
, p. 48 The Changing Universe, by John Pfeiffer
- The Changing Universe by John Pfeiffer
- The Research Frontier
John R. Pierce
, p. 49 - The Bull Market in Brains
Clare M. Cotton
, p. 50 - Kingsley Double-Crostic No. 1158, pp. 51-52
- Cover Drawing, After a Photograph by E.M.M. Warburg
Hal McIntosh