New issue received from: THE NEW YORK REVIEW OF BOOKS (vol. LVIII, no. 8. May 12-25 2011)
Summary of this issue:
*The Obamas: The Untold Story of an African Family by Peter Firstbrook. Kwame Anthony Appiah
*The Pale King: An Unfinished Novel by David Foster Wallace. Jonathan Rabban
*Bogged DowinLibbya. Nicholas Pelham
*Secrets of the Silk Road an exhibition at the Bowers Museum, Santa Ana, California. Colin Thubron
*Against All Odds: My Life of Hardship, Fast Breaks, and Second Chances by Scott Brown. Christopher Benfey
*Almost a Family: A Memoir by John Darton. Ian Frazier
*Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark directed by Julie Taymor, with music and lyrics by Bono and The Edge, and book by Julie Taymor and Glen Berger. Daniel Mendelson
*History of a Suicide: My Sister's Unfinished Life by Jill BialoskyThe Long Goodbye by Meghan O'Rourke Dear Marcus: Speaking to the Man Who Shot Me by Jerry M. Lorrie Moore
*Colonel Roosevelt by Edmund Morris. Sean Wilentz
*Super Sad True Love Story by Gary Shteyngart. elaine blair
*First Family: Abigail and John by Joseph J. Ellis Abigail and John Adams: The Americanization of Sensibility by G. J. Barker-Benfield. Gordon S. Wood
*The Moral Landscape: How Science Can Determine Human Values by Sam Harris. H. Allen Orr
*At Home: A Short History of Private Life by Bill Bryson. Jenny Uglow
*Waiting for Baghdad. joost hiltermann
* Flu Warning: Beware the Drug Companies! Helen Epstein
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