Issue #53
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Mid-Winter, 2000 - 2001
Title Author Publisher Subject
The Best Spiritual Writing 2000 Philip Zaleski, Editor Harper San Francisco Anthology of Spiritualism
World Enough and Time:[B] The Life of Andrew Marvell Nicholas Murray St. Martin's Biography
You Have to Say Something:[B] Manifesting Zen Insight Dainin Katagiri Shambhala Zen
Airstream:[B] The History of the Land Yacht Bryan Burkhart and David Hunt Chronicle Books Popular History
To His Coy Mistress Andrew Marvell [Poem] Renaissance English Poetry
How Shall I Know You? Hilary Mantel [Reading] English Life
A Heart So White* Javier Marías New Directions Fiction
Aching for Beauty:[N] Footbinding in China Wang Ping University of Minnesota The History of Footbinding
What the Ice Gets:[N] Shackleton's Antarctic Expedition 1914 - 1916 Melinda Mueller Van West and Company Poetic History
Nude Sculpture:[N] 5,000 Years Photographs by David Finn Harry N. Abrams Sculpture Photography
A Parliament of Trees Vsevolod Garshin [Reading] Russian Folk Tale
Rosa's New Baby Carlos Amantea [Reading] Childbirth
The Day I Saw Everything Twice Richard Timothy Conroy [Reading] Diplomatic Service
Our Man in Vienna* Richard Timothy Conroy St. Martins Diplomatic Service
[N]To be found under "New Listings"
[B]To be found under "Brief Reviews"
*Indicates a book that we found of especial merit

Issue #54
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Late Winter 2001
Title Author Publisher Subject
New York Jew[B] Alfred Kazin Syracuse University Press Memoirs
Village and Country Residences and How to Build Them:[B] Classic House Plans for City and Farm S. B. Reed Lyons House Plans from the 19th Century
Your Name Here[B] John Ashbery Farrar, Straus and Giroux Modern American Poetry
When Home, in the Cocoon Martin J. Desht [Poem] Modern American Poetry
Gandhi The Man: The Story of His Transformation Eknath Easwaran Nilgiri Biography
The New York Times, The Police Gazette and Fox TV Carlos Amantea [Article] Mexico Travel
Therapy of a Psychosomatic Headache Milton Erickson [Reading] Hypnotherapy
Lindbergh: Triumph and Tragedy Richard Bak Taylor Biography
Discovering the Power of Self-Hypnosis: The Simple, Natural Mind-Body Approach to Change and Healing Stanley Fisher Newmarket Hypnosis

[N]To be found under "New Listings" --- also called "Recent Books"
[B]To be found under "Brief Reviews"
*Indicates a book that we found of especial merit

Issue #55
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Late, Late Winter 2001
Title Author Publisher Subject
Billy Wong Michael Ingall [Article] Psychotherapy
Peggy Donnelly Michael Ingall [Article] Psychotherapy
Richard Casparian Michael Ingall [Article] Psychotherapy
The Black Beast: A German Love Song Franz Werfel [Poem] Modern German Poetry
Venona:[B] Decoding Soviet Espionage in America John Earl Haynes, Harvey Klehr Yale Espionage and Code-Breaking
The Race to the White Continent:[B] Voyages to the Antarctic Alan Gurney Norton Exploration
Slouching Towards Bethlehem[B] Joan Didion Modern Library Essays --- Contemporary Americana
Crossing the Bar Carlos Amantea [Article] Travel, Mexican Border
Sex, Drugs & The Twinkie Murders Paul Krassner Loompanics Memoirs
The Naked and the Dead Norman Mailer Picador USA WWII Fiction
Yoga and the Quest for the True Self[N] Stephen Cope Bantam Yoga and Psychotherapy
Ferdydurke[N] Witold Gombrowicz Yale Nota Bene Contemporary Fiction
Shanghai, 1842 - 1949:[N] The Rise and Fall of a Decadent City Stella Dong Morrow Contemporary Chinese History
War & Politics by Other Means: A Journalist's Memoir* Shelby Scates University of Washington War Memoirs
The Whores Are Always Smiling Carlos Amantea [Article] Mexico Travel

[N]To be found under "New Listings" --- also called "Recent Books"
[B]To be found under "Brief Reviews"
*Indicates a book that we found of especial merit

Issue #56
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Early Spring 2001
Title Author Publisher Subject
My Alabama Cabin Jonathan Raban [Reading] Memoirs of Alabama Country
The Soul of a New Machine[B] Tracy Kidder Back Bay Building a New Computer
The Wildest Dream:[B] The Biography of George Mallory Peter and Leni Gillman The Mountaineers Books Biography, Mountain Climbing
A Desired Past:[B] A Short History of Same-Sex Love in America Leila Rupp University of Chicago Press Gay Love
Declare Tim Powers Morrow Fiction --- Espionage
Desire, Abnegation, and Pop-Tarts Mary Rose O'Reilley [Reading] Contemporary Religious Paradoxes
The Golden State Stephen Knight [Poem] California
Illness and the Art of Creative Self-Expression: Stories and Exercises from the Arts for Those with Chronic Illness* John Graham-Pole, M. D. New Harbinger The Patient as Doctor
To Sleep Less and Dream More "Gabriel Garcia Marquez" [Reading] Mock Farewell Letter
A History of Celibacy[N]* Elizabeth Abbott Scribner Celibacy
The Lottery and Other Stories[N] Shirley Jackson Modern Library Anthology
Fighting Bob La Follette:[N] The Righteous Reformer Nancy C. Unger University of North Carolina Biography
Ode to Prostate Andy Sharpe [Poem] Prostatinia
Tarquin's Dreams Lawrence Durrell [Reading] European Writers in the 30s
Unfinished Message: Selected Works of Toshio Mori Patricia Wakida, Editor Heyday Stories about Japanese Relocation Camps

[N]To be found under "New Listings"
[B]To be found under "Brief Reviews"
*Indicates a book that we found of especial merit

Issue #57
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Early Mid-Spring 2001
Title Author Publisher Subject
Blue Cloud Rides Horses Edgar Gabriel Silex [Poem] Native American Poetry
Buddha[B] Karen Armstrong Penguin/Viking Religious Theory' Biography
Judgment at Tokyo:[B] The Japanese War Crimes Trials Tim Maga University Press of Kentucky Post-WWII History
Blessing the Boats:[B] New and Selected Poems 1988 - 2000 Lucille Clifton BOA Afro-American Poetry
Beyond Bingo[B] Joan Drummond Miller, Carolyn Livingston, Julie Houy Creative Arts Fiction
Jet Skis, Progress, and a Minnesota Lake Mary Rose O'Reilley [Reading] Contemporary Religious Paradoxes
The Happy Years Carlos Amantea [Article] Post-WWII Prep Schools
Disability Writer Appears before 40,000 in the Buff L. W. Milam [Article] Disability and Nudity
Radio Nation: Communication, Popular Culture, and Nationalism in Mexico 1920 - 1950 Joy Elizabeth Hayes Arizona Early History of Mexican Broadcasting
The Art of the Pre-Raphaelites Elizabeth Prettejohn Princeton 19th Century Cultural History
In the South Bronx of America Mel Rosenthal Curbstone Press Photographic History
Top Pop Hits RALPH Editors [List] Twelve of RALPH's Most Popular Reviews

[N]To be found under "New Listings"
[B]To be found under "Brief Reviews"
*Indicates a book that we found of especial merit

Issue #58
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Mid-Spring 2001
Title Author Publisher Subject
The Invasion of the Chingles Carlos Amantea [Article] Mexican Travel
Making Friends with Death<[B] Judith L. Lief Shambhala Meditational Practice and Death
Long Day's Journey:[B] The Steamboat and Stagecoach Era in the Northern West Carlos Arnaldo Schwantes University of Washington 19th Century Frontier Illustrated History
The Time of Indifference[B] Alberto Moravia Steerforth Italia Fiction
The Little Ice Age: How Climate Made History Brian Fagan Basic Books Meteorological History
King Carlos II Carlos Amantea [Article] Growing up in Mexico
Saturn Rings
About the
Alambra
C. K. Swann [Poem] Contemporary Poetry
Wall-to-Wall America: Post Office Murals in the Great Depression Karal Ann Marling Minnesota WPA Murals
Muslims and
Serbs
Anthony Loyd [Reading] War in the Balkans
My War Gone by, I Miss it So* Anthony Loyd Penguin War in the Balkans
Without Vodka: Adventures in Wartime Russia* Aleksander Topolski Steerforth Memoirs as Soldier in Russia, WWII

[N]To be found under "New Listings" --- also called "Recent Books"
[B]To be found under "Brief Reviews"
*Indicates a book that we found of especial merit

Issue #59
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Late Spring 2001
Title Author Publisher Subject
We're All Doing Time Bo Lozoff Human Kindness Foundation Meditation and Prison
When Things Fall Apart:[B] Heart Advice for Difficult Times Pema Chödrön Shambhala Meditation Techniques
Canyons of the Southwest:[B] A Tour of the Great Canyon Country from Colorado to Northern Mexico John Annerino University of Arizona Travel --- Western Canyons
My Two Wars[B]* Moritz Thomsen Steerforth WWII Psychology
Unholy Ghost: Writers on Depression Nell Casey, Editor Morrow Anthology
Wheelchairs and Pig Guts Carlos Amantea [Article] Disability and Travel
Computers and Machetes Carlos Amantea [Article] Mexico and Giving
The Barn at the End of the World: The Apprenticeship of a Quaker, Buddhist Shepherd* Mary Rose O'Reilley Milkweed Meditations on Living Buddhism in America
Tinkering with Eden: A Natural History of Exotics in America Kim Todd Norton Conservation
The Wife of Bath Geoffrey Chaucer [Poem] Late Medieval English Poetry
Secondary Commutation Aleksander Topolski [Reading] Life under Stalin

[N]To be found under "New Listings" --- also called "Recent Books"
[B]To be found under "Brief Reviews"
*Indicates a book that we found of especial merit

Issue #60
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Late Late Spring 2001
Title Author Publisher Subject
Beautiful Summer in New Jersey B. W. McClellan [Article] Memoirs of Growing Up
Bordertown Barry Gifford Chronicle Thoughts on the Mexican-American Border
The Collected Works of William Howard Taft:[B] Volume I David H. Burton, A. E. Cambell, Editors Ohio Political Memoirs
The Last Cheater's Waltz: Beauty and Violence in the Desert Southwest* Ellen Meloy Arizona Thoughts about the American Southwest Desert
A Red Palm Gary Soto [Poem] Contemporary Latino Poetry
Between Two Trucks and Heaven Carlos Amantea [Article] Mexican Travel
The Seven Ages Louise Glück ECCO/HarperCollins Contemporary American Poetry
The Invisible Enemy: A Natural History of Viruses James Meek [Reading] Viruses
Japan Goes Dutch Murray Sayle [Reading] Contemporary Japanese Economics
The Art of War on Land David G. Chandler Penguin War Theory

[N]To be found under "New Listings" --- also called "Recent Books"
[B]To be found under "Brief Reviews"
*Indicates a book that we found of especial merit

Issue #61
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Early Summer 2001
Title Author Publisher Subject
The Fairest Fowl:[B] Portraits of Championship Chickens Ira Glass Chronicle Chicken Pix
She Flies without Wings:[B] How Horses Touch a Woman's Soul Mary D. Midkiff Delacorte Horse Love
Brothel:[B] Mustang Ranch and Its Women* Alexa Albert, MD Random House Sociological Study of Prostitution
Underneath a Ball Anon [Poem] Children's Poetry
Double Down Frederick and Steven Barthelme Harcourt Gambling Addiction
Bird Watching and Departure Carlos Amantea [Article] Mexico
My First Harley Michael Korda [Reading] Motorcycles for the Upstate Set
Downfall: The End of the Imperial Japanese Empire Richard B. Frank Penguin The Last Days of WWII
Mars: Discovering the Secrets of the Red Planet Paul Raeburn National Geographic Society Astrophysics
The Dead Affonso Romano DeSant'Anna [Poem] Contemporary Poetry
The Time Machine* H. G. Wells Broadview Traditional Science Fiction
The Accused: A Personal Story of
Imprisonment in Russia
Alexander Weissberg [Reading] WWII

[N]To be found under "New Listings"
[B]To be found under "Brief Reviews"
*Indicates a book that we found of especial merit

Issue #62
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Early Mid-Summer 2001
Title Author Publisher Subject
Johann Sebastian Bach and the Aliens Ignacio Schwartz [Article] Sources of Bach's Music
Bombs as Easter Eggs Elsa Morante [Reading] Contemporary Italian Literature
Pestilence[B] William Owen Roberts Seren/Dufour Medieval Pestilence
Sure Seaters:[B] The Emergence of Art House Cinemas Barbara Wilinsky Minnesota "Art" Film Houses
Healing from the Source:[B] The Science and Lore of Tibetan Medicine Yeshi Dhonden Snow Lion Tibetan Medicine
Three Poems Marcus Cafagña [Poems] Contemporary American Poetry
The Original DADA Manifesto E. Varèse, Tr. Tzara, Ph. Soupault, Soubeyran, J. Rigaut, G. Ribemont-Dessaignes, M. Ray, F. Picabia, B. Péret, C. Pausaers, R.Hülsenbeeks, J. Evola, M. Ernst, P. Eluard, Suz. Duchamp, M. Duchamp, Crotti, G. Cantarelli, Marg. Buffet, Gab. Buffet, A. Breton, Baargeld, Arp., W. C. Arensberg, L. Aragon Manifesto Important Artistic Artifact
Inventions of Farewell: A Book of Elegies Sandra M. Gilbert, Editor Norton Anthology
History: A Novel* Elsa Morante Steerforth Italia Post-WWII Italain Fiction
Under the Eye of the Clock Christopher Nolan Arcade Disability Literature
Down in the Dumps Carlos Amantea [Article] Mexico
Don't Mind Me, I'm Just One of Jerry's Kids L. W. Milam [Article] Disability and "Jerry's Kids"
Three Poems Christopher Mulrooney [Poems] Contemporary American Poetry
Contemporary Folk Art:[N] Treasures from the Smithsonian American Art Museum Tom Patterson Watson-Guptill/
Smithsonian
Primitive American Art
Going on Being:[N] Buddhism and the Way of Change* Mark Epstein Broadway Psychology and Buddhism
Rebels on the Air:[N] The Death and Life of Great American Radio Jesse Walker New York University Radio Experimentation
Useppe's Poem Elsa Morante [Reading] Post WWII Italian Fiction

[N]To be found under "New Listings"
[B]To be found under "Brief Reviews"
*Indicates a book that we found of especial merit