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1. The Paper Pusher.

Author

Star, Alexander

Subjects
*LIBRARY science, *LIBRARIANS, *NONFICTION
Abstract

Reviews the book "Double Fold: Libraries and the Assault on Paper," by Nicholson Baker.

Published
2001

2. Slave and Citizen: The Life of Frederick Douglass/The Frederick Douglass Papers Series One: Speeches, Debates and Interviews Volume 1: 1841-46/Moral Choices: Memory, Desire, and Imagination in Nineteenth-Century American Abolition (Book).

Author

Donald, David Herbert

Subjects
*NONFICTION
Abstract

Reviews several books. "Slave and Citizen: The Life of Frederick Douglass," by Nathan I. Huggins; "The Frederick Douglass Papers Series One: Speeches, Debates and Interviews," vol. 1, "1841-46," edited by John W. Blassingame "Moral Choices: Memory, Desire, and Imagination in Nineteenth-Century American Abolition," by Peter F. Walker.

Published
1980

3. Ugly Americans.

Author

Feldman, Noah

Subjects
*TORTURE, *NONFICTION
Abstract

Reviews the books "The Torture Papers: The Road to Abu Ghraib," edited by Karen J. Greenberg and Joshua L. Dratel, and "Torture and Truth: America, Abu Ghraib, and the War on Terror," by Mark Danner.

Published
2005

4. Collapsophe.

Author

Green, Peter

Subjects
*PROPHECY, *PHILOSOPHERS, *NONFICTION
Abstract

Reviews the book "The Plato Papers: A Prophecy," by Peter Ackroyd.

Published
2000

5. SCOURGE OF THE CONVENTIONAL.

Author

Cameron, J. M.

Subjects
*NONFICTION
Abstract

Reviews the book "The Collected Philosophical Papers of G.E.M. Anscombe," vol.1, "From Parmenides to Wittgenstein," vol.2, "Metaphysics and the Philosophy of Mind" and vol.3, "Ethics, Relogion and Politics."

Published
1982

8. Justice, Justice, Shalt Thou Pursue.

Author

Nagel, Thomas

Subjects
*CRITICISM, *NONFICTION
Abstract

Reviews several books by John Rawls. "Collected Papers," edited by Samuel Freeman; "The Law of Peoples, With "The Idea of Public Reason Revisited""; "A Theory of Justice."

Published
1999

9. Angels Arrive.

Author

Halkin, Hillel

Subjects
*POETRY collections, *POETS, *NONFICTION
Abstract

Reviews the book "Paper Bridges: Selected Poems of Kadya Molodwsky," edited by Kathryn Hellerstein.

Published
1999

10. One-Dimensional Man.

Author

Herf, Jeffrey

Subjects
*FASCISM, *WAR, *NONFICTION
Abstract

Reviews the book "Technology, War and Fascism: Collected Papers of Herbert Marcuse," edited by Douglas Kellner.

Published
1999

11. Life in the Stone Age.

Author

Menand, Louis

Subjects
*NONFICTION
Abstract

Reviews several books on rock and roll music in the U.S. "Rolling Stone Magazine: The Uncensored History," by Robert Draper; "Songs of the Doomed: More Notes on the Death of the American Dream Gonzo Papers," vol. 3, by Hunter S. Thompson; "Blown Away: The Rolling Stones and the Death of the Sixties," by A.E. Hotchner; "Stone Alone: The Story of a Rock 'n' Roll Band," by Bill Wyman with Ray Coleman.

Published
1991

12. THE IMAGE MAKER.

Author

Abrahams, Edward

Subjects
*NONFICTION
Abstract

Reviews several books on the life of artist Georgia O'Keeffe. "A Woman on Paper: Georgia O'Keeffe: The Letters and Memoir of a Legendary Friendship," by Anita Pollitzer; "Georgia O'Keeffe: Art and Letters," by Jack Cowart and Juan Hamilton and edited by Sarah Greenough; "Some Memories of Drawings," by Georgia O'Keeffe and edited by Doris Bry; "Georgia O'Keeffe: One Hundred Flowers," edited by Nicholas Callaway.

Published
1989

13. The Seer.

Author

Koerner, Joseph Leo

Subjects
*ART & society, *ART theory, *NONFICTION
Abstract

Reviews the book "Theory and Philosophy of Art: Style, Artists, and Society. Selected Papers, Volume IV," by Meyer Schapiro.

Published
1995

14. A House Divided.

Author

Djilas, Aleksa

Subjects
*NONFICTION
Abstract

Reviews several books. "A Paper House: The Ending of Yugoslavia," by Mark Thompson; "The Fall of Yugoslavia: The Third Balkan War," by Misha Glenny: "Serbs and Croats: The Struggle in Yugoslavia," by Alex N. Dragnich.

Published
1993

15. Purity and Danger.

Author

Knox, Bernard

Subjects
*NONFICTION
Abstract

Reviews two books "Between Hell and Reason: Essays From the Resistance Paper Combat, 1944-1947," by Albert Camus and "The Human Race," by Robert Antelme.

Published
1992

16. THE RENAISSANCE AMERICAN.

Author

Shklar, Judith N.

Subjects
*HISTORICAL source material, *NONFICTION
Abstract

Reviews the book "Writings: A Summary View of the Rights of British America, Notes on the State of Virginia, Public Papers, Addresses, Messages, and Replies, Miscellany, Letters," by Thomas Jefferson.

Published
1984

17. MARCUS GARVEY'S MOMENT.

Author

Levine, Lawrence W.

Subjects
*AFRICAN Americans, *NONFICTION
Abstract

Reviews the non-fiction book "The Marcus Garvey and Universal Negro Improvement Association Papers, Volume 1: 1826-1915, Volume II: 1919-1920, Volume III: September 1920-August 1921," edited by Robert A. Hill.

Published
1984

18. What Left of Lawrence (Books).

Author

Gilman, Richard

Subjects
*LITERATURE, *NONFICTION
Abstract

Reviews several books about the literary works of author D. H. Lawrence. "Phoenix the Posthumous Papers of D. H. Lawrence," edited by Edward McDonald; "Phoenix II Uncollected, Unpublished and Other Prose Works by D. H. Lawrence," edited by Warren Roberts and Harry T. Moore.

Published
1968

21. The Selected Papers of Ernst Kris.

Author

Buttenwieser, Paul

Subjects
*LIBERTY, *ART, *NONFICTION
Abstract

Reviews the book "The Selected Papers of Ernst Kris."

Published
1975

22. The Anderson Papers/Kind and Usual Punishment (Book).

Author

Lukas, J. Anthony

Subjects
*NONFICTION
Abstract

Reviews the books "'The Anderson Papers," by Jack Anderson and George Clifford and "Kind and Usual Punishment: The Prison Business," by Jessica Mitford.

Published
1973

23. Those Controversial Papers.

Author

Tucker, Robert W.

Subjects
*LIBERALISM, *NONFICTION
Abstract

Reviews the book "The Liberal Papers," edited by James Roosevelt.

Published
1962

24. The Master of Tuskegee.

Author

Harlan, Louis R. and Woodward, C. Vann

Subjects
*NONFICTION
Abstract

Reviews three books. "Booker T. Washington: The Making of a Black Leader 1865-1901," by Louis R. Harlan; "The Booker T. Washington Papers, vol. 1: The Autobiographical Writings," edited by Louis R. Harlan; "The Booker T. Washington Papers, vol. 2, 1860-1889," edited by Louis R. Harlan.

Published
1972

25. SPACE ODDITY.

Author

Berman, Paul

Subjects
*MILITARY policy, *MILITARY planning, *NONFICTION
Abstract

Reviews the book "The Sykaos Papers," by E.P. Thompson.

Published
1989

26. APPLE-PIE AUTHORITARIANISM?

Author

Steinfels, Peter

Subjects
*NONFICTION
Abstract

Reviews the books "Post-Conservative America: People, Politics and Ideology in a Time of Crisis," by Kevin P. Phillips and "The New Right Papers," edited by Robert W. Whittaker.

Published
1982

27. Notable.

Subjects
*NONFICTION
Abstract

Reviews several books. "Walking Papers," by Sandra Hochman; "Burnt Toast," by Peter Gould; "The Disappearance of Dr. Parkman," by Robert Sullivan; "Sequel to Bretton Woods: A Proposal to Reform the World Monetary System," by Lawrence B. Krause.

Published
1971

28. Lord Russell and Lord Amberly.

Author

Toynbee, Philip

Subjects
*WOMEN'S rights, *NONFICTION
Abstract

Reviews the book "The Amberley Papers: Bertrand Russell's Family Background," edited by Bertrand and Patricia Russell.

Published
1967

29. A Giant Step Forward.

Author

Green, Philip

Subjects
*ECONOMIC policy, *REVOLUTIONS, *NONFICTION
Abstract

Reviews the book "The Paper Economy," by David T. Bazelon.

Published
1963

31. Burn After Reading.

Author

POPKEY, MIRANDA

Subjects
*LETTERS, *NONFICTION, *TWENTIETH century, *HISTORY
Published
2016

33. Fine Print.

Author

Grumbach, Doris

Subjects
*NONFICTION
Abstract

Reviews several books related to feminism. "The Feminist Papers: From Adams to de Beauvoir," edited by Alice S. Rossi; "Catharine Beecher: A Study in American Domesticity," by Kathryn Kish Sklar; "Women in Prison," by Kathryn Watterson; "American Heroine: The Life and Legend of Jane Adams," by Allen F. Davis.

Published
1973

34. What Might Have Been.

Author

Walton, Richard J.

Subjects
*EDUCATION, *NONFICTION
Abstract

Reviews the book "The Papers of Adlai Stevenson: Beginnings of Education, 1900-1941," edited by Walter Johnson and Carol Evans.

Published
1972

35. Selig Adler: Prelude to Genocide.

Author

Adler, Selig

Subjects
*REFUGEES, *NONFICTION
Abstract

Reviews the book "Paper Walls: America and the Refugee Crisis 1938-1941," by David S. Wyman.

Published
1969

36. General Grant, We Are Here (Book).

Author

Johnson, Gerald W.

Subjects
*NONFICTION, BIOGRAPHIES
Abstract

Reviews the book "The Papers of Ulysses S. Grant Volume 1, 1837-1861," edited by John Y. Simon.

Published
1967

37. Woodrow Wilson's Pious Youth.

Author

Daniels, Jonathan

Subjects
*PRIME ministers, *NONFICTION
Abstract

Reviews the book "The Papers of Woodrow Wilson -- 1856-1880," vol. 1, edited by Arthur S. Link and others.

Published
1966

38. An Old Soldier's Rhetoric.

Author

Marshall, Charles Burton

Subjects
*MILITARY personnel, *MILITARY officers, *GENERALS, *NONFICTION
Abstract

Reviews the book "A Soldier Speaks: Public Papers and Speeches of Douglas McArthur."

Published
1965

39. The Future Without Humanity.

Author

Edelstein, J.M.

Subjects
*AUTHORS, *NONFICTION, BIOGRAPHIES
Abstract

Reviews the book "The Papers of Andrew Melmoth," by Hugh Sykes Davies.

Published
1961

40. Philosophy of a Legal Realist.

Author

Bickel, Alexander M.

Subjects
*CONSCIENCE, *ETHICS, *NONFICTION
Abstract

Reviews the book "The Legal Conscience: Selected Papers of Felix S. Cohen," edited by Lucy Kramer Cohen.

Published
1961

41. THEY ALL WROTE TO LINCOLN.

Author

Randall, J. G.

Subjects
PAPER, HISTORY, NONFICTION
Abstract

Reviews the book "The Lincoln Papers: The Story of the Collection, With Selections to July 4, 1861," edited by David C. Mearns.

Published
1948

42. Brave New World Orders.

Author

Tucker, Robert W.

Subjects
*NONFICTION
Abstract

Reviews several books. Woodrow Wilson," by August Heckscher; "Woodrow Wilson: A Life for World Peace," by J.W. Schulte Nordholt; "The Papers of Woodrow Wilson," vol. 62, "July 26-September 3, 1919," vol. 63, "September 4-November 5, 1919," vol. 64, "November 6, 1919-February 27, 1920," edited by Arthur S. Link.

Published
1992

44. The Intimate Papers of Colonel House (Book).

Author

Lovett, Robert Morss

Subjects
PEACE, POLITICAL leadership, NONFICTION
Abstract

Reviews the book "The Intimate Papers of Colonel House," by Charles Seymour.

Published
1928

45. Collected Papers of Charles Sanders Peirce.

Author

Dewey, John

Subjects
PHILOSOPHY, NONFICTION
Abstract

The article reviews the book "Collected Papers of Charles Sanders Peirce," edited by Charles Hartshorne and Paul Weiss.

Published
1937

46. Prints and Books (Book).

Subjects
PAPER, LITERATURE, NONFICTION
Abstract

Reviews the book "Prints and Books: Informal Papers," by William M. Ivins Jr.

Published
1926

48. A Saga of a Paper Mill.

Author

Patchen, Kenneth

Subjects
POETRY (Literary form), NONFICTION
Abstract

The article reviews the book "A Saga of a Paper Mill," by Laurence Pratt.

Published
1935

49. Trust-Buster's White Paper.

Author

Lerner, Max

Subjects
COMMERCIAL policy, NONFICTION
Abstract

The article reviews the book "The Bottlenecks of Business," by Thurman W. Arnold.

Published
1940

50. Another War--On Paper.

Author

Earle, Edward Mead

Subjects
PETROLEUM industry, WAR, NONFICTION
Abstract

Reviews the book "We Fight for Oil," by Ludwell Denny.

Published
1928