Asian Review of Books

A publication of Image Alpha (Holdings) and Paddyfield.com -- 10 September 2010

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One D.O.A., One on the Way by Mary Robison
	Review: The IHT

Don't Cry Stories by Mary Gaitskill
	Following the extraordinary success of her novel "Veronica," Gaitskill returns with a luminous new collection of stories--her first in more... Review: The IHT

One D.O.A., One on the Way by Mary Robison
	Review: The IHT

Great Gamble The Soviet War in Afghanistan by Gregory Feifer
	National Public Radio's Moscow correspondent presents a groundbreaking account of the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan, as seen through the... Review: The IHT

Sowing Crisis The Cold War and American Dominance in the Middle East by Rashid Khalidi
	From "the foremost U.S. historian of the modern Middle East" ("L.A. Times") comes a powerful argument that the global conflicts now playing... Review: The IHT

Our Magnificent Bastard Tongue The Untold Story of English by John McWhorter
	A survey of the quirks and quandaries of the English language, this work focuses on its strange and wonderful grammar. Delving into... Review: The IHT

Future of Liberalism by Alan Wolfe
	One of America's leading scholars offers a compelling exploration and defense of liberalism: what it actually is, why it is relevant today,... Review: The Economist Review: The IHT

Tolerable Anarchy Rebels, Reactionaries, and the Making of American Freedom by Jedediah Purdy
	From the author of "For Common Things" comes a provocative look at the meaning of American freedom. Purdy works from the stories of... Review: The IHT Review: The Christian Science Monitor

How We Decide by Jonah Lehrer
	From the acclaimed author of "Proust Was a Neuroscientist" comes a fascinating look at the new science of decision-making. Lehrer explores... Review: The IHT

Sowing Crisis The Cold War and American Dominance in the Middle East by Rashid Khalidi
	From "the foremost U.S. historian of the modern Middle East" ("L.A. Times") comes a powerful argument that the global conflicts now playing... Review: The IHT

Great Gamble The Soviet War in Afghanistan by Gregory Feifer
	National Public Radio's Moscow correspondent presents a groundbreaking account of the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan, as seen through the... Review: The IHT

Pauline Bonaparte Venus of Empire by Flora Fraser
	From acclaimed biographer Fraser comes this dynamic, vivid portrait of a mesmerizing woman--Napoleon's favorite sister. Review: The Economist Review: The IHT

Letters of Samuel Beckett by Samuel Beckett
	This authorised edition with full scholarly apparatus will be welcomed by all scholars of modern literature and drama. Review: The Guardian Review: The IHT

Housekeeper and the Professor by Yoko Ogawa
	He is a brilliant math professor, with a peculiar problem--since a traumatic head injury, he has lived with only 80 minutes of short-term... Review: The Guardian Review: The IHT

Spare Room by Helen Garner
	"The Spare Room" offers a powerful, witty, and taut story about a complex friendship between two women--one dying, the other called to care... Review: The IHT

Accordionist's Son by Bernardo Atxaga
	David Imaz has spent many years living in exile on a ranch in California, far from his native Basque Country. Nearing fifty and in failing... Review: The Guardian Review: The IHT

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