Books
of the Quarter, November 2004
On
November 4, Milt, Alan Gitelson, Penelope Mesic and Susan Harris
reviewed some of the most interesting books Extension 720 has
received during the past few months. Here is the complete list:
Russell
Banks.
The
Darling. Harper Collins, 2004.
Alessandro
Barbero.
Charlemagne:
Father of a Continent. University of California Press,
2004.
Peter
Bogdonavich.
Who
the Hell's in It: Portraits and Conversations. Alfred
A. Knopf, 2004.
Monique
Charlesworth.
The
Children's War. Alfred A. Knopf, 2004.
Mary
V. Dearborn.
Mistress
of Modernism: The Life of Peggy Guggenheim. Houghton
Mifflin, 2004.
Craig
Dionne and Steve Mentz, eds.
Rogues
and Early Modern English Culture. University of Michigan
Press, 2004.
Lawrence
J. Epstein.
Mixed
Nuts: America's Love Affair with Comedy Teams From Burns and Allen
to Belushi and Aykroyd. Public Affairs, 2004.
Stuart
Feder.
Gustav
Mahler: A Life in Crisis. Yale University Press, 2004.
John
Ferling.
Adams
vs. Jefferson: The Tumultuous Election of 1800. Oxford
University Press, 2004.
John
Guy.
Queen
of Scots: The True Life of Mary Stuart. Houghton Mifflin,
2004.
Lindsey
Hughes.
Peter
the Great: A Biography. Yale University Press, 2004.
Gish
Jen.
The
Love Wife. Alfred A. Knopf, 2004.
John
Keegan.
The
Iraq War. Alfred A. Knopf, 2004.
Orhan
Pamuk.
Snow.
Alfred A. Knopf, 2004.
Jonathan
Randal.
Osama:
The Making of a Terrorist. Alfred A. Knopf, 2004.
Howard
Reich & William Gaines.
Jelly's
Blues: The Life, Music, and Redemption of Jelly Roll Morton.
Da Capo Press, 2004.
Nick
Ryan.
Into
a World of Hate: A Journey Among the Extreme Right. Routledge,
2003.
Anthony
Slide.
American
Racist: The Life and Films of Thomas Dixon. University
Press of Kentucky, 2004.
Nicholas
Thomas.
Cook:
The Extraordinary Sea Voyages of Captain James Cook.
Walker and Company, 2004.
Kenneth
Turan.
Never
Coming to a Theater Near You: A Celebration of a Certain Kind
of Movie. Public Affairs, 2004.
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