Books
of the Quarter, June 2006
On
June 29, Milt, Alan Gitelson, Penelope Mesic and Ellen Hunt reviewed
some of the most interesting books Extension 720 has received
during the past few months. Here is the complete list:
Samantha
Barbas. 
The
First Lady of Hollywood: A Biography of Louella Parsons.
University of California Press, 2005.
Peter
Carey. 
Theft:
A Love Story. Alfred A. Knopf, 2006.
Earl
Conee and Theodore Sider. 
Riddles
of Existence: A Guided Tour of Metaphysics. Oxford University
Press, 2005.
Anthony
DePalma. 
The
Man Who Invented Fidel: Castro, Cuba, and Herbert L. Matthews
of The New York Times. Public Affairs, 2006.
Niles
Eldredge. 
Darwin:
Discovering the Tree of Life. W.W. Norton, 2005.
Alan
Furst. 
The
Foreign Correspondent. Random House, 2006.
Jane
Glover. 
Mozart's
Women: His Family, His Friends, His Music. Harper Collins,
2006.
Michel
Houellebecq. 
The
Possibility of an Island. Alfred A. Knopf, 2006.
Kathryn
Hughes. 
The
Short Life and Long Times of Mrs. Beeton, the First Domestic Goddess.
Alfred A. Knopf, 2006.
Alvin
M. Josephy, ed. 
Lewis
and Clark through Indian Eyes. Alfred A. Knopf, 2006.
Stuart
Kelly. 
The
Book of Lost Books: An Incomplete History of All the Great Books
You Will Never Read. Random House, 2006.
John
Lukacs. 
Democracy
and Populism: Fear and Hatred. Yale University Press,
2005.
Lauro
Martines. 
Fire
in the City: Savonarola and the Struggle for the Soul of Renaissance
Florence. Oxford University Press, 2006.
Larry
McMurtry. 
Telegraph
Days. Simon and Schuster, 2006.
Kent
Nerburn. 
Chief
Joseph & the Flight of the Nez Perce: The Untold Story of an American
Tragedy. Harper San Francisco, 2005.
James
M. Robinson. 
Secrets
of Judas: The Story of the Misunderstood Disciple and His Lost
Gospel. Harper San Francisco, 2006.
Marion
Elizabeth Rodgers. 
Mencken:
The American Iconoclast. Oxford University Press, 2005.
Steve
Stevens and Craig Lockwood. 
King
of The Sunset Strip: Hangin' With Mickey Cohen and the Hollywood
Mob. Cumberland House, 2006.
Wendy
Wasserstein. 
Elements
of Style. Alfred A. Knopf, 2006.
Resa
Willis. 
FDR
and Lucy: Lovers and Friends. Routledge, 2004.
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