The New York Times Book Review 1996 - Abstracts

The New York Times Book Review 1996
TitleSubjectAuthors
A crop of winter books.(books a gardener should read)(Essay)Business, generalRaver, Anne
American letters, African voices. (history of African American authors)(Column)Business, generalGates, Henry Louis, Jr.
'Animal Farm' at 50.(George Orwell novel of totalitarianism, published in 1945)(Bookend)(Column)Business, generalDanto, Arthur Coleman
A passion for order. (author Diana Trilling is remembered)(Column)Business, generalMerkin, Daphne
Audible ink. (how Warren Lehrer distinguishes his works with different typefaces)Business, generalLasky, Julie
Austen in cyberspace. (information services devoted to Jane Austen)(Column)Business, generalCollins, Sarah
Bernard Malamud: behind the poker face.(Bookend)(Column)Business, generalDelbanco, Andrew, Cheuse, Alan
Brave little books conquer Italy.(1,000-lire paperback books lift entire publishing industry)(Bookend)Business, generalBolden, Celestine
Click on chickamauga: a history of the Civil War in sight and sound, with maps, music, art, battles, fiction and dramatizations. (Software Review)(Evaluation)Business, generalFleming, Thomas (American writer)
Cooking.(Bibliography)Business, generalFlaste, Richard
Escher Interactive: Exploring the Art of the Infinite.(Software Review)(Evaluation)Business, generalGoldberg, Harold
Everybody slept here. (house on Middagh Street, Brooklyn, New York, New York)(Column)Business, generalShteir, Rachel
Flaming swords and wizards' orbs.(fantasy fiction)(Column)Business, generalRothstein, Edward
Found poetry: the dude typographers.(19th Century American type specimen books)(Bookends)(Column)Business, generalJohnston, Alistair
From T.R. to O.J.: a book and CD-ROM chronicle the 20th century from its earliest years to the present day. (Software Review)(Evaluation)Business, generalAllen, Frederick
Gardening.Business, generalGalitzki, Dora
Good heavens: a tour of space, courtesy of the Hubble telescope. (Software Review)(Evaluation)Business, generalGingerich, Owen
His own best construction. (author Harold Brodkey is remembered)(Column)Business, generalMenaker, Daniel
In Japanese novels, it's business as usual.(popular novels of business fiction in Japan)(Bookend)(Column)Business, generalSawhill, Ray
In the shadow of Goebbels.(David Irving's controversial book 'Goebbels: Mastermind of the Third Reich')Business, generalRosenberg, Tina
Jacketeering.(humor - book-jacket endorsement quotes)(Column)Business, generalIyer, Pico
Jane Jacobs: still a pioneer.(new book, 'A Schoolteacher in Old Alaska')(Bookend)(Column)Business, generalGoldberger, Paul
Kisses all around: letters from a not impossible historical archive. (humorous letters about historical events)Business, generalFrazier, Ian
La Cosa Noshtra (the missing chapter from Mario Puzo's 'Godfather.')(humor - gangsters, cuisine and opera)(Bookend)(Column)Business, generalGeng, Veronica
Memoirs without the revelations. (analysis of the contents of autobiographies of politicians)(Column)Business, generalKolbert, Elizabeth
Midnight's child.(300th anniversary of the publishing of the popular form of 'Cinderella')(Bookend)(Column)Business, generalGould, Joan
My life: a proposal.Business, generalFrost, Polly
My tryst with Anonymous.(New York Time Book Review's May 19, 1996 article by 'Primary Colors' author Joe Klein)(Bookend)(Column)(Editorial)Business, generalMcGrath, Charles
No, really I am Anonymous. (author of 'Primary Colors')(Column)Business, generalAnonymous
Notable books of the year 1996.Business, general 
Oops! (poor reviews of books that became best-sellers or classics)Business, general 
Oppenheimer's Institute.(Robert Oppenheimer; Princeton Institute for Advanced Study)(Letter to the Editor)Business, generalKennan, George F.
Our 100-year affair with books.(Editorial)Business, generalMcGrath, Charles
Our Jerusalem.(literary history, America and Jerusalem)(Bookend)(Column)Business, generalRosen, Jonathan
Our Secret Century: Archival Films from the Darker Side of the American Dream.(Software Review)(Evaluation)Business, generalHine, Thomas
Paul Cezanne: Portrait of My World. (Software Review)(Evaluation)Business, generalChilds, Elizabeth
Presidential fiction, French-style. (novels about Francois Mitterrand)(Bookend)Business, generalWhitney, Craig R.
Publishing and other near-death experiences. (the publishing industry)(Column)Business, generalDaum, Meghan
Queen of the muckrackers. (Jessica Mitford)Business, generalIvins, Molly
Rehabilitating a monster.(academic acceptance of the Marquis de Sade)(Bookend)(Column)Business, generalShattuck, Roger
Revenge of the Christmas novels.(humor)(Column)Business, generalPlunket, Robert
Sans teeth. (state of poetry)(Column)Business, generalLopate, Phillip
Scott Fitzgerald slept here, briefly. (celebration of author's birthday in his hometown of St. Paul, Minnesota)(Column)Business, generalKeillor, Garrison
Selling 'Huck Finn' down the river. (criticism of Mark Twain's 'Huckleberry Finn')(Column)Business, generalKaplan, Justin
Shut up and eat!(recipes within novels and other dangerous trends)(Bookend)(Column)Business, generalKendrick, Walter
Speech with the weight of literature. (Mario Savio remembered)Business, generalLesser, Wendy
Summer reading. (recommended books)Business, general 
The anatomy of melancholy. (books that discuss mental depression)(Column)Business, generalKramer, Peter D.
The book that ruined Melville.(Herman Melville)Business, generalBrodhead, Richard H.
The fatal attraction of book publishing.(humor)(Bookend)(Column)Business, generalKaufman, Joanne
The 'Literary Supplement' comes of age: a history, of sorts, of the Book Review.Business, generalGross, John
The Muppet CD-ROM: Muppets Inside.(Software Review)(Evaluation)Business, generalOwen, David
Then and now in a small and distant land: one CD-ROM revisits Vietnam in the grip of war; another tours the country that emerged from the peace. (Software Review)(Evaluation)Business, generalProffitt, Nicholas
The National Gallery complete illustrated catalogue. (Software Review)(Evaluation)Business, generalPerl, Jed
The People's publishers: China's book scene.(Bookend)Business, generalTerrill, Ross
The reel woman: a fish story.(500th anniversary of the first fishing book)(Bookend)(Column)Business, generalSchullery, Paul
The reluctant poet.(Nobel laureate Wislawa Syzmborska)(Bookend)(Column)Business, generalBaranczak, Stanislaw
The singer of tales: on Joseph Brodsky.(Bookend)(Obituary)Business, generalHeaney, Seamus
The T.S. Eliot problem. (anti-Semitism in works by author T.S. Eliot)(Column)Business, generalLesser, Wendy
The word and the Web.(comparison of the Bible and the World Wide Web)(Column)Business, generalMendelson, Edward
The writer in prison.(Essay)(adapted from late author's forward to book, 'This Prison Where I Live: The PEN Anthology of Imprisoned Writers)(Column)Business, generalBrodsky, Joseph
Travel. (books about travel adventures)(Bibliography)Business, generalGrimes, William
Virtually a-wake. (obtaining electronic mail about the works of James Joyce)(Column)Business, generalSullivan, Robert
Way off Broadway with Pamela. (author describes a book tour)(Column)Business, generalWasserstein, Wendy
What's gained in translation.(translating Aleksandr Pushkin's 'Eugene Onegin')Business, generalHofstader, Douglas
You've read the book! Now sniff it! (satire on enhanced, high-tech books)Business, generalDouglas, Lawrence, George, Alexander
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