New books — From the January 2012 issue
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New books — From the January 2012 issue
New books — From the October 2008 issue
New books — From the November 2004 issue
Readings — From the November 1991 issue
Readings — From the February 1990 issue
Readings — From the January 1989 issue
Palpitations — From the September 1983 issue
Nine hundred pages of criticism prove that John Updike is no air-dancing dandy
Books — From the January 1979 issue
Books — From the December 1976 issue
Books in brief — From the July 1970 issue
Books in brief — From the September 1966 issue
Books in brief — From the January 1966 issue
The new books — From the April 1963 issue
Bedford, Fielding, Larkin, Updike, Wagner, Williams, Bassing, Marcus
After hours — From the May 1958 issue
Amount British Nuclear Fuels paid the British Scouts last year to add its logo to their scientist badge:
Roughly 80 percent of U.S. cocaine was thought to be contaminated with a drug that causes skin tissues to rot.
Ohio was judged to be the most profane state.
“This is the heart of the magic factory, the place where medicine is infused with the miracles of science, and I’ve come to see how it’s done.”
