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Salon.com February 2, 2001 Bill Wyman |
"The Constant Gardener" by John le Carre In his darkest novel yet, the master of literary espionage pits a mild-mannered diplomat against a greedy pharmaceutical company that tortures and murders its critics...  |
Salon.com February 2, 2001 Daryl Lindsey |
A crack in the wall The publication of "The Tiananmen Papers," the first look behind the scenes at how the Communist Party leadership decided to crush the democracy movement, is a historic event -- and may have far-reaching consequences for China...  |
Salon.com February 2, 2001 Daryl Lindsey |
Vetting the "Tiananmen Papers" Berkeley professor Orville Schell discusses his role in the publication of papers that shed new light on the Chinese government's crackdown on the 1989 student uprising...  |
Salon.com February 1, 2001 Michael Joseph Gross |
Hard-wired for God? A Christian takes issue with a book claiming that religion is merely a trick of evolution...  |
Mother Jones February 2001 Tom Wicker |
Stirring Recollections How do you pick the best writing to come out of the civil-rights movement? Tom Wicker -- who has covered the politics of race since the '60s -- examines a new anthology and finds some long-lost treasures...  |
Salon.com January 31, 2001 Peter Kurth |
Duchess dearest A dodgy new book claims that Wallis Simpson was genetically a man and romanced a much younger gay playboy...  |
Salon.com January 29, 2001 Maria Russo |
Dark horses and doorstops Some very heavy reading awaits those who will pick the winners of this year's National Book Critics' Circle Awards...  |
Salon.com January 29, 2001 Janet Reitman |
Bang-bang girl An ex-photojournalist who brags about screwing half the foreign press corps is no feminist hero -- she's just an opportunist. A review of Shutterbabe: Adventures in Love and War by Deborah Copaken Kogan...  |
Salon.com January 26, 2001 Michael Scott Moore |
"The Hole in the Universe" by K.C. Cole An engaging new book explores the riddles of space, from string theory to the possibility that the universe is a holographic projection...  |
Salon.com January 25, 2001 E.J. Graff |
A gold star for tedium Do the Newbery Medal-winning children's books really have to be so dreary?  |
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