LONDON REVIEW OF BOOKS 2008 Thomas Mann Tony Harrison William Hazlitt Baghdad

Description: LONDON REVIEW OF BOOKSNovember 6th, 2008, Volume 30, Number 21 The London Review of Books is a British, fortnightly published magazine of literary, political and social commentary essays written by well-known authors, historians and academics. Typically the essays are long, well-researched, sometimes controversial, but always interesting. Exhibitions, film releases and book reviews are also covered, and each issue features a couple of poems. These back issues offer a great insight into the events and upheavals, political and social, global and local, that were occuring at the time. In this issue:Colm Tóibín - In the Shadow of the Magic Mountain: The Erika and Klaus Mann Story by Andrea Weiss Jenny Diski - All in the Mind by Alastair CampbellPankaj Mishra - The Post-American World by Fareed Zakaria; The Second World: Empires and Influence in the New Global Order by Parag KhannaColin Kidd - The Discovery of Islands: Essays in British History by J.G.A. Pocock; Barbarism and Religion. Vol. III: The First Decline and Fall by J.G.A. Pocock; Barbarism and Religion. Vol. IV: Barbarians, Savages and Empires by J.G.A. PocockDavid A. Bell - Napoleon’s Cursed War: Popular Resistance in the Spanish Peninsular War by Ronald FraserSusan Pedersen - ‘We Danced All Night’: A Social History of Britain between the Wars by Martin PughTony Harrison - Poem: ‘Wasted Ink’Adam Shatz - Memories of Eden: A Journey through Jewish Baghdad by Violette Shamash, edited by Mira Rocca and Tona Rocca; Baghdad, Yesterday: The Making of an Arab Jew by Sasson SomekhDaniel Soar - Short Cuts: Underground BunkersMatthew Bevis - New Writings of William Hazlitt: Volume I edited by Duncan Wu; New Writings of William Hazlitt: Volume II edited by Duncan Wu; William Hazlitt: The First Modern Man by Duncan WuMichael Wood - At the Movies: Blindness directed by Fernando MeirellesPeter Howarth - The Collected Prose of Robert Frost edited by Mark Richardson; The Notebooks of Robert Frost edited by Robert FaggenStephanie Burt - Watching the Spring Festival by Frank BidartElaine Showalter - American Wife by Curtis SittenfeldPeter Campbell - At the National Gallery: Renaissance FacesRachel Cohen - The Believers by Zoë HellerErvand Abrahamian - Ahmadinejad: The Secret History of Iran’s Radical Leader by Kasra Naji; The Road to Democracy in Iran by Akbar GanjiRoger Bland - Who Owns Antiquity? Museums and the Battle over Our Ancient Heritage by James CunoSanjay Subrahmanyam - Diary: Another Booker Flop 48 pages The magazines are large-format, measuring approximately 38cm by 27cm. They have been folded, and will be sent folded. Condition: The magazines have previously been folded (and will be sent folded). Generally the condition is very good, showing light reading wear and some minor creasing. The magazine pictured is the one you will receive. I accept returns, and if you’d like further information, please ask!DR 027 _gsrx_vers_1677 (GS 9.8.1 (1677))

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