RALPH: The Review of Arts, Literature, Philosophy, and the Humanities --- Table of Contents

**Issue #34**
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Late Winter, 2000
Title	Author	Publisher	Subject
Ants at Work: How an Insect Society Is Organized	Deborah Gordon	The Free Press	Natural History
Johann Sebastian Bach and the Aliens	Ignacio Schwartz	[Article]	History --- Music
The Cockroach Papers:[B] A Compendium of History and Lore*	Richard Schweid	Four Walls/Eight Windows	Natural History
The Zen of Oz:[B] Ten Spiritual Lessons from Over the Rainbow	Joey Green	Renaissance	Satire
The Autobiography of Joseph Stalin[B]*	Richard Lourie	Counterpoint	History --- Fictional
Will Rogers:[B] A Photo-Biography	Bryan B. Sterling and Frances N. Sterling	Taylor Publishing	Biography
Buddhism and Psychoanalysis: Dialogues in Psychoanalysis and Buddhism	Anthony Molino, Editor	North Point Press	Psychology, Eastern Religion
Dojo	Thomas Centolella	[Poem]	Poetry --- Contemporary American
Another Day of Life*	Ryszard Kapuscinski	Harcourt Brace Jovanovich	History --- Contemporary Russia
She Lives in a Big White House	Carlos Amantea	[Article]	Autobiography
How to Stop Time:[N] Heroin from A to Z	Anne Marlowe	Basic Books	Autobiography, Drugs
Opium:[N] A History	Martin Booth	St. Martins Press	History --- Drugs
Maiden Voyage[N]	Ann L. McLaughlin	John Daniel & Company	Fiction
The Internet For Dummies[N]	John R. Levine, Arnold Reinhold and Margaret Levine Young	IDG Books	How-To-Do-It
Looking for Our Twin	Saul Bellow	[Reading]	Philosophy
Tender Buttons	Gertrude Stein	[Poems]	Poetry --- Modern American
Tijuana Baby Jesus	Carlos Amantea	[Reading]	Fiction

[N]To be found under "New Listings"
[B]To be found under "Brief Reviews"
*Indicates a book that we found of especial merit

Issue #35
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Early Spring, 2000
Title Author Publisher Subject

Devil Take the Hindmost: A History of Financial Speculation Edward Chancellor Farrar Straus History --- Finance

Before the Storm:[B] Memories of My Youth in Old Prussia Marion, Countess Dönhoff Knopf Memoirs

The Innocents Within[B] Robert Daley Villard Fiction

Eternal Curse on the Reader of These Pages[B] Manuel Puig University of Minnesota Drama

Captain Hook: The Drunk of Puerto Perdido Carlos Amantea [Article] Travel --- Mexico

Dr. Freud: A Life Paul Ferris Counterpoint Biography

Funny Book Nominated for the Pulitzer Prize: Nobel Prize May Be in the Offing as Well Anonymous [Article] Satire

My Kitchen Wars: A Memoir Betty Fussell North Point/Farrar, Strauss Memoir

Nightmare:[N] The Underside of the Nixon Years J. Anthony Lukas University of Ohio History --- Contemporary

The Bachelors[N] Muriel Spark New Directions Fiction

What If?:[N] The World's Foremost Military Historians Imagine What Might Have Been Robert Cowley, Editor G. P. Putnam History, Fiction

The Night Inspector Frederick Busch Harmony Fiction --- Historical

Flight into Siberia Ryszard Kapuscinski [Reading] History --- Contemporary Russian

Tamerlane and Towers of Skulls Ryszard Kapuscinski [Reading] History --- Contemporary Russian

**Issue #35**
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Early Spring, 2000
Title	Author	Publisher	Subject
Devil Take the Hindmost: A History of Financial Speculation	Edward Chancellor	Farrar Straus	History --- Finance
Before the Storm:[B] Memories of My Youth in Old Prussia	Marion, Countess Dönhoff	Knopf	Memoirs
The Innocents Within[B]	Robert Daley	Villard	Fiction
Eternal Curse on the Reader of These Pages[B]	Manuel Puig	University of Minnesota	Drama
Captain Hook: The Drunk of Puerto Perdido	Carlos Amantea	[Article]	Travel --- Mexico
Dr. Freud: A Life	Paul Ferris	Counterpoint	Biography
Funny Book Nominated for the Pulitzer Prize: Nobel Prize May Be in the Offing as Well	Anonymous	[Article]	Satire
My Kitchen Wars: A Memoir	Betty Fussell	North Point/Farrar, Strauss	Memoir
Nightmare:[N] The Underside of the Nixon Years	J. Anthony Lukas	University of Ohio	History --- Contemporary
The Bachelors[N]	Muriel Spark	New Directions	Fiction
What If?:[N] The World's Foremost Military Historians Imagine What Might Have Been	Robert Cowley, Editor	G. P. Putnam	History, Fiction
The Night Inspector	Frederick Busch	Harmony	Fiction --- Historical
Flight into Siberia	Ryszard Kapuscinski	[Reading]	History --- Contemporary Russian
Tamerlane and Towers of Skulls	Ryszard Kapuscinski	[Reading]	History --- Contemporary Russian

[N]To be found under "New Listings"
[B]To be found under "Brief Reviews"

Issue #36
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Mid-Spring, 2000
Title Author Publisher Subject

Shooting the War:[B] Marine Corps Combat Photography in WWII Thayer Soule Kentucky History --- WWII

Bar Stories[B] Scott Brassart, Editor Alyson Short Stories --- Contemporary American

Grand Central Winter:[B] Stories from the Street Lee Stringer Washington Square Press Autobiography

Carousel: A Jean-Louis St-Cyr and Hermann Kohler Investigation J Robert Janes Soho Fiction

Notes of a Desolate Man Chu T'ien-Wen Columbia Fiction --- Contemporary Chinese

The Ideology of the Horizons Mohammed A. Bamyeh [Reading] History of Islam

Yuba City School Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni [Poem] Poetry --- Modern American

The Problem of Death and Suicide in Anorexia Nervosa Mara Selvini Palazzolli [Reading] Psychology --- Anorexia

The New World Order Pat Robertson Word Prophecy --- Religious

Plants with Nervous Breakdowns Blaise Cendrars [Reading] Travel --- South America

A Red, Red Rose Robert Burns [Poem] Poetry --- Scotland

Twilight: Losing Sight Gaining Insight Henry Grunwald Knopf Personal History

**Issue #36**
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Mid-Spring, 2000
Title	Author	Publisher	Subject
Shooting the War:[B] Marine Corps Combat Photography in WWII	Thayer Soule	Kentucky	History --- WWII
Bar Stories[B]	Scott Brassart, Editor	Alyson	Short Stories --- Contemporary American
Grand Central Winter:[B] Stories from the Street	Lee Stringer	Washington Square Press	Autobiography
Carousel: A Jean-Louis St-Cyr and Hermann Kohler Investigation	J Robert Janes	Soho	Fiction
Notes of a Desolate Man	Chu T'ien-Wen	Columbia	Fiction --- Contemporary Chinese
The Ideology of the Horizons	Mohammed A. Bamyeh	[Reading]	History of Islam
Yuba City School	Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni	[Poem]	Poetry --- Modern American
The Problem of Death and Suicide in Anorexia Nervosa	Mara Selvini Palazzolli	[Reading]	Psychology --- Anorexia
The New World Order	Pat Robertson	Word	Prophecy --- Religious
Plants with Nervous Breakdowns	Blaise Cendrars	[Reading]	Travel --- South America
A Red, Red Rose	Robert Burns	[Poem]	Poetry --- Scotland
Twilight: Losing Sight Gaining Insight	Henry Grunwald	Knopf	Personal History

[N]To be found under "New Listings"
[B]To be found under "Brief Reviews"

Issue #37
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Early Spring, 2000
Title Author Publisher Subject

Super Casino:[B] Inside the "New" Las Vegas Pete Earley Bantam Dell History --- Contemporary

Threads of Time:[B] Recollections Peter Brook Counterpoint Memoirs

Cider with Laurie:[B] Laurie Lee
Remembered Barbara Hooper Peter Owen/Dufour Editions Biography

Chamisal Carlos Amantea [Article] Travel --- Mexico

The Death of the Knight Geoffrey Chaucer [Poem] Literature --- Medieval English

The Double Monster Vladimir Nabokov [Reading] Literature --- Contemporary

The Ice-Cream Man Carlos Amantea [Article] Travel --- Mexico

Between Silk and Cyanide: A Codemaker's War 1941 - 1945* Leo Marks Free Press History --- WWII

The Best Guide to Meditation[N] Victor N. Davich Renaissance How-To-Do-It

The Heart of Sufism:[N] The Essential Writings of Hazrat Inayat Khan H.J. Witteveen, Editor Shambhala Eastern Religion

I Could Tell You Stories:[N] Sojourns in the Land of Memory Patricia Hampl Norton Essays

Waiting Ha Jin Pantheon Contemporary Chinese Fiction

**Issue #37**
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Early Spring, 2000
Title	Author	Publisher	Subject
Super Casino:[B] Inside the "New" Las Vegas	Pete Earley	Bantam Dell	History --- Contemporary
Threads of Time:[B] Recollections	Peter Brook	Counterpoint	Memoirs
Cider with Laurie:[B] Laurie Lee Remembered	Barbara Hooper	Peter Owen/Dufour Editions	Biography
Chamisal	Carlos Amantea	[Article]	Travel --- Mexico
The Death of the Knight	Geoffrey Chaucer	[Poem]	Literature --- Medieval English
The Double Monster	Vladimir Nabokov	[Reading]	Literature --- Contemporary
The Ice-Cream Man	Carlos Amantea	[Article]	Travel --- Mexico
Between Silk and Cyanide: A Codemaker's War 1941 - 1945*	Leo Marks	Free Press	History --- WWII
The Best Guide to Meditation[N]	Victor N. Davich	Renaissance	How-To-Do-It
The Heart of Sufism:[N] The Essential Writings of Hazrat Inayat Khan	H.J. Witteveen, Editor	Shambhala	Eastern Religion
I Could Tell You Stories:[N] Sojourns in the Land of Memory	Patricia Hampl	Norton	Essays
Waiting	Ha Jin	Pantheon	Contemporary Chinese Fiction

[N]To be found under "New Listings"
[B]To be found under "Brief Reviews"
*Indicates a book that we found of especial merit

Issue #38
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Late Late Spring, 2000
Title Author Publisher Subject

Doing the Tarantella at the Barnes Foundation L. W. Milam [Article] Art --- Memoirs

Flu:[B] The Story of the Great Influenza Pandemic of 1918 and the Search for the Virus that Caused it Gina Kolata Farrar Straus & Giroux Case study in medical history

The Love You Promised Me[B] Silvia Molina Curbstone Contemporary Latina Fiction

Death du Jour[B] Kathy Reichs Scribner Murder

The Three Principal Aspects of the Path Geshe Sonam Rinchen Snow Lion Buddhist Practice

Where the Roots Reach for Water Jeffrey Smith North Point Psychology and Depression

The Newton Letter[N] John Banville David R. Godine Fiction

A Doll's House[N] Henrik Ibsen Ivan R. Dee Drama

The Autobiography of Joseph Stalin[N]* Richard Lourie Counterpoint Fiction

Lost Property: Memoirs and Confessions of a Bad Boy Ben Sonnenberg Counterpoint Autobiography

Flow Gently, Sweet Afton Robert Burns [Poem] Classical Scots Poetry

Ten Great Books for the Spring The Editors of RALPH [List] Worthy Books

**Issue #38**
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Late Late Spring, 2000
Title	Author	Publisher	Subject
Doing the Tarantella at the Barnes Foundation	L. W. Milam	[Article]	Art --- Memoirs
Flu:[B] The Story of the Great Influenza Pandemic of 1918 and the Search for the Virus that Caused it	Gina Kolata	Farrar Straus & Giroux	Case study in medical history
The Love You Promised Me[B]	Silvia Molina	Curbstone	Contemporary Latina Fiction
Death du Jour[B]	Kathy Reichs	Scribner	Murder
The Three Principal Aspects of the Path	Geshe Sonam Rinchen	Snow Lion	Buddhist Practice
Where the Roots Reach for Water	Jeffrey Smith	North Point	Psychology and Depression
The Newton Letter[N]	John Banville	David R. Godine	Fiction
A Doll's House[N]	Henrik Ibsen	Ivan R. Dee	Drama
The Autobiography of Joseph Stalin[N]*	Richard Lourie	Counterpoint	Fiction
Lost Property: Memoirs and Confessions of a Bad Boy	Ben Sonnenberg	Counterpoint	Autobiography
Flow Gently, Sweet Afton	Robert Burns	[Poem]	Classical Scots Poetry
Ten Great Books for the Spring	The Editors of RALPH	[List]	Worthy Books

[N]To be found under "New Listings"
[B]To be found under "Brief Reviews"
*Indicates a book that we found of especial merit

Issue #39
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Early Summer, 2000
Title Author Publisher Subject

Peel My Love Like an Onion[B] Ana Castillo Doubleday Latina Fiction

Glorie[B] Caryn James Penguin Fiction, Old Age

Boy with Loaded Gun:[B] A Memoir* Lewis Nordan Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill Fiction --- Growing Up

Nagarjunas "Seventy Stanzas:" A Buddhist Psychology of Emptiness David Ross Komito Snow Lion 70 Stanzas on Phenomena

García-Lorca's Afro Elizabeth Gold [Reading] Teaching Poetry in Public School

Bob Marley and the 3AM Blues Carlos Amantea [Reading] Mexico and Aging

Death in the Mountains Carlos Amantea [Reading] Crossing the Border

The Winner of the Slow Bicycle Race[N] Paul Krassner Seven Stories Essays

The Supreme Source:[N] The Fundamental Tantra of the Dzogchen Semde Kunjed Gyalpo Chögyal Namkhai Norbu, Adriano Clemente Snow Lion Dzogchen

Flyboy Action Figure Comes with Gasmask[N] Jim Munroe Spike Modern Fiction

Florence Nightingale: Avenging Angel Hugh Small St. Martin's Press Biography

Three Poems Teachers & Writers [Poems] Poetry by Students

A Frozen Hell: The Russo-Finnish Winter War of 1939 - 40 William R. Trotter Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill WWII history

**Issue #39**
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Early Summer, 2000
Title	Author	Publisher	Subject
Peel My Love Like an Onion[B]	Ana Castillo	Doubleday	Latina Fiction
Glorie[B]	Caryn James	Penguin	Fiction, Old Age
Boy with Loaded Gun:[B] A Memoir*	Lewis Nordan	Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill	Fiction --- Growing Up
Nagarjunas "Seventy Stanzas:" A Buddhist Psychology of Emptiness	David Ross Komito	Snow Lion	70 Stanzas on Phenomena
García-Lorca's Afro	Elizabeth Gold	[Reading]	Teaching Poetry in Public School
Bob Marley and the 3AM Blues	Carlos Amantea	[Reading]	Mexico and Aging
Death in the Mountains	Carlos Amantea	[Reading]	Crossing the Border
The Winner of the Slow Bicycle Race[N]	Paul Krassner	Seven Stories	Essays
The Supreme Source:[N] The Fundamental Tantra of the Dzogchen Semde Kunjed Gyalpo	Chögyal Namkhai Norbu, Adriano Clemente	Snow Lion	Dzogchen
Flyboy Action Figure Comes with Gasmask[N]	Jim Munroe	Spike	Modern Fiction
Florence Nightingale: Avenging Angel	Hugh Small	St. Martin's Press	Biography
Three Poems	Teachers & Writers	[Poems]	Poetry by Students
A Frozen Hell: The Russo-Finnish Winter War of 1939 - 40	William R. Trotter	Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill	WWII history

[N]To be found under "New Listings"
[B]To be found under "Brief Reviews"
*Indicates a book that we found of especial merit

Issue #40
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Early Summer, 2000
Title Author Publisher Subject

Two Moons[B] Thomas Mallon Pantheon Novel about 19th Century

Mr. Darwin's Shooter[B] Roger McDonald Penguin Novel --- Travels with Darwin

Guru Yoga[B] Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche Snow Lion Tibetan Buddhism

The Chocolate Soldier P. J. Mierly [Poem] Contemporary Gay Poetry

Colors of the Mountain Da Chin Random House Contemporary Chinese Literature

A Witch's Magic Carlos Amantea [Reading] Mexican Customs

The Boy on the Green Bicycle: A Memoir Margaret Diehl Soho Autobiography

You Can't Win* Jack Black AK/Nabat Memoirs of Thievery

Find Jovial Squaw by Aquarium Anon [Reading] New York City in the 1930s

Mockingbird Years: A Life in and Out of Therapy Emily Fox Gordon Basic Books Autobiography

Mao Zedong[N] Jonathan Spence Viking/Penguin Biography

Geeks:[N] How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet out of Idaho Jon Katz Villard Computer Geeks

100 Days:[N] My Unexpected Journey from Doctor to Patient David Biro Pantheon Illness and Doctors

Letter to a Substitute Teacher Gary Gildner [Poem] Contemporary Poetry

Terence McKenna on Death and
Dying Erik Davis [Interview] Interview on Dying

**Issue #40**
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Early Summer, 2000
Title	Author	Publisher	Subject
Two Moons[B]	Thomas Mallon	Pantheon	Novel about 19th Century
Mr. Darwin's Shooter[B]	Roger McDonald	Penguin	Novel --- Travels with Darwin
Guru Yoga[B]	Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche	Snow Lion	Tibetan Buddhism
The Chocolate Soldier	P. J. Mierly	[Poem]	Contemporary Gay Poetry
Colors of the Mountain	Da Chin	Random House	Contemporary Chinese Literature
A Witch's Magic	Carlos Amantea	[Reading]	Mexican Customs
The Boy on the Green Bicycle: A Memoir	Margaret Diehl	Soho	Autobiography
You Can't Win*	Jack Black	AK/Nabat	Memoirs of Thievery
Find Jovial Squaw by Aquarium	Anon	[Reading]	New York City in the 1930s
Mockingbird Years: A Life in and Out of Therapy	Emily Fox Gordon	Basic Books	Autobiography
Mao Zedong[N]	Jonathan Spence	Viking/Penguin	Biography
Geeks:[N] How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet out of Idaho	Jon Katz	Villard	Computer Geeks
100 Days:[N] My Unexpected Journey from Doctor to Patient	David Biro	Pantheon	Illness and Doctors
Letter to a Substitute Teacher	Gary Gildner	[Poem]	Contemporary Poetry
Terence McKenna on Death and Dying	Erik Davis	[Interview]	Interview on Dying

[N]To be found under "New Listings"
[B]To be found under "Brief Reviews"
*Indicates a book that we found of especial merit

Issue #41
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Early Mid-Summer, 2000
Title Author Publisher Subject

Squandering Aimlessly: My Adventures in the American Marketplace David Brancaccio Simon & Schuster Contemporary American Finance

Simon's Family:[B] A Novel of Two Families Marianne Fredriksson Ballentine Swedish Coming-of-Age

Moth Smoke[B] Mohsin Hamid Farrar Straus Pakistan Coming-of-Age

The Statement, The Magician's Wife[B] Brian Moore Flamingo Moralistic Fiction

Every Man for Himself[B] Beryl Bainbridge Abacus Fiction

England, England Julian Barnes Picador Fiction

The Fisherman's Son[B] Michael Koepf Broadway Books Fiction

Archangel[B] Robert Harris Random House Fiction

Hannibal[B] Ross Leckie Abacus Fiction

Thinking In Pictures[B] Temple Grandin Vintage Books Autism

A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius Dave Eggers Simon & Schuster Growing Up

My Father's Castles Candia McWilliam [Reading] Coming-of-Age

Lovers Set in Stone Carlos Amantea [Article] Mexican Religious Studies

Matisse and the Hub of the Wheel Henry Miller [Reading] Paris in the 1920s

About Town: The New Yorker and the World It Made Ben Yagoda Scribner History of The New Yorker

Across the Top of the World:[N] The Quest for the Northwest Passage James P. Delgado Checkmark History of Travel

When Mountains Walked[N] Kate Wheeler Houghton Mifflin Fiction --- South America

Scenes from the End:[N] The Last Days of World War II in Europe Frank E. Manuel Steerforth Memoirs of the end of WWII

'Tis: A Memoir* Frank McCourt Scribner Coming-of-Age, New York City

The RALPH Top Pops RALPH Editors [List] The Most Popular Reviews

**Issue #41**
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Early Mid-Summer, 2000
Title	Author	Publisher	Subject
Squandering Aimlessly: My Adventures in the American Marketplace	David Brancaccio	Simon & Schuster	Contemporary American Finance
Simon's Family:[B] A Novel of Two Families	Marianne Fredriksson	Ballentine	Swedish Coming-of-Age
Moth Smoke[B]	Mohsin Hamid	Farrar Straus	Pakistan Coming-of-Age
The Statement, The Magician's Wife[B]	Brian Moore	Flamingo	Moralistic Fiction
Every Man for Himself[B]	Beryl Bainbridge	Abacus	Fiction
England, England	Julian Barnes	Picador	Fiction
The Fisherman's Son[B]	Michael Koepf	Broadway Books	Fiction
Archangel[B]	Robert Harris	Random House	Fiction
Hannibal[B]	Ross Leckie	Abacus	Fiction
Thinking In Pictures[B]	Temple Grandin	Vintage Books	Autism
A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius	Dave Eggers	Simon & Schuster	Growing Up
My Father's Castles	Candia McWilliam	[Reading]	Coming-of-Age
Lovers Set in Stone	Carlos Amantea	[Article]	Mexican Religious Studies
Matisse and the Hub of the Wheel	Henry Miller	[Reading]	Paris in the 1920s
About Town: The New Yorker and the World It Made	Ben Yagoda	Scribner	History of The New Yorker
Across the Top of the World:[N] The Quest for the Northwest Passage	James P. Delgado	Checkmark	History of Travel
When Mountains Walked[N]	Kate Wheeler	Houghton Mifflin	Fiction --- South America
Scenes from the End:[N] The Last Days of World War II in Europe	Frank E. Manuel	Steerforth	Memoirs of the end of WWII
'Tis: A Memoir*	Frank McCourt	Scribner	Coming-of-Age, New York City
The RALPH Top Pops	RALPH Editors	[List]	The Most Popular Reviews

[N]To be found under "New Listings"
[B]To be found under "Brief Reviews"
*Indicates a book that we found of especial merit

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