NYT Books in Review: “Counterculture Green,” “Dirty Diplomacy,” “Head and Heart,” “A Farewell to Alms”
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/12/09/books/review/Stern-t.html?ref=books&pagewanted=print
Counterculture Green: The Whole Earth Catalog and American Environmentalism, by Andrew G. Kirk
“The Whole Earth Catalog is a lens for viewing changing environmental attitudes in the 60s.”
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http://www.nytimes.com/2007/12/09/books/review/McKelvey2-t.html?pagewanted=print
Dirty Diplomacy: The Rough-and-Tumble Adventures of a Scotch-Drinking, Skirt-Chasing, Dictator-Busting and Thoroughly Unrepentant Ambassador Stuck on the Frontline of the War Against Terror, by Craig Murray
“A former British envoy describes the brutal reign of an ally in our war on terror.”
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http://www.nytimes.com/2007/12/09/books/review/Allitt-t.html?ref=books&pagewanted=print
Head and Heart: American Christianities, by Garry Wills
“Gary Wills on the two great threads of America’s religious history.”
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http://www.nytimes.com/2007/12/09/books/review/Friedman-t.html?ref=books&pagewanted=print
A Farewell to Alms: A Brief Economic History of the World, by Gregory Clark
“Does natural selection favor the rise of capitalist economies?”
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