Dwight Eisenhower and Richard Nixon 德怀特艾森豪威尔和理查德尼克松 The odd couple 欢喜冤家 They were more alike than is often thought 他们的相似之处比人们通常想的要多 Take a few swings 挥几杆 Ike and Dick: Portra

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Butterflies in America 美国的蝴蝶 To marvel at all things 所有事都值得惊奇 A splendid twinning of natural science and America 自然科学与美利坚民族的完美结合 Butterfly People: An American Encounter with the Beauty of the Wo

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Soviet history 苏联旧事 Stalin and his cursed cause 斯大林和他可憎的事业 High five for communism 为共产主义击掌 Stalin's Curse: Battling for Communism in War and Cold War. By Robert Gellately. 《斯大林的诅咒》:热冷战期

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The Cyrus cylinder 塞勒斯圆筒 Diplomatic whirl 外交漩涡 A show that tests the limits of cultural politics 一场巡展,一次文化政治学极限的考验 CYRUS THE GREAT, king of Persia and conqueror of Babylon in the sixth century BC, h

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America and the second world war 美国和二战 That special relationship 那种特殊的关系 Those Angry Days: Roosevelt, Lindbergh, and America's Fight Over World War II, 1939-1941. By Lynne Olson. 书名:《那些愤怒的日子:罗斯福、林

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Domestics in Britain 英国佣人 Life below stairs 阁楼下的生活 Servantsin their own words 仆人的自述 WINSTON CHURCHILL'S valet always said the great man could not dress himself: He sat there like a dummy and you dressed him. Whether anyo

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British politics 英国政治 She came, she saw, she conquered 她来过,领略过,征服过 A great biography of an extraordinary life 一本记录撒切尔夫人传奇人生的传记 Margaret ThatcherThe Authorised Biography, Volume I: From Gra

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New fiction 新小说 Fatty issue 胖子是个大问题 A thoughtful new work by an American original. 具有独创精神的美国作家带来富有创见的新作 Big Brother 《老大哥》 LIONEL SHRIVER knows the drawbacks of using her own family

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Early ballooning 早期的热气球 Shifting perspectives 转变的观点 Two rich tales about men, machines 两个有关男人、机械的精彩故事 Falling Upwards: How We Took to the Air.By Richard Holmes. 《向上降落》:我们是如何升空

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How money works 钱是如何运作的 Gold rush 淘金热 A good guide to the stuff in our pockets 一本关于我们囊中物的优秀指南 Money: The Unauthorised Biography. By Felix Martin. 《金钱:非授权自传》。作者:Felix Martin。

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America and South Asia 美国和南亚 Infernal triangle 坏到底的三角关系 A history of America's tangled dealings with India and Pakistan 美国应付印巴关系乱如麻的历史 A friendly wave from Mr Sharif 谢里夫挥舞着手臂以示友

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Telling jokes 谈独特玩笑 Have you heard the one 你有没有听过 Groucho Marx liked a good one Groucho Marx喜欢听精彩的 No Joke: Making Jewish Humour.By Ruth Wisse. 不许说笑:犹太式的玩笑 THIS sharp and thoughtful study presen

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Food 食物 The saucier's apprentices 烹饪学徒 Humanity's relationship with cookery is uniqueand shouldn't be lost By Michael Pollan. 生活与烹饪的独特关系不应被舍弃 Cooked: A Natural History of Transformation. 烹饪,转变的自然

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Books and arts 文艺 New fiction 最新小说 Comfort food 温馨食物 COOKING is a sensual experience. 烹饪是一种感官体验。 It has the power to comfort, unite and anchor a family in tradition. 传统上认为,它具有安逸、粘合和支

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Books and arts 文艺 John Kennedy's final days 肯尼迪最后的日子 When America wept 整个美国为之哭泣 JFK's Last Hundred Days: The Transformation of a Man and the Emergence of a Great President. 肯尼迪的最后百天:一个男人的转

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Women and work 女性和工作 Girl talk 女人之间的事 Working women today have it better than ever before. But few agree on how to help them rise furtheror whether they still need help at all 今天,职场女性的地位比过去已经有了显

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Books and arts 文艺 Bookreview 书评 Civil liberties 公民自由 Robocops 机械战警 Rise of the Warrior Cop: The Militarisation of America's Police Forces. By Radley Balko. 《战警的崛起:美国警力军事化》 RADLEY BALKO'S writing h

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Books and arts 文艺 Bookreview 书评 Post-war Britain 战后英国 When the tide turned 变革之后 Modernity Britain: Opening the Box, 1957-59. By David Kynaston. 《打开历史,认识1957-1959年间的英国现代主义》 EARLY in 1959 pass

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Germany and the euro 德国与欧元 The Merkel method 默克尔之道 Two books that take a close look at the woman at the centre of the euro crisis 两本深入观察这位处于欧元危机中心的女人的书 Angela Merkel: A Chancellorship Forg

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Venetian glass 威尼斯玻璃制品业 Blow up 吹制的艺术 How high art will come to the rescue of Venice's glassblowers (fingers crossed) 高雅艺术拯救威尼斯玻璃吹制匠(祈求好运) A pointedly new approach 新颖艺术 A CITY

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