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IncorrectThoughts
NOTES ON OURWAYWARD CULTURE
John Leo
In this new volume of political essays and social commentary John leo.
U.S. News
&
World Report
contributing
editOl',
offers a lively alternative to the Washington-oriented slant of much political
journalism. Rejecting
the
dry insider's air of knowing punditry, Leo'sconversational style and acerbic
wit
engage the reader with his insightlul and humorous views of what isgoing on ineducation. law.
advertising. television, the news
media. language.
and the various liberation movements that are
shaping-and sometimes convulsing-the country. The unifying thread of
Incorrect Thoughts
is the
emergence of Political Correctness and its diffusion throughout American social and
cultural life.
Drawing from Ideas first presented Inhis
U.S. News and World Reporrcolumns
Leo charts the political
fever of acontentious and disordered period in Americansociety.At the same time his pointed humor.
long-term perspective and strong moral edge ensures his continuing importance to the debates of our time.
0·7658-0038·1
(cloth)
2000 327pp. $29.95
Looking for Mr. Nobody
THE SECRET LIFE OF GORONWY REES
Jenny Rees
With an introduction
by
Diana Trilling
GoronwyRees It9011-19191
was
one of
the
most gifted and promising figures in the constellation of British
poets. journaliSts. and intellectuals
01
the
t93o.. In this inlimale and revealing book
by
his daughter. Jenny
Rees confronts many of thequestions surrounding her controversial father. Was
he.
spy? Had he joined
ranks with other inlellecruals of his day such as lsauah Berlin and
Anthony
Blunt to pass secrets along to
the
Soviet Union? In
tooking for M, Nobody,
Jenny Reesprovides a fascinating personal portrait of a
brilliant but flawed man of letters. handsome and seductively charming. caught up in lhe radical. polilical
movement of his time.
0·7658·0688-6
(paper)
2000 295 pp.$24-95
Seagoing
MEMOIRS
John McCormick
The tiUe of John McConna'sautobiographical book may
be
taken both literallyand symbolically. In a literal
sense, going to seawasan early and powerful ambition,while seagoing isalso ametaphor for the twists and
tums in arootlesslife.a long voyaging.This is not aconventional autobiography.
It
is personalonly as
necessary
for
cortinuity.
and
neverconfessional. The essays center upon lelling episodes in the author'slife
and
strive fO( objectivity and accuracy aboot
the
recent pas,
both
personal and historical.He does so.as
he
YKites.without "any pretension
at
producing a true history."The events of hislife are necessarily unique to
him, thus
he
finds uniqueness inthe events that impinged upon him.
0·7658·0021·7
(cloth)
2000150 pp. $29.95
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