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Chart the boundless realms of the human psyche through literature. Book World examines the lives of influential writers and offers in-depth reviews of significant new fiction and nonfiction.

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May 2008 Contents
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BOOKS IN BRIEF

Baseball's Codes and the Life of Yogi Berra

by Larry Thornberry
FEATURED BOOK

Benazir Bhutto's Tryst with Reconciliation After Death

by Surekha Vijh

A Dynasty and its Monstrous Son

by Martin Sieff
REVIEWS

Of the Icons, in Their Words

by Carol Herman

Raucous Debates a Prelude to the Presidency

by Michael P. Riccards

How Conservatism Took Root

by Joseph C. Goulden

The '60s: The Long. Strange Decade

by James E. Person Jr.
WRITERS AND WRITING

Francis Parkman: Glimpses of a New World

by Fred Stern

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