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Lucky George A hugely entertaining oral history of the journalist and literary celebrity George Plimpton. The Joy of English A usage book from Roy Blount Jr. delights in language, ?sonicky? and otherwise. The Presidency That Roared Jon Meacham, the editor of Newsweek, discerns a democratic dignity in the seventh president?s populism. On Poetry: Love, Your Ted Ted Hughes?s letters are both an illuminating aesthetic record of a major poet and an opportunity to discuss the decades-long hoo-ha brought about by his relationship with Sylvia Plath. No Heroes A. B. Yehoshua?s novel wrestles with the complexities of Israeli identity. In His Own Write A novel about a working-class boyhood in Glasgow, told in Scots English. Bumpy Ride A study of all the criticism that has been directed against the car, and why none of it has seemed to matter. The Shrinking Woman Sylvia Brownrigg?s protagonist is a therapist with her own issues. The Exile?s Palette A biography of Marc Chagall explores his impulses, his art and his complicated relationship with Russia. Heavy Reading A critical look at the Great Books and what they have wrought.