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Reviewing the Legends: Nonfiction

  • NONFICTION

    SILENT SPRING

    SEPT. 27, 1962

NONFICTION

SILENT SPRING

by Rachel Carson

The book is not entirely negative; final chapters indicate roads of reversal, before it is too late! Full review >

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  • NONFICTION

    THE ELEMENTS OF STYLE

    MAY 15, 1972

NONFICTION

THE ELEMENTS OF STYLE

by William Strunk & E.B. White

Stricter than, say, Bergen Evans or W3 ("disinterested" means impartial — period), Strunk is in the last analysis... Full review >

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