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Title	Author	Description
Letters from Russia Letters from Russia	Astolphe de Custine Custine	The Marquis de Custine's record of his trip to Russia in 1839 is a brilliantly perceptive, even prophetic, account of one of the world's most fascinating and troubled countries. Contributors: Anka Muhlstein
Looking Back Looking Back	Baker	In these eleven essays, all originally published in The New York Review of Books, Russell Baker looks back on a group of iconic public figures from his own past.
Looking Back: Heroes, Rascals, and Other Icons of the American Imagination Looking Back	Russell Baker Baker	In these eleven essays, all originally published in The New York Review of Books, Russell Baker looks back on a group of iconic public figures from his own past.
The Lore and Language of Schoolchildren Lore and Language of Schoolchildren	Iona and Peter Opie Opie	The Lore and Language of Schoolchildren is a pathbreaking work of scholarship that is also a splendid and enduring work of literature. Contributors: Marina Warner
Madame de Pompadour Madame de Pompadour	Nancy Mitford Mitford	Nancy Mitford's delightfully candid biography re-creates the spirit of eighteenth-century Versailles with its love of pleasure and treachery. Contributors: Amanda Foreman
Miami and the Siege of Chicago Miami and the Siege of Chicago	Norman Mailer Mailer	1968 was one of the most tumultuous years in American politics and society, the effects of which reverberate today. Norman Mailer was on the ground, covering Nixon's relentlessly stage-managed nomination in Miami as well as the Democratic convention in Chicago—where the violence at the heart of the American dream exploded on the streets. Contributors: Frank Rich
The Moro Affair Moro Affair	Leonardo Sciascia Sciascia	The Moro Affair presents a chilling picture of how a secretive government and a ruthless terrorist faction help to keep each other in business. Contributors: Peter Robb , Sacha Rabinovitch
Moura: The Dangerous Life of the Baroness Budberg Moura	Nina Berberova Berberova	In this legendary biography, an unusual labor of love, Berberova paints a portrait of the ultimate survivor, a woman who made her life a triumph of fiction. Contributors: Marian Schwartz, Richard D. Sylvester
My Century My Century	Aleksander Wat Wat	The great Polish poet Aleksander Wat's memoirs provide a powerful and moving account of life in Eastern Europe in the terrible twentieth century. Contributors: Czesław Miłosz , Richard Lourie
Names on the Land: A Historical Account of Place-Naming in the United States Names on the Land	George R. Stewart Stewart	Organized thematically (sample chapters: "Yankee Flavor," "America Discovers Columbus," and "How Names Were Symbols of Empire") this lighthearted book will be a delight for anyone who ever wondered how their hometown, or (more likely) the next town over, could be called that. Contributors: Matt Weiland