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Robert B. Silvers is co-editor of The New York Review of Books. Prior to joining the Review, Mr. Silvers was, from 1959 to 1963, associate editor of Harper's magazine, editor of the book Writing in America and translator of La Gangrene. Before that, Mr. Silvers lived in Paris for six years (1952 to 1958), where he served with the U.S. Army at SHAPE Headquarters and attended the Sorbonne and Ecole des Sciences Politiques. He joined the editorial board of The Paris Review in 1954 and became Paris editor in 1956. He also worked as press secretary to Governor Chester Bowles in 1950. Mr. Silvers, who graduated from the University of Chicago in 1947, was born in Mineola, New York.
 | The Consequences to Come This collection of essays from The New York Review of Books looks back at the legacy of Bush, Cheney, and Rove, and ahead to the challenges and opportunities that will face America during the next administration. Contributors include Mark Danner, Joan Didion, Jonathan Freedland, Peter Galbraith, Joseph Lelyveld, Jonathan Raban, Frank Rich, Arthur Schlesinger Jr, and Michael Tomasky. Price: $11.96 (20% off) |
 | The Company They Kept Our most remarkable writers share what has influenced them the most: each other. Price: $19.96 (20% off) |
 | Five Performing Arts In these essays, five of our most accomplished artists and critics explore questions of technique and interpretation in the performing arts. Price: $11.20 (20% off) |
 | The Legacy of Isaiah Berlin (paperback) The papers given at the New York Institute for the Humanities conference collected in this volume concentrate on three aspects of Berlin's concept of pluralism. Price: $11.96 (20% off) |
 | Striking Terror A collection of pieces by some of The New York Review of Books most distinguished writers on America's new war against terror. Price: $11.96 (20% off) |
 | Doing It: Five Performing Arts In these essays, five of our most accomplished artists and critics explore questions of technique and interpretation in the performing arts. Price: $15.96 (20% off) |
 | The Legacy of Isaiah Berlin The two days of discussion preserved here demonstrate the continuing vitality and relevance of Isaiah Berlin's thought in today's social and political debates. Price: $18.36 (20% off) |
 | India: A Mosaic Nine essays on India, all originally published in The New York Review of Books. Price: $19.96 (20% off) |
 | Hidden Histories of Science (paperback) These essays demonstrate that science is, in the words of Oliver Sacks, "a human enterprise through and through, an organic, evolving, human growth, with sudden spurts and arrests, and strange deviations, too." Price: $11.96 (20% off) |
 | Hidden Histories of Science "Robert Silvers, the editor, has inspired a rewarding collection of good writing. Even where the substance inflames, the literary excellence assuages."—Walter Gratzer, Nature Price: $15.96 (20% off) |
 | The First Anthology Published in conjunction with The New York Review's 30th anniversary, this striking compendium features some of the world's most distinguished writing on literature, politics, history, and culture. Price: $22.00 (20% off) |
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