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一目見て、すぐに感じることは？

さすが、人種のるつぼ、多様性、ディバーシティこそ、サバイバルの原点だ・・・


その意味は？　多様性から、新たな発見がある・・・


だと、個人的には思っています。。。

On the Cover of Sunday's Book Review

'The Routes of Man'

By TED CONOVER
Reviewed by WILLIAM T. VOLLMANN

Ted Conover's globe-spanning travelogues can be fascinating in themselves, and his meditations on highways are thoughtful, temperate and generous.

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Also in This Week's Book Review

'The Death of American Virtue: Clinton vs. Starr'

By KEN GORMLEY
Reviewed by RICHARD L. BERKE

Recounting the Clinton-Starr clash, a law professor creates a case study in political excess.

'Conspirata: A Novel of Ancient Rome'

By ROBERT HARRIS
Reviewed by FRANK BRUNI

Robert Harris's latest historical novel follows Marcus Tullius Cicero through the dangers of his tumultuous consulship.

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'Apparition and Late Fictions'

By THOMAS LYNCH
Reviewed by WILLIAM GIRALDI

Thomas Lynch, a poet and a mortician, depicts lives unstrung by the end of things. But nihilism is nowhere in these tales, and love is everywhere embraced.

'February'

By LISA MOORE
Reviewed by SYLVIA BROWNRIGG

Lisa Moore's tough Newfoundlander heroine is haunted by the death of her husband.

'The Secret Life of Emily Dickinson'

By JEROME CHARYN
Reviewed by CARYN JAMES

Jerome Charyn imagines an Emily Dickinson consumed with obsessive desire for a handyman, a scholar and other fictional men.

'The Poker Bride'

By CHRISTOPHER CORBETT
Reviewed by DOMINIQUE BROWNING

The story of the tens of thousands of immigrant Chinese who came to the western United States in the gold rush's wake.

'Eight White Nights'

By ANDRÉ ACIMAN
Reviewed by JENNIFER EGAN

The relationship of the urban pair in André Aciman's novel is depicted in a welter of cogitation, with a big hand from Eric Rohmer and Proust.

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'The Room and the Chair'

By LORRAINE ADAMS
Reviewed by JOSHUA HAMMER

A novel that combines newsroom drama, espionage and military adventure.

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'The Politics of Happiness'

By DEREK BOK
Reviewed by ALAN WOLFE

Derek Bok, a former president of Harvard, argues that the government should enact public policies based on social scientists' understanding of what makes us happy.

'All Hopped Up and Ready to Go'

By TONY FLETCHER
Reviewed by BEN RATLIFF

A social history of New York's music scene and the cultural mix that helped bring about a fertile 50-year period, from 1927 to 1977.

'My Times in Black and White'

By GERALD M. BOYD
Reviewed by ROBERT S. BOYNTON

The posthumous memoir of The Times's first black managing editor.

'The Strong Horse'

By LEE SMITH
Reviewed by WENDELL STEAVENSON

This nuanced polemic argues that Mideast violence may be a local product, not the result of a culture clash with the West.

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