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• You Shall Know Our Velocity 
  James Surowiecki Oct. 29, 2002
  
• I Don't Know How She Does It 
  Karen Karbo Oct. 22, 2002
  
• Live From New York: An Uncensored History of Saturday Night Live 
  Tim Appelo Oct. 15, 2002
  
• The New Biographical Dictionary of Film 
  David Edelstein Oct. 8, 2002
  
• Middlesex  
  Judith Shulevitz Sept. 17, 2002
  
• The Perfect Store 
  Andrew Chignell Aug. 19, 2002
  
• Making Books About Making Movies 
  J.D. Connor July 8, 2002
  
• The Russia Hand 
  Anne Applebaum June 7, 2002
  
• Leopards in the Temple 
  Christopher Caldwell June 4, 2002
  
• The Savage Wars of Peace: Small Wars and the Rise of American Power 
  James Gibney May 8, 2002
  
• Master of the Senate 
  David Greenberg April 30, 2002
  
• A terrorist shot Laura Blumenfeld's father; but what are her motives for revenge? 
  Jodi Kantor April 23, 2002
  
• Michael Frayn's Spies has too many "look-how-smart-I-am" moments. 
  Christopher Caldwell April 15, 2002
  
• Debating Ian McEwan's headgames. 
  Erik Tarloff March 18, 2002
  
• Media Unlimited 
  Sarah Lyall March 11, 2002
  
• The Female Eunuch 
  Judith Shulevitz March 5, 2002
  
• Achilles 
  Nell Minow Feb. 25, 2002
  
• All the King's Men 
  Christopher Caldwell Feb. 4, 2002
  
• Uplift 
  Jodi Kantor Jan. 28, 2002
  
• Martin Luther King Jr. 
  Ted Widmer Jan. 21, 2002