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Books Briefly THE DIARY OF ANAIS NIN, edited by Gunther Stuhlmann (Harcourt Brace Jovanovich. Volume Six, 1955-1966. 414 pp. $12.95). In this past decade of renewed feminism, many women have become...

...WOMAN'S ALMANAC, edited by Kathryn Paulsen and Ryan A. Kuhn (J.B...
...For those who are still looking for sisterhood, Feminist Revolution is painful reading...
...He is convinced there is a "potential for coexistence" between winged predators and humankind...
...The articles are organized into twelve "how-to-handbooks" on subjects ranging from home repairs to medicine, education, and politics...
...200 pp...
...In this past decade of renewed feminism, many women have become devotees of Anais Nin, whose diaries have revealed her as a vital, impassioned woman, relentlessly analytical of herself and others, determined to find or create beauty in a harsh and difficult world...
...A biologist in wildlife management with the Department of the Interior, Olendorff here reports on a two-year study of America's "king of birds" in an area of cliffs, sagebrush, buffalo grass, and dry stream beds east of the Rockies...
...This otherwise compassionate woman loathes cynicism and politics, but her diaries are valuable for penetrating glimpses into herself and the many artists and writers with whom she has associated...
...GOLDEN EAGLE COUNTRY, by Richard R. Olendorff (Knopf...
...624 pp...
...magazine and an attack on liberal women in general for their refusal to define men as enemy and oppressor...
...His highly personal account includes coyote stories and observations of horned owls, badgers, hawks, and porcupines...
...He focuses on a few pairs of eagles as they court, mate, build their eyries, hatch, and raise their young...
...6.95...
...For historians, this vivid portrait of schism within the movement documents problems shared by many leftist groups: how (and whether) to choose leaders, deal with the press, and collaborate with moderates on particular issues...
...If this sounds like everything you will ever need to know, remember that the book touches on all these subjects in 624 pages...
...Box 413, New Paltz, NY 12561...
...This almanac is no quaint collection of weather forecasts and astrological charts, but a compendium of up-to-date information about everyday problems...
...FEMINIST REVOLUTION, edited by Kathie Sarachild (Redstockings, P.O...
...Woman's Almanac probably does offer something new for everyone, but that something might not be much...
...but if you already understand compound interest, you know everything you will find in those pages...
...Where to Put Your Savings" is a long entry at five pages...
...Advice on breast-feeding, making a will, playing poker, and running for political office is included along with a directory of organizations serving women across the country...
...202 pp...
...Lippincott...
...While this collection purports to discuss history, sex, politics, and work, the bulk of the book is essentially a bitter denunciation of Gloria Steinem and Ms...
...In acknowledging her intensely internalized view of humankind, she writes, "I feel I have accomplished what I hoped to accomplish: to reveal how personal errors influence the whole of history and that our real objective is to create a human being who will not go to war...
...She has been criticized as humorless and self-absorbed, but the newest volume contains many delightful and poignant anecdotes...
...Any faulting here is less for self-absorption than for lengthy letters and essays...
...A first-hand record of a trained eye for readers interested in wildlife and its preservation, illustrated with lithograph-like drawings by Robert Katona, an artist who has trained and flown hawks...

Vol. 40 • November 1976 • No. 11


 
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