Book Reviews

THE POLAR BEAR STRATEGY: Reflections on Risk in Modern Life. By John F. Ross. Perseus. 208 pp. $25

HOME TOWN. By Tracy Kidder. Random House. 338 pp. $25.95

The Abuse of Power in Pro Team Sports. By James Quirk and Rodney Fort. Princeton Univ. Press. 248 pp. $22.95

MARTIN LUTHER: The Christian between God and Death. By Richard Marius. Harvard Univ. Press. 542 pp. $35.

 

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BUILDING A PROTESTANT LEFT: Christianity and Crisis Magazine, 1941-1993. By Mark Hulsether. Univ.  of  Tenn. Press. 400 pp. $38

 

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DANGEROUS WATER: A Biography of the Boy Who Became Mark Twain. By Ron Powers. Basic. 328 pp. $24

TELLER OF TALES: The Life of Arthur Conan Doyle. By Daniel Stashower. Henry Holt. 412 pp. $32.50

WALKER EVANS. By James R. Mellow. Basic. 654 pp. $40

PREEMPTING THE HOLOCAUST. By Lawrence L. Langer. Yale Univ. Press. 207 pp. $27.50

GRAY DAWN: How the Coming Age Wave Will Transform America—and the World. By Peter G. Peterson. Times Books. 280 pp. $23

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