IT’S ONLY A MOVIE: Films and Critics in American Culture. By Raymond J. Haberski, Jr. Univ. Press of Kentucky. 264 pp. $27.50
SHIKSA GODDESS (OR, HOW I SPENT MY FORTIES): Essays. By Wendy Wasserstein. Knopf. 235 pages. $23
THE DEATH OF COMEDY. By Erich Segal. Harvard Univ. Press. 589 pp. $35
A COMPANY OF READERS: Uncollected Writings of W. H. Auden, Jacques Barzun, and Lionel Trilling from the Readers’ Subscription and Mid-Century Book Clubs. Ed. by Arthur Krystal. Free Press. 289 pp. $26
CLEAN NEW WORLD: Culture, Politics, and Graphic Design. By Maud Lavin. MIT Press. 201 pp. $27.95
GRAPHIC STYLE: From Victorian to Digital (rev. ed.). By Steven Heller and Seymour Chwast. Abrams. 240 pp. $24.95
COMMON PRAYERS: Faith, Family, and a Christian’s Journey through the Jewish Year. By Harvey Cox. Houghton Mifflin. 305 pp. $24
IN THERAPY WE TRUST: America’s Obsession with Self-Fulfillment. By Eva S. Moskowitz. Johns Hopkins Univ. Press. 358 pp. $34.95
KIERKEGAARD: A Biography. By Alastair Hannay. Cambridge Univ. Press. 496 pp. $34.95
BLOOD, SWEAT, AND TEARS: The Evolution of Work. By Richard Donkin. Texere. 374 pp. $27.95
WAR IN A TIME OF PEACE: Bush, Clinton, and the Generals. By David Halberstam. Scribner. 544 pp. $28