Books by Richard Stengel and Complete Book Reviews
Richard Stengel, Author Simon & Schuster $25 (320p) ISBN 978-0-684-85491-5
Flattery is one of the most base of our basic instincts--after all, it is calculated truth-twisting for personal gain. Following on the heels of Jeanette Walls's recent Dish: The Inside Story on the World of Gossip, this cultural history is a genial,
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Richard Stengel, Author Simon & Schuster $19.45 (202p) ISBN 978-0-671-64593-9
Time contributing editor Stengel offers a cross-section of South African society by tracing a typical day in the lives of three people: a white Afrikaner, a black activist and an Indian shopkeeper. Ronald de la Rey, a veterinarian and cattle...
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Richard Stengel, Author Holiday House $8.95 (208p) ISBN 978-0-671-73288-2
Profiles of three South Africans--a white supremacist, a black activist and an Indian shopkeeper belonging to the country's significant Asian minority--provide a cross section of a riven society. ``In his flat, careful recording of what he sees and...
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Richard Stengel, Author, Nelson Mandela, Foreword by, Nelson Mandela, Preface by Crown Archetype $23 (256p) ISBN 978-0-307-46068-4
After spending two years with Nelson Mandela collaborating on his autobiography, Long Walk to Freedom, author and Time managing editor Stengel (You're Too Kind) felt that leaving Mandela's side ""was like the sun going out of my life."" In
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