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How to sell your soul

From International Social Science Review, a review of Hillary Rodham Clinton: Polarizing First Lady by Gil Troy; a review of Memo to a New President: The Art and Science of Presidential Leadership by Michael Genovese; a review of Sanford Levinson's Our Undemocratic Constitution: Where the Constitution Goes Wrong (and How We the People Can Correct It); and more on Paul Collier's The Bottom Billion. Learning to love the bomb: A review of The Dynamite Club: How a Bombing in Fin-de-Siecle Paris Ignited the Age of Modern Terror by John Merriman and The Day Wall Street Exploded: A Story of America in Its First Age of Terrorism by Beverly Gage (and more from Bookforum). Only makes you stronger: Walter Russell Mead on why the recession bolstered America. From New Scientist, a series on the six biggest mysteries of out solar system. Davos Man, confused: Why the world's economic leaders blame the catastrophe on the system instead of themselves. Disco Fever: Disco isn’t dead, but you might be surprised where it’s still kicking. How to sell your soul to Corporate America: Some graduates are taking this whole "entering society" thing a little lighter than others. A review of Why Us? How Science Rediscovered the Mystery of Ourselves by James Le Fanu. Correctiquette: Ready to improve someone's language? Hold on.