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And the Winner Is . . . , Emanuel Levy (Ungar). The author offers a history of the “celluloid carnival” and cautious, reasoned theories about “Oscar’s global impact on society” (Hal Kanter).

An Arrow in the Wall, Andrei Voznesensky; editors and translators William Jay Smith and Frank Reeve et al (Holt). The best of Andrei Voznesensky’s poetry “is the confluence of energetic emotion, precise, compelling, often bizarre imagery, political innuendo, and the fluid colloquialism of his voice” (Anne Leaton).

Nicobobinus, Terry Jones (Peter Bedrick Books). The author, a member of Monty Python, “blends his wacky humor with his zeal for medieval history into an adventure so rowdy and preposterous, children will surely love it” (Kristiana Gregory).

Warren Beatty and Desert Eyes: A Life and a Story, David Thomson (Doubleday). “Even among superstars, Thomson demonstrates with lucidity and grace, Beatty is special” (Charles Champlin).