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The article reviews the book "High-Speed Dreams: NASA and the Technopolitics of Supersonic Transportation, 1945-1999, " Erik M. Conway.

The article reviews several books including "Les chemins de fer privés des Franches Montagnes: Naissance, exploitation et défis d'un réseau 1892-1943" (Private railways of the Franches Mountains: Birth, Exploitation and Challenges of a Network 1892-1943) by Sophie Lachat, "La bataille de la route" (The Battle for the Road) by Arnaud Passalacqua, and "Palm Oil and Small Chop" by John Goble.

The article reviews several books including "Unreliable Sources: How the 20th Century was Reported," by John Simpson, "Inside the Danger Zones: Travels to Arresting Places," by Paul Moorcraft and "Chasing the Devil: The Search for Africa's Fighting Spirit," by Tim Butcher.

Reviews two books on development of space sciences in the United States. "Seeking the Future of the International Space Legal Regime: Old Wine in New Skins," by Everett C. Dolman; and "Astropolitik: Classical Geopolitics in the Space Age," by Everett C. Dolman.

Reviews the novel `Naked Lunch,' by William S. Burroughs. Comparison with `On the Road,' by Jack Kerouac; Mythology of the Beat generation; Kerouac's talks to his muse; Burroughs' drug addiction; Burroughs' belief that he had a lot in common with the ancient mariner.

Gary L. Geipel, Ed., Germany in a New Era, Indianapolis, IN: Hudson Institute, 1993. Seth Carus, Cruise Missile Proliferation in the 1990s. Westport, CT: Praeger, 1992. Willard C. Frank, Jr., and Phillip S. Gillette, eds., Soviet Military Doctrine from Lenin to Gorbachev, 1915–1991, (Westport, CT: Greenwood Press, 1992). Roger H. Nye, The Patton Mind: The Professional Development of an Extraordinary Leader. Garden City Park, NY: Avery Publishing Group, 1993. 212 pp. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

The article reviews the book "Genetic Nature/Culture: Anthropology and Science beyond the Two-Culture Divide," edited by Alan H. Goodman, Deborah Heath and M. Susan Lindee.

The article reviews the book "Before the Beginning," by Martin Rees.

The article reviews the book "Chaos: The Science of Predictable Random Motion," by Richard Kautz.

The article reviews the book "High-Speed Dreams: NASA and the Technopolitics of Supersonic Transportation 1945-1999," by Erik M. Conway.

The article reviews the book "The Rise and Fall of HMOs: An American Health Care Revolution," by Jan Gregoire Coombs.

Reviews the book "Canal Boatmen's Missions," by Wendy Freer and Gill Foster.

Reviews the book "Aircraft," by David Pascoe.

Reviews the book `The Transition to Democracy in Paraguay,' edited by Peter Lambert and Andrew Nickson.

Reviews the book " The Dermatology and Syphilology of the Nineteenth Century," by John Thorne Crissey, M.D. and Lawrence Charles Parish, M.D.

Reviews the book " Allergic Diseases," by Roy Patterson.