Peggy Noonan *What I Saw at the Revolution: A Political Life in the Reagan Era (Random House, $18.95) A speech-writer's lively memoir of her two-plus years in the Reagan White House. A-

Susan Orlean *Saturday Night (Knopf, $19.95) The rituals of Saturday night as observed by Americans from Massachusetts to Wyoming. A

Morley Safer * Flashbacks: On Returning to Vietnam (Random House, $18.95) The TV journalist's astringent and moving effort to follow up on a story he left 20 years earlier. A-

Edward Seidensticker *Tokyo Rising: The City Since the Great Earthquake (Knopf, $24.95) Engaging ironies of Tokyo's full-tilt modernization. B+

Wilfrid Sheed *Essays in Disguise (Knopf, $19.95) Probably the zingiest prose in contemporary journalism. Not for pantywaists. A

Richard Stengel *January Sun: One Day, Three Lives, A South African Town (Simon & Schuster, $19.95) Vivid portraits that illustrate the paradoxes of South Africa. A-

Mark Winegardner *Prophet of the Sandlots: Journeys With a Major League Scout (Atlantic Monthly Press, $18.95) Winegardner joins the legendary baseball scout Tony Lucadello for his final season on the road. An irresistible book. A+

Originally posted Jun 29, 1990 Published in issue #20 Jun 29, 1990 Order article reprints
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