From the June 2005 Issue A Life in the Library The Mysterious Flame of Queen Loana By Umberto Eco (Translated by Geoffrey Block) LR
From the October 2004 Issue The Progress of Pulchritude On Beauty: A History of a Western Idea By Umberto Eco (ed) LR
From the February 1999 Issue Who Named the Fish? Serendipities: Language and Lunacy By Umberto Eco LR
From the October 1989 Issue Pressure of a Cork Foucault’s Pendulum By Umberto Eco (Translated by William Weaver) LR
From the March 1985 Issue The Chinese Box Reflections on The Name of the Rose By Umberto Eco (Translated by William Weaver) LR
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