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Copyright
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1972, 1973, 1974, 1975 by
Woody
Allen
under International and Pan-American Copyright Conventions. Published in the United States by Ballantine Books, a division of Random House, Inc., New York, and simultaneously in Canada by Random House of All rights reserved
Canada Limited, Toronto.
"No Kaddish for Weinstein," "Fine Times: An Oral Memoir," "Examining Psychic Phenomena," "A Guide to the Lesser Ballets," "The Early Essays," "Selections from the Allen Notebooks," "Lovborg's Women Considered," and "The Whore of Mensa" appeared originally in The New Yorker. "Fabulous Tales and Mythical Beasts," "The Irish Genius," and "The Scrolls" first appeared in The New Republic. "Match Wits with Inspector Ford" originally appeared in Playboy magazine. "A Brief, Yet Helpful, Guide to Civil Disobedience appeared in The New York Times, ,,
July 15, 1972. Reprinted by permission. Library of Congress Catalog
Card Number: 75-29597
ISBN 0-345-33697-6 I
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First Ballantine
Books Edition: April 1983
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CONTENTS from the Allen Notebooks
1.
Selections
2.
Examining Psychic Phenomena
3.
A
Guide
Some
to
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The
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Lovborgs
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The Whore
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Death (A Play)
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The
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of the Lesser Ballets
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Women of
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A Brief, Yet Helpful, Guide to Civil Disobedience
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Match Wits with Inspector Ford
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The
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God (A
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Fabulous Tales and Mythical Beasts
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But Soft
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Genius
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