Book Reviews
A Pioneering Appetite
The story of America’s first culinary celebrity
by Anne Matthews | Monday, October 19, 2020
The Man Who Ate Too Much: The Life of James Beard ·
Verifiable Truths
The thinkers who tried to strip metaphysics from philosophy
by Gary Saul Morson | Thursday, October 15, 2020
The Murder of Professor Schlick: The Rise and Fall of the Vienna Circle ·
Saved By Accident
Only dumb luck has stood in the way of atomic annihilation
by Marc Ambinder | Thursday, October 08, 2020
Gambling With Armageddon ·
Sonic Geographer
The composer whose music bears witness to a planet in peril
by Sudip Bose | Monday, October 05, 2020
Admired and Abhorred
The German composer whose legacy continues to confound
by Steven G. Kellman | Wednesday, September 23, 2020
Wagnerism: Art and Politics in the Shadow of Music ·
Beneath the Powdered Wig
Reinterpreting the life of our trendiest Founding Father
by Nancy Isenberg | Wednesday, September 23, 2020
Radical Hamilton: Economic Lessons From a Misunderstood Founder ·
Varieties of Experience
Culture rewires our brains and shapes how we think
by T. M. Luhrmann | Wednesday, September 23, 2020
The WEIRDest People in the World: How the West Became Psychologically Peculiar and Particularly Prosperous by Joseph Henrich ·
Bugging Out
The buzzing, crawling creatures we would be lost without
by Natalie Angier | Thursday, September 17, 2020
The Butterfly Effect: Insects and the Making of the Modern World ·
Creeping Illiberalism
A bleak account of the West's slide toward tyranny
by Charles Trueheart | Monday, July 27, 2020
Twilight of Democracy: The Seductive Lure of Authoritarianism ·
Beyond Classification
One writer’s journey into the labyrinth of political and bureaucratic obfuscation
by Michael Sherry | Thursday, July 23, 2020
Baseless: My Search for Secrets in the Ruins of the Freedom of Information Act ·
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