Book Reviews
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 ·
How We Came Together
America purchased its sense of itself at a high price
by Jill Leovy | Tuesday, June 02, 2020
Union: The Struggle to Forge the Story of United States Nationhood ·
A Lifelong Habit of Being
Exploring a fundamentally ambiguous attribute
by Elizabeth D. Samet | Tuesday, June 02, 2020
Character: The History of a Cultural Obsession ·
Our Feathered Friends
They aren’t the intellectual lightweights we take them for
by Sy Montgomery | Tuesday, June 02, 2020
The Bird Way: A New Look at How Birds Talk, Work, Play, Parent, and Think ·
The People’s Gallery
A collection that is the brightest light in a city full of them
by Anka Muhlstein | Tuesday, June 02, 2020
The Louvre: The Many Lives of the World’s Most Famous Museum ·
Mysterious Inheritance
A new biography of the founder of population genetics
by David Brown | Tuesday, June 02, 2020
A Dominant Character: The Radical Science and Restless Politics of J. B. S. Haldane ·
Feminism's First Think Tank
The very different women of the Radcliffe Institute’s inaugural class
by Sandra M. Gilbert | Wednesday, May 27, 2020
The Equivalents: A Story of Art, Female Friendship, and Liberation in the 1960s ·
The Beauty of Fluid Motion
How the future became fashionable
by Virginia Postrel | Wednesday, May 20, 2020
Jet Age Aesthetic: The Glamour of Media in Motion ·
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