Heart of Semi-Darkness
A writer’s delectable quest for rare flavors
By Tim Carman Thursday, November 7, 2024
Masters of Horror and Magic
The German folklorists who helped build a nation
By Anne Matthews Friday, November 1, 2024
For Want of Touch
The astonishing breadth of our passions
By Diana Goetsch Thursday, September 26, 2024
Imperiled Planet
The ecological havoc we’ve wrought
By Priscilla Long Tuesday, September 3, 2024
The Burning Earth: A History by Sunil Amrith
Ground Truth
A story of dirt, dollars, and death
By Steve Yarbrough Tuesday, September 3, 2024
The Barn: The Secret History of a Murder in Mississippi by Wright Thompson
Insisting on the Positive
A popular historian’s philosophical musings
By Carlin Romano Tuesday, September 3, 2024
On Freedom by Timothy Snyder
A Stranger in the Seven Hills
A refugee’s experience in the Eternal City
By Ingrid D. Rowland Tuesday, September 3, 2024
Roman Year: A Memoir by André Aciman
Mortal Coils
We aren’t alone in facing the inevitable
By Sy Montgomery Tuesday, September 3, 2024
Playing Possum: How Animals Understand Death by Susana Monsó
Silent Partner
The union that may have made possible a writer’s late flourishing
By Robert Zaretsky Tuesday, September 3, 2024
A Wilder Shore: The Romantic Odyssey of Fanny and Robert Louis Stevenson by Camille Peri
Schmaltz of Significance
How the first talkie treated the myth of the melting pot
By Steven G. Kellman Tuesday, September 3, 2024
Only in America: Al Jolson and The Jazz Singer by Richard Bernstein
Fields Apart
Physics, past and future
By Sam Kean Wednesday, November 30, 2011
The Infinity PuzzleBy Frank Close /Physics on the Fringe By Margaret Wertheim
Virtual Vigilantes
A tale of crime online
By Rachel Hartigan Shea Wednesday, November 30, 2011
Worm: The First Digital World War By Mark Bowden
Identity Crisis
Who was the real Tolstoy?
By Marshall Poe Tuesday, November 29, 2011
Tolstoy: A Russian Life By Rosamund Bartlett
Getting Better All the Time
Although you wouldn’t know it by watching the local news, humankind is becoming ever more civilized
By Michael Shermer Thursday, August 25, 2011
The Better Angels of Our Nature: Why Violence Has Declined By Steven Pinker
A Chesterton With No Flab
A new anthology often obscures the writer’s best work
By Garry Wills Thursday, August 25, 2011
The Everyman Chesterton By G. K. Chesterton
The Worst of Times
A Soviet city barely survives
By Gary Saul Morson Thursday, August 25, 2011
Leningrad: The Epic Siege of World War II, 1941–1944 By Anna Reid
John Brown’s Folly
The mythology of a madman
By Brenda Wineapple Thursday, August 25, 2011
Midnight Rising: John Brown and the Raid That Sparked the Civil War By Tony Horwitz
Power Crazy
Do lunatics make better leaders?
By George Vaillant Thursday, August 25, 2011
A First-Rate Madness: Uncovering the Links Between Leadership and Mental Illness By Nassir Ghaemi
The Inside Track
How those dim-witted robber barons built the railroads
By Mark Hertsgaard Friday, June 3, 2011
Railroaded: The Transcontinentals and the Making of Modern America By Richard White
