Eye of Newt

Other People’s Love Affairs

The Parson’s Tale

An Unquenchable Gaiety of Mind

On visits to Cambridge University late in life, Jorge Luis Borges offered revealing last thoughts about his reading and writing

The Mourning Paper

A Question of Honor

Cheating on campus undermines the reputation of our universities and the value of their degrees. Now is the time for students themselves to stop it

All for One and One for All?

An eminent scientist reconsiders natural selection

The Social Conquest of Earth By Edward O. Wilson

F. Scott Fitzgerald’s Essays From the Edge

The Jazz Age novelist’s chronicle of his mental collapse, much derided by his critics, anticipated the rise of autobiographical writing in America

Heavenly Body

An artist’s pursuit of symmetry

Da Vinci’s Ghost: Genius, Obsession, and How Leonardo Created the World in His Own Image By Toby Lester

Splitting Our Sides

A new biography of a comedy pioneer

Lorne: The Man Who Invented Saturday Night Liveby Susan Morrison

Mr. Olympia

When the ancient Greeks looked at human muscle, they saw something different than we do

In the Mushroom

True foraging isn’t the domain of the weekend warrior; it’s serious, serious business

Asteroid Hunters

The scientists and engineers who defend our planet day and night from potentially hazardous space rocks

Who Would I Be Off My Meds

Can weaning oneself off pharmaceuticals ease the cycle of perpetual suffering?

Unshrunk: A Story of Psychiatric Treatment Resistanceby Laura Delano

Tiger Mom

At a forest preserve in India, a writer sees the world anew and learns how to focus her son’s restless mind

A Midsummer Night’s Stream
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A Midsummer Night’s Stream

American Carthage
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Echoes from the ancient conflicts between Hannibal’s city and Rome continue to reverberate well into the present

Who’s to Say?
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A bewildering take from a noted scholar of Christianity

Miracles and Wonder: The Historical Mystery of Jesusby Elaine Pagels

Learning to Be Social
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What might Rousseau teach us about how to live with others?

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