Persecution Complex
A young Bolshevik revolutionary’s unlikely and bloody rise to power
By Gary Saul Morson Wednesday, December 10, 2014
Stalin: Volume I: Paradoxes of Power, 1878–1928 By Stephen Kotkin
The Crisis Up Close
Wandering our warming world
By Natalie Angier Wednesday, December 10, 2014
Adventures in the Anthropocene: A Journey to the Heart of the Planet We Made By Gaia Vince
Cruel Spring
A dark time in the city of light
By Charles Trueheart Wednesday, December 10, 2014
Massacre: The Life and Death of the Paris Commune By John Merriman
To Flee or Not to Flee
The stigma of failed courage
By Jennifer Michael Hecht Wednesday, December 10, 2014
Cowardice: A Brief History By Chris Walsh
Champion of Modernism
A literary life on the edge
By John Tytell Wednesday, December 10, 2014
“Literchoor Is My Beat”: A Life of James Laughlin, Publisher of New Directions By Ian S. MacNiven
Breaking the Bonds
How runaway slaves got North
By Louis P. Masur Wednesday, December 10, 2014
Gateway to Freedom: The Hidden History of the Underground Railroad By Eric Foner
Hell and Back
By Phil Klay Wednesday, December 10, 2014
No Man’s Land: Preparing for War and Peace in Post-9/11 America By Elizabeth D. Samet
School Reform Fails the Test
How can our schools get better when we’ve made our teachers the problem and not the solution?
By Mike Rose Wednesday, December 10, 2014
Habits of Mind
Why college students who do serious historical research become independent, analytical thinkers
By Anthony Grafton and James Grossman Wednesday, December 10, 2014
Songs of Innocence and Experience
On Schubert’s sublime late vocal masterwork
By Ian Bostridge Wednesday, December 10, 2014
What I Have Taught—and Learned
After 50 years as a professor, I understand that my job is to make students think hard about thinking
By William M. Chace Wednesday, December 10, 2014
