Feeling No Pain
A philosopher argues we should not be misled by our hearts
By Nathalie Lagerfeld Monday, December 5, 2016
Against Empathy: The Case for Rational Compassion Paul Bloom
Second Thoughts
To manipulate time, we must first understand how it works
By George Musser Tuesday, September 6, 2016
Time Travel: A HistoryBy James Gleick / Now: The Physics of Time By Richard A. Muller
Darkness Illuminated
A horror writer whose real demons were off the page
By Susan Cheever Tuesday, September 6, 2016
Shirley Jackson: A Rather Haunted Life By Ruth Franklin
Territories of Conquest
A new history of the bloodletting that opened the frontier
By Andrew Graybill Tuesday, September 6, 2016
The Earth Is Weeping: The Epic Story of the Indian Wars for the American West By Peter Cozzens
Before the Rebellion
A colonial American artist’s portraits of an age
By Meryle Secrest Tuesday, September 6, 2016
A Revolution in Color: The World of John Singleton Copley By Jane Kamensky
The Old Urbanist
Jane Jacobs saw cities as places for people
By Edward Glaeser Tuesday, September 6, 2016
Eyes on the Street: The Life of Jane Jacobs By Robert Kanigel
Healing the Masses
The evolution of care at the nation’s oldest public hospital
By T. M. Luhrmann Tuesday, September 6, 2016
Bellevue: Three Centuries of Medicine and Mayhem at America’s Most Storied Hospital By David Oshinsky
A Rare Intelligence
A review of a thrilling life
By Bruce Falconer Tuesday, September 6, 2016
The Pigeon Tunnel: Stories From My Life By John le Carré
Manifest Poverty
Poor southern whites have long been a people without a country
By Dennis Covington Monday, June 6, 2016
White Trash: The 400-Year Untold History of Class in America By Nancy Isenberg
Courting All Voters
The judicial effects of American civic engagement
By Lincoln Caplan Monday, June 6, 2016
Engines of Liberty: The Power of Citizen Activists to Make Constitutional Law By David Cole
Aging Out
Many of us do not go gentle into that good night
By Anne Matthews Thursday, December 5, 2024
Golden Years: How Americans Invented and Reinvented Old Ageby James Chappel
Divided Providence
Faith’s pivotal role in the outcome of the Civil War
By Robert Wilson Monday, December 2, 2024
Righteous Strife: How Warring Religious Nationalists Forged Lincoln’s Unionby Richard Carwardine
Ideology as Anatomy
How shifting ideas about women’s bodies have affected their lives
By Sierra Bellows Monday, December 2, 2024
Immaculate Forms: A History of the Female Body in Four Partsby Helen King
Island Royalty
A new biography of a Caribbean revolutionary
By Madison Smartt Bell Monday, December 2, 2024
The First and Last King of Haiti: The Rise and Fall of Henry Christopheby Marlene L. Daut
The Creator’s Code
Are humans alone in their ability to make art?
By Evelyn McDonnell Monday, December 2, 2024
The Uncanny Muse: Music, Art, and Machines From Automata to AIby David Hajdu
Barbarity at the Bataclan
A chilling account of darkness in the City of Light
By Charles Trueheart Monday, December 2, 2024
V13: Chronicle of a Trial by Emmanuel Carrère, translated from the Frenchby John Lambert
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
