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 Age by 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 Union by 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 Parts by 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 Christophe by 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 AI by 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 French by 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
Tangled Up in Dylan
The enduring appeal of a legendary American songwriter
By Louis P. Masur Wednesday, December 1, 2010
Bob Dylan by Greil Marcus: Writings 1968–2010By Greil Marcus Bob Dylan in America By Sean Wilentz
Ode to Joy
What makes us happy?
By Priscilla Long Wednesday, December 1, 2010
Exploring Happiness: From Aristotle to Brain Science By Sissela Bok
Girl Power
The enigma who ruled her world
By Gelareh Asayesh Wednesday, December 1, 2010
Cleopatra: A Life By Stacy Schiff
Tour de Horse
A masterly retelling of a death on the Plains
By Andrew Graybill Wednesday, December 1, 2010
The Killing of Crazy Horse By Thomas Powers
Man of Letters
A novelist finds his classic voice
By Jeremy Berlin Wednesday, December 1, 2010
Saul Bellow: Letters By Benjamin Taylor
Big Muddy
The river before Mark Twain
By Bruce Falconer Wednesday, December 1, 2010
Wicked River: The Mississippi When It Last Ran Wild By Lee Sandlin
Our Madness for War
Must we persist in using the military option when it so rarely works?
By Michael Sherry Wednesday, September 1, 2010
Cultures of War: Pearl Harbor/Hiroshima/9-11/Iraq By John Dower
Human Kind
Is selflessness in our nature?
By Sissela Bok Wednesday, September 1, 2010
The Price of Altruism: George Price and the Search for the Origins of Kindness By Oren Harman
Abe’s Evolution
How Lincoln went from frontier lawyer to Great Emancipator
By Philip Dray Wednesday, September 1, 2010
The Fiery Trial: Abraham Lincoln and American Slavery By Eric Foner
