Non-Fiction Reviews
The Great Upheaval by Jay Winik
June 18, 2026In twelve short years – from 1788 to 1800 – the world changed, with the late...
Italy
Notes from Italy: Getting into the Mountains
June 17, 2026I did not know that Neanderthals once lived hereabouts; that farmers first settled here six thousand...
History
Liberal Fascism? Jonah Goldberg Explains
June 17, 2026"If I had to pick a single overall theme in the book, I would say it’s...
Health and Wellness
7 Hacks You Can Do to Get & Stay Motivated to Lose Weight
June 17, 2026How to Get Motivated to Lose Weight in 2019 7 Hacks You Can Do to Get...
Medicine
The Common Secret by Susan Wicklund
June 17, 2026Her home was invaded in her absence. Both muddy boot prints and anti-abortion pamphlets were left...
Non-Fiction Reviews
Murdered by Mumia: A Conversation With Maureen Faulkner
June 16, 2026"The man lifted his arm and fired a single shot in Danny’s back. Danny was able...
Non-Fiction Reviews
Four Shipwrecked Castaways Cross Sixteenth Century America
June 16, 2026"But at that point most of the expeditionaries perished as a result of Indian attacks, illness,...
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Fiction Reviews
True Grandeur is a Hollywood Novel for the 21st Century.
June 16, 2026True Grandeur, written by Hollywood actor, writer, and filmmaker Cal R. Barnes, has generated near-universal acclaim...
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Culture and Heritage
What coronavirus costs to the Italian cultural heritage.
June 16, 2026Given that Italy’s is generally considered the world’s richest cultural heritage, maintenance of its historic monuments...
Fiction Reviews
The Flawless Skin of Ugly People by Doug Crandell
June 16, 2026Hobbie suffers from acne vulgaris, which has forced him into a retreat from life. ‘Other than...
Art & Design
Photographs from Havana Deco
June 15, 2026A photographic essay: Art Deco in Havana, Cuba.
Israel
Daniel Barenboim at La Scala
June 15, 2026Drama number three was the presence on the podium of Daniel Barenboim, the child prodigy born...
Mythology
My Thousand & One Nights by Raja Alem and Tom McDonough
June 15, 2026In Alem’s world-view, one might expect to see objects morph into people, animals writhe in henna...
Thrillers
The Tin Roof Blowdown By James Lee Burke
June 15, 2026Because he’s a damn good writer James Lee Burke knows how to keep a plot going...
Non-Fiction Reviews
Daughter of Heaven by Nigel Cawthorne
June 14, 2026In a shocking and vaguely incestuous move, she seduced T’ai-tsung’s son, the Emperor Kao-tsung, and from...
Non-Fiction Reviews
A Place for Three Seasons: Crested Butte
June 14, 2026Let us be clear on one thing: physically fit people tend to get more out of...
Fiction Reviews
Murdering Miss Austen
June 14, 2026Jane Austen, whose sharp tongue barely left her cheek during her short lifetime, and, whose caustic...
Non-Fiction Reviews
The World Without Us by Alan Weisman
June 14, 2026The North Pacific Subtropical Gyre, informally known as the Great Pacific Garbage Patch, is a span...
Non-Fiction Reviews
Notes From Italy: Some Old Envoys
June 13, 2026Counts who stank of garlic–as did the whole country–had sponged on him for seats in his...
Fiction Reviews
City of Fire By Robert Ellis
June 13, 2026There are red herrings aplenty, but once finished reading the novel I’m left with a sense...
Fiction Reviews
The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao by Junot Díaz
June 11, 2026This book isn’t a book, it’s a jazz piece, a series of improvisations on Díaz’s country,...
History
Images from How To Photograph an Atomic Bomb
June 9, 2026Between 1945 and 1962, the United States conducted over 300 atmospheric nuclear tests above the ground,...
Fiction Reviews
William Gibson: The Father of Cyberpunk
June 7, 2026"The part of me that walks around and does interviews is incapable of doing very much...
Non-Fiction Reviews
Murdered by Mumia: A Conversation With Maureen Faulkner
June 16, 2026"The man lifted his arm and fired a single shot in Danny’s back. Danny was able...
Non-Fiction Reviews
What The Buddha Taught by Walpola Rahula
May 22, 2026What The Buddha Taught accurately describes itself as a reliable introduction to Buddhism. As a religion...
Non-Fiction Reviews
Gen·e·sis: The Scientific Quest for Life’s Origin by Robert M. Hazen
May 23, 2026In all the recent noise over the higher steps of evolution and the proper way to...
Fiction Reviews
The Road by Cormac McCarthy
May 26, 2026I read this book in one take late at night and immediately headed downstairs to kick...
Non-Fiction Reviews
I’ll Sleep When I’m Dead: The Dirty Life and Times of Warren Zevon by Crystal Zevon
June 7, 2026I’ll Sleep When I’m Dead is sort of an extended wake for its subject. There’s very...
Non-Fiction Reviews
Michael Behe on The Edge of Evolution
June 7, 2026"I conclude that Darwinian processes account for little of the machinery of life, and that most...
Non-Fiction Reviews
Out of Thin Air: Dinosaurs, Birds, and Earth’s Ancient Atmosphere by Peter Douglas Ward
June 3, 2026In an age when ad agencies regularly apply “revolutionary” to new car models and digital toys,...
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