Nothing to Be Frightened Of by Julian Barnes
March 18, 2025"For me, death is the one appalling fact which defines life; unless you are constantly aware...
Quarrel with the King by Adam Nicolson
March 18, 2025Nicolson concludes his reflections by noting that “the custom of the manor” believed “to an extent...
Black River Falls, Wisconsin, 1893: News Reports and Photos from Wisconsin Death Trip
March 18, 2025Tramps who were refused food at the home of John Ovenbeck in the town of Friendship,...
Tried by War: Abraham Lincoln as Commander in Chief by James M. McPherson
March 17, 2025Lincoln came to the Presidency without any real military experience. He had been an Illinois militia...
Amarcord: Marcella Remembers by Marcella Hazan
March 17, 2025If we are what we eat, then Marcella Hazan, the author of what are often recognized...
Confessions of an Eco-Sinner by Fred Pearce
March 17, 2025But Pearce knows more fundamental rethinking will be necessary to keep our species going. “The worst...
Hollywood Lives: George C. Scott and Tony Curtis
March 16, 2025At the airport, customs agents discovered a bag of marijuana and a handgun inside his baggage....
Sherlock Holmes Was Wrong by Pierre Bayard
March 16, 2025These books are indeed a kind of witty parlor game, certainly. But though Bayard occasionally gallops...
Gaia
March 15, 2025‘Can there have been any more inspiring vision this century than that of the Earth from...




