Books and Ideas

How Deep Throat Fooled the FBI How Deep Throat Fooled the FBI

During the most heated moments of the Watergate scandal, W. Mark Felt was assigned the mission of unearthing and stopping Deep Throat.

Jun 14, 2005 / Feature / David Corn and Jeff Goldberg

The Cool War The Cool War

The US government employed jazz musicians as ambassadors to the world during the cold war.

Jun 9, 2005 / Books & the Arts / Brian Morton

The First Lady of Song The First Lady of Song

Billie Holiday wasn't just adored by her fans but by her friends and colleagues as well.

Jun 9, 2005 / Books & the Arts / Robert Christgau

Invisible Republic Invisible Republic

Siddhartha Deb's second novel follows an Indian journalist on an elusive search for meaning.

May 26, 2005 / Books & the Arts / Shashi Tharoor

Hail Mary Hail Mary

A new biography of one of the Enlightment's most remarkable thinkers.

May 26, 2005 / Books & the Arts / Vivian Gornick

Look at Me Look at Me

Camile Paglia, pundit of poetry.

May 26, 2005 / Books & the Arts / Lee Siegel

Kindred Spirits Kindred Spirits

Michael Cunningham delivers a historical/noir/sci-fi novel haunted by 9/11 and Walt Whitman.

May 26, 2005 / Books & the Arts / Maria Margaronis

Revolutionary Suicide Revolutionary Suicide

Eritrea betrayed.

May 26, 2005 / Books & the Arts / Andrew Rice

An Acquired Taste An Acquired Taste

The story of the American products, producers and salesman that took over Europe in the last century.

May 26, 2005 / Books & the Arts / Linda Colley

Zippie World! Zippie World!

A look at Thomas Friedman's flattened world.

May 26, 2005 / Books & the Arts / George Scialabba

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