Non-fiction

Behind the Storm

Behind the Storm Behind the Storm

Was World War I the outcome of elite machinations?

Nov 12, 2013 / Books & the Arts / Tara Zahra

Shelf Life

Shelf Life Shelf Life

Emily Brady’s Humboldt explains why the legalization of pot could cause the biggest economic bust in California’s history.

Oct 30, 2013 / Books & the Arts / Kate Murphy

Eric Schlosser and the Illusion of Nuclear Weapons Safety

Eric Schlosser and the Illusion of Nuclear Weapons Safety Eric Schlosser and the Illusion of Nuclear Weapons Safety

A new book explores the alarming threat of accidental nuclear detonations.

Oct 15, 2013 / Books & the Arts / Robert Jervis

Laramie Revisited: The Myth of Matthew

Laramie Revisited: The Myth of Matthew Laramie Revisited: The Myth of Matthew

A new book by Stephen Jimenez tells a very different story about the killing of Matthew Shepard by Aaron McKinney.

Oct 9, 2013 / Books & the Arts / JoAnn Wypijewski

Great Perturbations: On George Packer

Great Perturbations: On George Packer Great Perturbations: On George Packer

The Unwinding is a fine-grained account of economic collapse that runs aground on causeless abstractions.

Sep 10, 2013 / Books & the Arts / Chris Lehmann

Risky Business: On Risk and Individualism Risky Business: On Risk and Individualism

A history of how risk management profits from manufacturing new forms of uncertainty and insecurity.

Apr 24, 2013 / Books & the Arts / Stephen Mihm

The Sons of Revolution and Steerage: On ‘City of Ambition’ The Sons of Revolution and Steerage: On ‘City of Ambition’

FDR, Fiorello La Guardia and rebuilding New York City during the New Deal.

Apr 18, 2013 / Books & the Arts / Richard Kreitner

Kircher’s Cosmos: On Athanasius Kircher

Kircher’s Cosmos: On Athanasius Kircher Kircher’s Cosmos: On Athanasius Kircher

How did a man who got so many things wrong become an intellectual celebrity in his own lifetime?

Apr 3, 2013 / Books & the Arts / Paula Findlen

Hunter-Blatherer: On Jared Diamond Hunter-Blatherer: On Jared Diamond

An unreliable anthropologist of traditional societies is a no less dubious diagnostician of the contemporary world.

Apr 3, 2013 / Books & the Arts / Stephen Wertheim

Made in the USA? Letter From London

Made in the USA? Letter From London Made in the USA? Letter From London

Books about London in its Olympic year and after see Americanization eroding the city’s gift for democratic gradualism.

Mar 27, 2013 / Books & the Arts / Leo Robson

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