Non-fiction

Missed Chances Missed Chances

Stephen F. Cohen's Soviet Fates and Lost Alternatives surveys a political landscape of reform, struggle and reconciliation.

Nov 19, 2009 / Books & the Arts / Jochen Hellbeck

The First Counter-revolutionary The First Counter-revolutionary

Thomas Hobbes sensed the revolutionary impulses of early modern Europe and transformed them into a defense of the most hidebound form of rule.

Sep 30, 2009 / Books & the Arts / Corey Robin

Cornucopia Blues Cornucopia Blues

How will the good-food revolution move beyond its evangelical phase?

Sep 2, 2009 / Books & the Arts / Brent Cunningham

Vice: The Dispiriting Legacy of Dick Cheney Vice: The Dispiriting Legacy of Dick Cheney

Assessing the stealth, subterfuge and delusion of the Cheney vice presidency.

May 27, 2009 / Books & the Arts / Stephen Holmes

Chronicle of a Death Foretold: Georgi Stoev’s Gangster Pulp Chronicle of a Death Foretold: Georgi Stoev’s Gangster Pulp

Georgi Stoev plundered his past in the Bulgarian mob to write a series of popular pulp novels. The mob found them good enough for him to die for.

Apr 29, 2009 / Books & the Arts / Dimiter Kenarov

Green Acres: Lost in the Amazon Green Acres: Lost in the Amazon

Percy Harrison Fawcett went to the Amazon looking for paradise. He never returned.

Mar 26, 2009 / Books & the Arts / Greg Grandin

There Will Always Be Blood: True Crime Writing There Will Always Be Blood: True Crime Writing

An anthology of true crime writing appeals to the culture vulture--and the plain old vulture--in us.

Mar 18, 2009 / Books & the Arts / Lorna Scott Fox

Bad Paper Bad Paper

Does the author of They Knew They Were Right really think he has done nothing wrong?

Feb 18, 2009 / Books & the Arts / John Palattella

Betrayal: On David Grossman Betrayal: On David Grossman

Novelist and peace advocate David Grossman examines the high cost of concealing what is unpleasant.

Feb 18, 2009 / Books & the Arts / Eyal Press

Crash Landings: Paul Krugman’s Depression Economics Crash Landings: Paul Krugman’s Depression Economics

Reviewing Paul Krugman's visionary book The Return of Depression Economics and the Crisis of 2008.

Feb 4, 2009 / Books & the Arts / Bernard Avishai

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