Inconvenient Truths Inconvenient Truths
Elizabeth Pisani and Jonny Steinberg explore antipodal aspects of the fight against AIDS.
Sep 18, 2008 / Books & the Arts / Steven Epstein
America’s Love/Hate Relationship With Itself America’s Love/Hate Relationship With Itself
Veteran journalist Dick Meyer discusses America's love-hate relationship with itself.
Sep 11, 2008 / Books & the Arts / Sarah O’Leary
A Hungry Mind: Giordano Bruno, Philosopher and Heretic A Hungry Mind: Giordano Bruno, Philosopher and Heretic
Ingrid Rowland's Giordano Bruno rediscovers the Renaissance philosopher and heretic.
Sep 10, 2008 / Books & the Arts / Paula Findlen
We Colonials: Sodomy Laws in America We Colonials: Sodomy Laws in America
William Eskridge's Dishonorable Passions is the first comprehensive history of sodomy law in America.
Sep 3, 2008 / Books & the Arts / Margot Canaday
The Magic of Baseball Endures The Magic of Baseball Endures
Two new books explore the states of wonder and mortification evoked by baseball.
Aug 13, 2008 / Books & the Arts / Andrew Rice
A Powerful Counterhistory of China A Powerful Counterhistory of China
A collection of oral histories reveal a new understanding of the modern Chinese experience.
Jul 16, 2008 / Books & the Arts / Howard W. French
Speak Again, Memory Speak Again, Memory
Readers of Fidel Castro's My Life will find explanations of the Cuban Revolution, but no apologies for its suppression of dissent.
Jul 8, 2008 / Books & the Arts / Greg Grandin
Bill McKibben: The Making of an Environmentalist Bill McKibben: The Making of an Environmentalist
Two new anthologies explore the virtues and occasional shortcomings of Bill McKibben's quest for environmental salvation.
Jul 1, 2008 / Books & the Arts / Rebecca Tuhus-Dubrow
David Samuels and Journalism David Samuels and Journalism
The narrative journalism of David Samuels finds conversation, color and conflict in the vortex of American life.
Jun 26, 2008 / Books & the Arts / John Palattella
The CIA’s Failures The CIA’s Failures
The history of American intelligence-gathering is rife with incompetence, dysfunction and contempt toward legislative oversight.
Jun 26, 2008 / Books & the Arts / Spencer Ackerman