Hail Mary Hail Mary
A new biography of one of the Enlightment's most remarkable thinkers.
May 26, 2005 / Books & the Arts / Vivian Gornick
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
Cosmopolis Cosmopolis
Home for centuries to Christians, Muslims and Jews, Salonica was a cosmopolitan world where people of various cultures and religions lived side by side.
May 26, 2005 / Books & the Arts / Adam LeBor
Twist and Shout Twist and Shout
What Michael Lind believes Abraham Lincoln believed.
May 26, 2005 / Books & the Arts / James M. McPherson
Unintended Consequences Unintended Consequences
The story of Supreme Court Justice Harry Blackmun illustrates the value of a truly independent judiciary.
May 26, 2005 / Books & the Arts / Adam Haslett
Words Apart Words Apart
In Amitav Ghosh's new novel, language is a medium of power.
May 26, 2005 / Books & the Arts / Nell Freudenberger