Books and Ideas

Nation Readers’ Summer Books

Nation Readers’ Summer Books Nation Readers’ Summer Books

An eclectic summer reading list drawn from the suggestions of Nation readers.

Jul 26, 2010 / Books & the Arts / The Nation

A Question on the Economic Recovery A Question on the Economic Recovery

Just wait your turn.

Jul 15, 2010 / Column / Calvin Trillin

The Trouble With Amazon

The Trouble With Amazon The Trouble With Amazon

It's big, cheap and convenient. But does the online bookseller really serve readers' interests?

Jul 15, 2010 / Books & the Arts / Colin Robinson

From Black to Black

From Black to Black From Black to Black

Traveling along the Danube into the heart of the new Europe.

Jul 14, 2010 / Books & the Arts / Dimiter Kenarov

Shelf Life Shelf Life

The Letters of Sylvia Beach; Günter Eich's Angina Days: Selected Poems

Jul 14, 2010 / Books & the Arts / John Palattella

Restless Confederates Restless Confederates

Two new books argue that the South's slaveholding republic faced a crisis of legitimacy from the outset.

Jul 14, 2010 / Books & the Arts / Eric Foner

A Forest of Fathers

A Forest of Fathers A Forest of Fathers

Did liberal principles or sectarian impulses mobilize Lebanon's "Cedar Revolution" to protest against the Syrian regime?

Jul 14, 2010 / Books & the Arts / Elias Muhanna

Mirror, Mask, Labyrinth Mirror, Mask, Labyrinth

Two new collections of the poems of Jorge Luis Borges.

Jun 30, 2010 / Books & the Arts / Susan Stewart

Ghosting History Ghosting History

Heidi Durrow traces a young girl's harrowing plunge into racial identity.

Jun 30, 2010 / Books & the Arts / Madison Smartt Bell

Barry Eisler vs. Tom Clancy, Vince Flynn and Brad Thor Barry Eisler vs. Tom Clancy, Vince Flynn and Brad Thor

A former covert CIA operative turned novelist is fast emerging as one of the most important fiction writers in the military/covert ops/political thriller genre dominated by right-w...

Jun 29, 2010 / Books & the Arts / Jeremy Scahill

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