Books and Ideas

The Doctor Stories The Doctor Stories

Atul Gawande offers up a banal self-help manual for aspiring MDs, while Pauline Chen prescribes a dose of compassion.

May 24, 2007 / Books & the Arts / Lizzy Ratner

An African Solution An African Solution

Two new books on the AIDS epidemic in Africa suggest that the best treatment may be found in the continent's own social movements.

May 24, 2007 / Books & the Arts / Andrew Rice

A Letter to Paul Wolfowitz on How His Departure From the World Bank Will Be Dealt With in His Obituary A Letter to Paul Wolfowitz on How His Departure From the World Bank Will Be Dealt With in His Obituary

Out, out, damned spot!

May 24, 2007 / Column / Calvin Trillin

Stop Making Sense Stop Making Sense

A 1920s Russian literary movement celebrating experimental narratives and absurdism never survived Stalin's reign.

May 17, 2007 / Books & the Arts / Colin Fleming

Why It Happened the Way It Did Why It Happened the Way It Did

Ian Kershaw's latest work analyzes ten decisions that shaped the outcome of World War II.

May 17, 2007 / Books & the Arts / Richard J. Evans

Exit Tony Blair Exit Tony Blair

Fetch--go get it! Good boy!

May 17, 2007 / Column / Calvin Trillin

The Secret’s Success The Secret’s Success

Put a progressive spin on the self-help bestseller.

May 17, 2007 / Books & the Arts / Micki McGee

The Simpsons Hit 400 The Simpsons Hit 400

Over eighteen seasons and three presidential eras, The Simpsons has paid badly animated homage to all that sucks in America.

May 15, 2007 / Books & the Arts / Simon Maxwell Apter

While We Slept While We Slept

A new book on the history of Western complicity in Iraq takes an unsparing look at how the first Bush and Clinton administrations set the stage for disaster.

May 11, 2007 / Books & the Arts / Stanley I. Kutler

Night on Earth Night on Earth

After Dark, Haruki Murakami's edgy new novel, describes how the lives of a group of strangers intersect over the course of one night.

May 10, 2007 / Books & the Arts / Michael Wood

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