Those familiar with William Boyd’s past antics cannot help but approach his latest work, Any Human Heart, in a lighthearted manner. After all, this latest novel is inextricably linked to…
The latest art history mystery by Dan Brown is a fast-paced book that is hard to put down. With deliciously short chapters that usually end in cliff-hangers, The Da Vinci…
A few weeks ago I mentioned to a group of friends that I was working on a review of the new Harry Potter book. Most of them scoffed and tittered,…
Read the first few pages of Samaritan, Richard Price’s latest epistle from the ghetto, and it’s clear Price wants this book to be a serious thriller. It begins with a…
The buzz on books this summer was all about the non-revelations of a former first lady who stuck by her philandering man and a kid wizard’s new adolescent angst. But…
Today, the sound of the Motor City’s name most readily connotes the rap soundtrack of Eminem and the bleak visuals of 8 Mile. In the late 70’s, KISS anointed the…
In The Beginning of Wisdom: Reading Genesis, Leon Kass looks at the first book of the Bible to find out just what makes it eternally relevant. He addresses especially the…
Despite the remarkable advances in medical knowledge made during the 20th century, the health of the world’s poor has rarely been in such jeopardy. The global AIDS epidemic constitutes the…
Don’t hate me for liking Hillary. She’s an easy target for cynics, not only for her political maneuvering but also for her anti-charisma: the way she contrasts with Bill in…
In the aftermath of the Lacedaemonian revolution, Thucydides writes, “Words had to change their meanings and take on those which were now given them.” Diane Ravitch’s Language Police explores the…
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