Living History book by Hillary Rodham Clinton reviewed by Hilary Hammell
Peter Ibbetson
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…
Non Fiction
Grow It Back: How Laser Phototherapy Stops Hair Loss and Regrows Your Hair by Tamim S. Hamid
There are many different types of hair loss books out there, ranging from “breathless miracle cure” types to highly technical, science-focused texts that may be difficult for someone without a…
Sex, Social Relationships, and Human Nature in Sexuality: Development, Cases, and Treatment: A Book Review
Psychologists Mike Abrams and Marija Milisavljević Grdinić recently published their newest treatise on human relationships and psychology, the academic textbook Sexuality: Development, Cases, and Treatment. Sexuality is the sixth book…
You Are Here: Personal Geographies and Other Maps of the Imagination book by Katherine Harmon
Alison Brown
The twentieth-century illustrator John Held, Jr., perhaps most famous for his depictions of the Jazz Age, was also a talented maker of imaginative maps. On his 1928 Map of Americana,…
Hiding the Elephant: How Magicians Invented the Impossible and Learned to Disappear book by Jim Steinmeyer reviewed by Kirsti Potter
Kirsti Potter
From time to time, magic and its modern practitioners still steal into the spotlight—even without counting the wily tricks of Sly Saddam, Baffling Bin Laden, or Presto the President. Sometimes…
Goya Book Review by Robert Hughes reviewed by Katya Poltorak
While lying in a coma for five weeks, his disjointed, crushed bones held together by metal screws, Robert Hughes was haunted by Goya. After reading his biography of the artist,…
Under the Banner of Heaven: A Story of Violent Faith book by Jon Krakauer reviewed by Kirsti Potter
On a hot and sticky Saturday morning this August, a massive crowd—possibly even 10,000 people—gathered in Montgomery, Alabama to protest, praise, and pray. They had bussed in en masse from…
Dark Tide book by Stephen Puleo reviewed by Jonathan Sherman-Presser
“World’s Largest Metaphor Hits Iceberg,” reads a headline of the satirical newspaper The Onion’s coverage of the sinking of the Titanic. Other articles on the page include “Stewards Kindly Ask…
The Beginning of Wisdom: Reading Genesis book by Leon Kass
Margaret Fox
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…
Conditions of Love: The Philosophy of Intimacy book by John Armstrong
I’ll confess that I am a sappy romantic who enjoys watching teeny-bopper comedies despite their repetitive, unoriginal plots. I sometimes cave to the temptation of reading Rosamunde Pilcher and Maeve…