ReviewMichael Walzer, Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton“Evgeny Morozov is wonderfully knowledgeable about the Internet—he seems to have studied every use of...
An ancient enigma threatens to shake the world to its very core? When fragments of stone covered in a mysterious ancient script are found in Egypt, language expert Daniel Klein ...
Review“The whole work is distinguished by the variety and impressiveness of its incidents; and the author every-where discovers an imagination rich, powerful, and fervid.” —Samuel ...
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Over the past decade, Mary Pipher has been a great source of wisdom, helping us to better understand our family members. Now she connects us with the newest members of the American...
Amazon.com ReviewWhen Jeffrey Steingarten was made food critic of Vogue in 1989, he began by systematically learning to like all the food he had previously avoided. From clams to ....
Amazon.com ReviewIn 1992 a young art student uncovered a clue in an obscure Italian archive that led to the discovery of Caravaggio's original The Taking of the Christ, a painting....
SUMMARY: THE AUTHOR OF "SMALL ISLAND "TELLS THE STORY OF THE LAST TURBULENT YEARS OF SLAVERY AND THE EARLY YEARS OF FREEDOM IN NINETEENTH-CENTURY JAMAICA "Small Island "introduced ...
'What shall we do?' said Twoflower.'Panic?' said Rincewind hopefully. He always held that panic was the best means of survival.When the very fabric of time and space are about to b...
A jaded young man embarks on a journey of self-discovery with the help of an unusual familyWill Barrett has never felt at peace. After moving from his native South to New York City...