Book Review: Quicksand
/A failed writer seizes on a most unlikely inspiration for his great book: the catastrophically unlucky life of his best friend
Read MoreBook Review: Islam and the Future of Tolerance
/A polite conversation by two intellectuals about an explosive subject: the rise of militant Islamic groups throughout the world, and the world's response
Read MoreBook Review: I Ching
/The ancient Chinese classic of divination gets a brisk new English-language translation
Read MoreBook Review: Washington
/The venerable sub-genre of the Washington, DC history gets a substantial new update
Read MoreBook Review: Apollo in the Grass
/A revelatory new volume brings to English-language readers a selection of the verses of St. Petersburg poet Aleksandr Kushner
Read MoreBook Review: Gallipoli
/The new entry in Oxford University Press' "Great Battles" series focuses on the long and potent afterlife of the Gallipoli campaign of the First World War
Read MoreBook Review: Those We Left Behind
/In the latest crime novel from Stuart Neville, two young killers are getting paroled - much too soon for the son of their victim
Read MoreBook Review: Mary McGrory: The First Queen of Journalism
/From the McCarthy era to the Watergate era and beyond, Mary McGrory ruled the Washington press corps, as a wonderful new book details
Read MoreBook Review: Gamelife
/Growing up in suburban Illinois, author Michael Clune discovered the world of gaming - and nothing was ever the same again
Read MoreBook Review: Killing the Messenger
/In his new book, David Brock, foremost champion of the Clintons, comes to the defense of Presidential candidate Hillary Clinton
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Read MoreBook Review: The Beautiful Bureaucrat
/A slim new novel works hard at being clever, with mixed results. Justin Hickey reviews "The Beautiful Bureaucrat"
Read MoreBook Review: A Strange Business
/James Hamilton's fascinating new book looks behind the glorious paintings of the Victorian era at the men who designed the frames, discovered the paint pigments, and heated the galleries
Read MoreBook Review: The Murdstone Trilogy
/The author of several well-regarded but unprofitable novels about sensitive misfit boys turns to the industry's top money-maker: epic fantasy. Disaster promptly ensues.
Read MoreBook Review: Everland
/In 2012, a trio of Antarctic explorers re-traces the path of a doomed expedition from 1913
Read MoreBook Review: Voyage of the Sable Venus
/A stunning debut volume from poet and teacher Robin Coste Lewis
Read MoreBook Review: Six Poets
/British literary icon Alan Bennett looks at six poets whose work has meant a great deal to him over the years
Read MoreBook Review: Man of Destiny
/If a gushing new biography is any warrant, that's the wrong Roosevelt up on Mount Rushmore.
Read MoreBook Review: India at War
/When the Second World War erupted, the British Empire expected all its client states to do their duty for the Crown; but in India, as a sharp new book details, that duty was deeply complicated
Read MoreBook Review: The Conquering Tide
/The fierce, epic height of WWII's Pacific War is the subject of Ian Toll's gripping new volume
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