All Book Reviews
Wanted WomenWhat the West can learn from two fiercely intelligent Muslim women who took opposing paths in life.
The Flame AlphabetMarcus's novel has a meandering beginning but is a masterful examination of love and endurance.
Behind the Beautiful Forevers: Life, Death, and Hope in a Mumbai UndercityKatherine Boo's story of residents in a Mumbai slum is meticulously researched and told with unblinking honesty.
A Line in the SandAn unsettling history of British and French machinations in the Mideast.
Are You Smart Enough to Work at Google?First test: See how you do with this book.
Liberation SquareEgyptian journalist Ashraf Khalil brings insight and thorough reporting to his account of the end of the Hosni Mubarak government.
Captain For Life: My Story as a Hall of Fame LinebackerWhile football star Walter Payton's biography is making headlines, don't miss 'Captain for Life,' Harry Carson's poignant and revealing autobiography.
Heaven Cracks, Earth ShakesBritish travel writer James Palmer offers a quick, highly readable account of a pivotal moment in China’s recent past.
The Last Great GameHow the 1992 Duke and Kentucky teams took a trip into college basketball immortality.
Girl LandAnti-feminist provacateur Caitlin Flanagan takes us into the world of adolescent girls – but, unfortunately, fails to bring us into the 21st century.
FraternityHow a scholarship program brought color to Holy Cross
Pity the Billionaire: The Hard-Times Swindle and the Unlikely Comeback of the RightHow we got to this grim pass in our political and economic system
Kayak MorningVeteran writer Roger Rosenblatt offers a second memoir about his struggles to cope with grief after the death of his daughter.
Sometimes There Is a VoidA messy memoir from an important African voice.
Europe's Angry MuslimsWhat lessons can the US learn from the anger simmering in some of Europe's Muslim communities?
A Slave in the White HouseHistorian Elizabeth Dowling Taylor tells the unsettling story of a Founding Father and his slave.
Rule and RuinWhen and why did the Republican Party tip so far to the right?
The Man Within My HeadTravel writer Pico Iyer examines his own obsession with famed English novelist and fellow globetrotter Graham Greene.
No Enemies, No HatredNobel Peace Prize winner Liu Xiaobo's first English-language collection of poems and essays offers a fearless critique of the China that has imprisoned him.
