In his new book, David Szalay offers unvarnished scenes from a lonely, rags-to-riches life. By Dwight Garner Two new books use divergent styles to look at mind control, brainwashing and the ...

Natalie Lawrence uncovers fascinating other-worldly natural history, creatures that embody our anxieties and our irrational ...

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Believed to be a third edition print, the book had an engraved portrait frontispiece, a full gilt tooled calf with marbled end papers and gilt edges from the bookbinders. Raunchy poetry by John ...

Is a revolution of standards in public life the key to tackling our intertwined environmental crises? A compelling book argues it is.

like the title on a frontispiece. Dean came away from her overnight stay at the Menil with a whole book of drawings, some more personal than others. “Copying his words, his handwriting ...

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“I See You’ve Called in Dead” follows a middle-aged depressive who rediscovers life’s joys, with a little help from his friends. Steve Oney’s engaging and deeply reported “On Air ...

If Shulamith Firestone’s last work haunts the feminist movement, it may be because it suggests something disturbing about ...