Elizabeth Taylor

Night Draws Near: Iraq's People in the Shadow of America's War By Anthony Shadid Picador, 507 pages, $15 paper As violence spreads through the Middle East, this book--a finalist for...

For a rarefied set of American parents, the quest for a child's preschool is akin in intensity only to the competition for a Rhodes Scholarship. It is tougher than gaining...

The Best of Slate: A 10th Anniversary Anthology Edited by David Plotz, introduction by Jacob Weisberg, foreword by Michael Kinsley Atlas, 279 pages, $12.95 paper If you weren't invited to...

The Moviegoer By Walker Percy Vintage, 242 pages, $13.95 paper Published more than four decades before Hurricane Katrina, this novel is certain to endure as a quintessential reflection of New...

Inspiration often begins at home. Last year, Magazine photography editor Michael Zajakowski received an iTunes gift certificate and welcomed a Family Dollar store to his neighborhood. Those events converged, in...

Beasts of No Nation By Uzodinma Iweala HarperCollins, 142 pages, $16.95 A young recruit in a guerrilla unit in an unnamed west African nation caught in a horrible civil war...

Shopping. Whether it's the hunt for a mate or a bargain, the impulses are the same: Some of us peruse, others make snap decisions. Even those of us who are...

Soccerhead By Jim Haner North Point Press, 276 pages, $24 Eyes may be on the World Cup, but there's plenty of action on American fields, with more than 18 million...

It is a classic cartoon: A pleasant man walks his dog on a leash. Above the pup's head is a bubble with the thought: "It's always 'Good dog.' It's never...

What will it be this Father's Day? Such a limited palette of options. The shiny new grill, complete with a set of handy utensils. The old reliables: socks, ties. Books:...