Elizabeth Taylor

"She weighs about 90 pounds. She's brave and she's going to win the Nobel Peace Prize one day." That's what Studs Terkel said about Kathy Kelly, the mighty woman who...

The Literary Spy: The Ultimate Source for Quotations on Espionage and Intelligence Edited by Charles E. Lathrop Yale University Press, 478 pages, $39.95 Even without a war going on, even...

It may seem a very male world these days, yet the bonds that transcend the office, the nine-iron, the Weber grill or the library seem to elude view. Friendship, the...

Journalists thrive on a capacity for surprise. One great surprise is when a source regarded as inaccessible opens up. In this week's cover story, "The Collector," you'll meet a figure...

The Myth of Solid Ground: Earthquakes, Prediction, and the Fault Line Between Reason and Faith By David L. Ulin Viking, 290 pages, $24.95 When a 6.0-magnitude earthquake hit California last...

Mollie and Other War Pieces By A.J. Liebling University of Nebraska Press, 286 pages, $15.95 paper War was the dominant theme in New Yorker writer A.J. Liebling's life from October...

When the world's sky seems to be falling, many seek the comfort of luxury, whether in a posh hotel that pampers from head to toe or an island bungalow where...

And the Walls Came Tumbling Down: Closing Arguments That Changed the Way We Live By Michael S Lief and H. Mitchell Caldwell Scribner, 404 pages, $30 The right to vote,...

Every cover story is born of collective wisdom, and this week it's unusually deep. In our cover story, "Wheeler-dealer with a cause," reporters Christi Parsons and Ray Long draw on...

The Paris Review Book for Planes, Trains, Elevators, and Waiting Rooms Introduction by Richard Powers Picador, 386 pages, $15 paper "So why not stories arranged by the length of available...