A powerful memoir about coming to grips with illness
Blindsided: Lifting a Life Above Illness By Richard M. Cohen Perennial, 242 pages, $13.95 paperback Richard Cohen's wry and witty memoir isn't what you might expect. Yes, it's the story...
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A timely, inside look at the U.S. Supreme Court
Closed Chambers By Edward Lazarus Penguin, 598 pages, $18.95 paper Edward Lazarus, who clerked for Justice Harry Blackmun, is one of the few civilians intimately familiar with the inner workings...
HOTSTUFF
If there ever was an activity designed to underscore my spectacular lack of coolness, it's glass blowing. From the moment I walked into the firing room at Chicago Hot Glass,...
“Dot the i” (R)
Who's in it: Gael Garcia Bernal, Natalia Verbeke, James D'Arcy, Charlie Cox, Tom Hardy What it's about: Carmen (Verbeke), a young Spanish flamenco dancer living in London, meets Kit (Bernal),...
A DEEP FRIENDSHIP
Some men's friendships are born on the Little League diamond. Others solidify over nine irons and beer. John Chatterton and Richie Kohler's bond was cemented 230 feet beneath the surface...
Author Robert Kurson has no interest in joining his subjects beneath the waves
Let's be clear: Robert Kurson has no desire to dive into icy cold, pitch-black waters. Luckily, the Northbrook native has no such aversion to writing about people who take the...