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No, sirree: No Nancy Drew for me. As a kid, I could take or leave the plucky young detective. The books to which I was drawn -- like a stubby...
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Recommended science books
Experiment with these grea, new science titles: "Remarkable Creatures: Epic Adventures in the Search for the Origins of Species" (2009) By Sean B. Carroll A finalist for the National Book...
Eureka! Great discoveries in new science books
No, sirree: No Nancy Drew for me. As a kid, I could take or leave the plucky young detective. The books to which I was drawn — like a stubby...
Eureka! Great discoveries in new science books
No, sirree: No Nancy Drew for me. As a kid, I could take or leave the plucky young detective. The books to which I was drawn — like a stubby...
Recommended science books
Experiment with these grea, new science titles: "Remarkable Creatures: Epic Adventures in the Search for the Origins of Species" (2009) By Sean B. Carroll A finalist for the National Book...
Forgotten novel speaks truth to Haiti’s real-life despair
The more things change, the more they stay insane. Plangent sorrow. Intractable chaos. Stubborn despair. It's all there in "The Comedians," Graham Greene's 1966 novel set in Haiti more than...
‘True Confections’ spiteful, delightful
When the time came to nail down details about the candy business for her fifth novel, "True Confections" (Shaye Areheart), Katharine Weber knew exactly where she had to go: Chicago....
The aught-er limits
This decade's singular moment in culture could just as easily have been a YouTube video as it might have been a book, a film, an album or an opera. Such...
‘NCIS’ crush seems to be turning into a real relationship
Infatuation is grand. But for a relationship to endure, it must be based on something more than superficial attraction. There must be mutual respect and compatibility and shared interests. No,...
Books about Second City
First things first: "The Second City Unscripted: Revolution and Revelation at the World-Famous Comedy Theater" (2009) by Mike Thomas is the indispensable guide to the first five decades of comedy's...