All Book Reviews
A Disposition to Be RichThe author's great-grandfather was the Bernie Madoff of his age 鈥� a Ponzi schemer and con man who cheated a US president and kidnapped his own son.
All Woman and SpringtimeAlthough somewhat comparable to "Memoirs of a Geisha," this tale of North Korean women forced into the sex trade is a darker, crueler story.
A Difficult WomanHistorian Alice Kessler-Harris attempts an artistic, political, and moral portrait of a challenging subject: Lillian Hellman.
Private EmpirePulitzer Prize-winner Steve Coll takes a close look at secretive behemoth that is Exxon Mobil.
The Great DivergenceEconomic equality has slipped to an alarming low in the United States. In "The Great Divergence" Timothy Noah does an excellent job of telling us how this happened 鈥� and why it matters.
Honor in the DustThe historical lessons of Gregg Jones's exhaustively researched book about the US's campaign in the Philippines deserve to be remembered.
A Wedding in HaitiAuthor Julia Alvarez and her husband Bill travel to Haiti for a wedding 鈥� and then find themselves tied to a country and a culture.
The Race for What's LeftIt's not just oil and gas, warns Michael T. Klare in this first-rate wake-up call. Planet Earth is now in danger of running out of just about everything.
Farther AwayThe notably unsentimental Jonathan Franzen offers a clear-eyed defense of sentiment in this essay collection.
The Great Inversion and the Future of the American CityFrom Brooklyn to Philly to Houston: Is the American city of today becoming more like Paris?
CowFlorian Werner's book is a bright biography of the animal that's given us so much.
A Magnificent ObsessionIn the union of Queen Victoria and Prince Albert he played the leading role 鈥� and she was only too glad to have him do so.
Paris in LoveMary Bly 鈥� writing under pen name Eloisa James 鈥� turns her Facebook posts into a delightful diary chronicling 12 months in Paris.
PitchTodd Boss's new book of poems, 'Pitch,' serves up subtle music from a young master.
Year of Reversible LossA posthumous memoir from longtime Monitor poet Norma Farber.
1616: The World in MotionThis lavishly illustrated history of the year 1616 is both enthralling and frustrating.
Enemies: A History of the FBIPulitzer Prize-winner Tim Weiner explores the fascinating but disquieting history of the FBI.
QuietIs it getting harder to hear the quiet voices among us?
Driving Mr. YogiMore than baseball, 'Driving Mr. Yogi' is a book about friendship.
Wendell Berry: New Collected Poems"New Collected Poems" allows the playful, musical side of Wendell Berry's being to shine through.
