Tales From the Crypt
Two books uncover the romance and adventure of archaeology.
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Daddy Issues
Why caring for my aging father has me wishing he would die
The Reactionary
The charming, sinister G. K. Chesterton
The Glory of Oprah
Why the “talkinest child” understands women and the power of television better than anyone else
The Rockford Style
Eastwood? McQueen? Why James Garner is the real star of his era.
Police and Poetry
New York's crime drop; T. S. Eliot's dark days
Everywhere Man
Count Harry Kessler dined with Diaghilev, fought for Germany, and penned one of the greatest diaries ever published.
Ladies’ Man
David Lodge’s new novel of H. G. Wells’s very active love life
The Bitch Is Back
Are menopausal women mad, bad, and dangerous? Yes—but they’re really just returning to normal.
Down Underworld
The brilliant foreignness of Australian crime fiction