Raise Your Children Well
Po Bronson and Ashley Merryman address the current state of child rearing.
Robert Birnbaum
An Original Original
A well-researched new biography studies the full force of Thelonious Monk’s inventiveness.
In It for the Money?
“The best jokes are dangerous...because they are in some way truthful”—Vonnegut was right.
LA, LA, LA, LA, LA
John Buntin ably investigates the stories behind mid-century Los Angeles.
The Crepuscule
Recalling Vince McCaffrey’s reasons for the death of small and independent bookstores.
Power to the Peaceful
Photos of American electrical/political power deliver quite an eyeful.
Waste Not, Want Not
A beautifully reported work uncovers crazy waste that we can’t afford.
Boom, Boom, Boom, Boom
Four decades later, awareness of Latin American literature reaches a new peak.
The Original Trotskyite
A biography shines new light on the Bolshevik revolutionary’s life after exile.
Making Book
It’s not often that you hear about booksellers turning into book writers.