In case you are wondering, the pop-up book has been around for centuries, more often referred to as a movable book. There was a wave of popularity in the U.S.A. in the 1930s, but it wasn’t until the ‘60’s that they achieved widespread appeal (mostly
All the magical realism in the world won't make you good in bed, or so recall the Nobel Prize winner's escorts.
Videos and investigative notes on the violence near Jos. Sachs's Millennium Villages are successfull--"islands of success in a sea of failure," say detractors. Togo experiences the latest seemingly fraudulent election followed by mass protest and government crackdown. Chart: How everyday life in Iraq has changed.
The late and lamented Boston writer George V. Higgins wrote nearly 30 books, most of them pretty good. But none was better than The Friends of Eddie Coyle (Picador), which is being reissued in a 40th anniversary edition with a new introduction by Dennis Lehane. Set in Boston, Eddie Coyle,
The factual platform for Khalil Gibran Muhammad’s The Condemnation of Blackness: Race, Crime, and the Making of Modern Urban America is the appalling reality that the United States “is the world’s greatest jailer.” Though this may be taken as a commendation, let me assure it is a condemnation—
Mitchell says he's "pleased" that Israel and the Palestinians will talk once more. Mitchell and Biden probably not pleased about Israel authorizing more settlement building. Deeper look into the Falkland Islands, home to friendly people, beautiful landscapes--and the everlasting memory of war. Profile of Pandora,
Lunchtime long read: America's most trusted conservation groups have been corrupted by its worst polluters. News stories to anticipate this week. Gun owners conduct open-carry meet-ups. The right to cynically accuse someone of being a terrorist is protected under the Constitution. No matter the Iraqi election
Of our planet’s largest species I understand why the whale receives more attention than the elephant. The Megaptera Novaeangliae, after all, has Herman Melville to once and forever create a metaphor and narrative to enchant homo sapiens while we busily eradicate big mammals from our ecosphere. Pachyderms have no
Having read a number of crime stories by Scandanavian writers (Peter Høeg, Henning Mankell, Jo Nesbo), I am wondering what the fuss is about, and moreover what the components of the Scandanavian genre are. Leaving such analytic concerns aside, another writer is joining the rising tide of north-country pulp
If Greece can make its cuts, it may survive to own more French frigates. German politicians say Greece should sell its islands to redeem debt. Moderate anti-statism helps preserve liberty. But extreme anti-statism undermines democratic self-government. Quick primer on how to take your country nuclear. "Human-
