The Renegades
Don’t saddle T. Jefferson Parker with the stigma of genre writing.
Book Digest
A collection of 274 issues
The Life You Can Save
Peter Singer, Princeton mentor and philosopher, presents a convincing argument for how all of us can make a difference in the lives of others without reducing the quality of our own.
Walker Evans and the Picture Postcard
Accompanying his exhibition at the Met—also filled with his collections of bottle caps, beer tabs, driftwood, and road signs—comes a volume of Walker Evans’s most cherished postcards, a serious art form to him.
Waltz With Bashir
Ari Folman’s Golden Globe-winning animated film “Waltz With Bashir” lends itself naturally to graphic novelization, and, to some, the book is even more accessible than the movie.
Through Black Spruce
Based on both the work of Gil Adamson and Joseph Boyden’s new novel, “Through Black Spruce,” one may come to the realization that all Canadian writers are pleasing to read. Given these examples, one wouldn’t be incorrect.
Musing on Muses
A new book concerned with William Faulkner’s love life and its affect on his work joins a growing multitude of similar volumes; some recent highlights focus on the love lives of Raymond Chandler and Frank Lloyd Wright.
Becoming Manny
Although a case against the evolution of his fans could be made, the life and career of Red Sox slugger Manny Ramirez makes for great reading in a new biography by Boston scholar Jean Rhodes and award-winning journalist Shawn Boburg.
Oxford Atlas of the World
For those still interested in a tangible, offline personal library, some volumes—such as the regularly revised “Oxford Atlas of the World,” now in its 15th edition—are fundamental.
Ghosts of Chicago
Writers’ Workshop graduate John McNally’s new book of short stories is filled with both the celebrity and the minutiae of life in Chicago. Just don’t call him a “writer to watch!”
Poster Art
If your coffee table has been missing something, luckily there have been two new volumes of poster art produced, one featuring posters developed by the WPA, the other an international collection of movie poster art.