All Book Reviews
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Artists under the Soviet thumb
An insider’s view of culture and politics in 20th-century Russia.
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The pleasures of a good story, simply told
Tony Earley’s sequel to “Jim the Boy” delivers Depression-era pathos.
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America’s obsession with food
An English professor examines America’s ‘gut-centricity.’
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Climate change’s most deadly threat: drought
Anthropologist Brian Fagan uses Earth’s distant past to predict the crises that may lie in its future.
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Truly, madly in love with science
The life of inventor Nikola Tesla was strange enough for fiction.
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On the road with a donkey for a friend
Andy Merrifield forsakes Manhattan and academics for a stroll through rural France with a donkey.
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A lively look at Christianity’s past, present, and future
Historian and theologian Martin Marty considers Christianity throughout time and across boundaries.
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From the front line of the abortion wars
Susan Wicklund explores abortion and her role as a provider in a memoir that often surprises.
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A Chinese son seeks a distant father’s love
How a parent’s political ambition took precedence over family.
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In the Mideast, faint rays of hope
Grass-roots activists with cellphones are leading a drive for change.
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Tantalizing hints of Shakespeare
A historian pieces together bits and scraps in an effort to re-create a chapter in the life of the Bard.
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Art, love, and one giant war
Pat Barker’s life class examines the place of art in a shaken world.
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An honest look at a slave-trading family’s past
Thomas DeWolf tells of his voyage into some ugly chapters of family history.
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The rigors of a Russian at war
A young conscript vividly describes how combat made him a hardened veteran.
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She fell in love with a stereotype…
He longed to be American as much as she wanted to be Indian. Can this family be saved?
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The further adventures of Happy
Famed book jacket creator Chip Kidd writes a second novel about the adventures of a graphic designer.
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Mount Vernon’s checkered past
One woman’s story exemplifies the complex history of one of America’s most beloved monuments.
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Byzantium surprise
Historian Judith Herrin strips away the veneer of this medieval empire to reveal artistry and innovation.
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Thrilling woes of that thing called ‘love story’
Jeffrey Eugenides’s collection of love stories hits the spot
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Love poems on a post card
How Ted Kooser wooed 2,600 women with a few yearly lines.
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