Topic: The Bonfire of the Vanities

Editor's Blog How poor is poor? How rich is rich?

Everyone from the US Census Bureau to the United Nations has a definition of poverty. A reasonable income is unquestionably important. But income alone doesn't determine whether someone is poor. Or rich. 

10 best books of October, according to Amazon's editors

Sara Nelson, editorial director of books and Kindle for Amazon.com, talks about the 10 books chosen by Amazon editors as the best of October, 2012.

'The book was better': Movies that didn't measure up

Fast-paced thriller 'The Finder' is a keeper

Colin Harrison's complex plot centers around a New York firefighter who finds that millionaires are involved in the exploitation of illegal immigrants.

Fast-paced thriller 'The Finder' is a keeper

Colin Harrison's complex plot centers around a New York firefighter who finds that millionaires are involved in the exploitation of illegal immigrants.