His Majesty, the Not Excessively Cowardly
/He's forever linked in history with his punning nickname, but a new biography shows there was more to Æthelred than being "Unready"
Read MoreNo Further Arrests Have Been Made
/The serial killer who stalked the streets of London in 1888 and became immortal under the name Jack the Ripper is the subject of a sumptuous new collection of fact and fiction.
Read MoreLet's All Meet at the Mahalalel Mall
/A thorough and even-handed new book gives readers a tour of the "Creation Museum" in Kentucky - and warns not to dismiss its dangers too readily.
Read MoreBook Review: Prisoners of Hope
/A generation ago, President Johnson enacted a stunning array of social legislation, the full audacity of which has often been overshadowed by the other aspects of LBJ's presidency. A new book shines a light on the Great Society.
Read MoreBook Review: The President's Book of Secrets
/A fascinating new book presents readers with a bounty of stories surrounding the daily intelligence-services briefing given to US Presidents
Read MoreBook Review: Exit Right
/A brilliant new book takes an in-depth look at six American cultural figures who took a stand on principle - and then changed their minds
Read MoreThe Lost Boy
/A new book studies the history of copyright and the life and legacy of Aaron Swartz, one of copyright's groundbreaking interpreters for the new century.
Read MoreGenerals in Dark and Snow
/Late in 1944, the defeated Nazis staked everything on one last throw of the dice, a massive assault on the Allied forces in Belgium. Antony Beevor's latest book tells the famous story of the Battle of the Bulge.
Read MoreBook Review: Islam and the Future of Tolerance
/A polite conversation by two intellectuals about an explosive subject: the rise of militant Islamic groups throughout the world, and the world's response
Read MoreBook Review: Killing the Messenger
/In his new book, David Brock, foremost champion of the Clintons, comes to the defense of Presidential candidate Hillary Clinton
Read MoreBook Review: Afghan Modern
/A Stanford history professor attempts to make a positive case for one of the most benighted countries on the planet
Read More“I am eager to play chess – I have mastered nine skills”
/At the beginning of the 19th century, a small trove of elaboratedly carved chess pieces was uncovered on a remote beach - a lively new book traces the history and strange charisma of the Lewis chessmen.
Read MoreBook Review: The Two-State Delusion
/A veteran state conflict analyst looks at the mother of such conflicts: the long strife between Israel and Palestine
Read MoreThe Book and the Boy
/A thousand years ago, a refined lady at the Japanese Court wrote the first and one of the greatest novels of all time, The Tale of Genji; Dennis Washburn does the latest translation of this immense work, with stunning results.
Read MoreNo Doubters in the Shipyards
/Celebrated biographer H. W. Brands has written the first full-dress of Ronald Reagan since the former president's death in 2004 - but does Reagan elude him, as he has so many biographers? Steve Donoghue reviews.
Read MoreBook Review: The Unraveling
/A former key player in the Coalition's conquest and administration of Iraq reflects on her time there
Read MoreBook Review: The Great War of Our Time
/A former deputy director of the CIA reflects on his time on the front lines in this frustrating memoir
Read MorePress Enter
/Author Jacob Silverman contends in his new book that the intrusions of social media into our private lives has reached sometimes intolerable extents. But what does he mean by "intolerable"? And who is he counting as "our"?
Read MoreBook Review: American Burke: The Uncommon Liberalism of Daniel Patrick Moynihan
/American senator, author, and statesman Daniel Patrick Moynihan's complex and constantly-evolving political philosophy is the subject of a pointed new book
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