“War is a powerful aphrodisiac,” John V. H. Dippel writes. In this rich, far-reaching study of armed conflict since Abraham Lincoln’s time, Dippel discusses gender, women’s suffrage, and the demographics of marriage and birth,... Read More

"Networking for People Who Hate Networking" is as inviting and non-threatening as its title and subtitle suggest. Devora Zack departs from the traditional networking books—those that offer all sorts of winning strategies for people who... Read More

Around the age of fifty, adults in ever-increasing numbers are experiencing profound intuitive awakenings, rivaling those of the acclaimed “Indigo Children,” says author Kathryn Harwig, a professional psychic medium who has studied... Read More

One day in school Vaswani’s teacher goes through a list of nationalities. The children are supposed to raise their hands when she names something that was part of their ancestry. Vaswani raises her hand for Pakistani, German, French,... Read More

Forced into exile for her fictional examinations of Islam and its faults, living with the possibility of a fatwa against her becoming a reality, Taslima Nasrin continues to explore her chosen topics in her writings. One might think that... Read More

These days, it’s easier than ever to know what’s happening in another country. News travels fast; most people have immediate access to the tragedies, the glories, and the daily trivia of lives lived on the other side of the earth. As... Read More

The best crime stories are those in which everyone is flawed, both the good guys and the bad guys, the dead and the living. The good guys populating "Entanglement" are weak, guilty, and rude—human. Which makes them all the more... Read More

This is an astounding book—in verbal pyrotechnics, but also in the fact that it’s a softcover re-issue. How could such a rich fictional brew have come and gone with so little fanfare? John Crow’s Devil tells the story of the Rum... Read More