A crop of intellectual odds and ends amounts to an engaging, challenging field of ideas. At first blush, a “field of gourds,” writes Robert M. Fisher in this thought-provoking philosophical survey, appears “pretty useless.”... Read More

It didn’t take much to convince Jackie that the enchanted faeries and elves of Ireland, known as the Fey People, were real. As soon as she and her older sister Alex got to Dublin to visit their relatives, she heard their singing, which... Read More

In 1854, intrepid journalist and New York Times founder Henry Raymond makes the arduous journey by stagecoach up a sheer mountainside trail in pursuit of a story he intends to preserve for posterity. His destination is a remote but... Read More

Michael Jarvis’s "Field of Vision" is about a young photographer’s visit to the fictional Caribbean island of Soufriere. Upon his arrival, Jacob antagonizes a local named Rollo, whose ensuing wrath is predicated on his rage at... Read More