In this startling debut story collection, Uwem Akpan filters the horrors of African poverty and strife through the wide eyes of the young.
Ed Arno, Cartoonist of New Yorker Whimsy, Is Dead at 83
Mr. Arno created sketchy, casually rendered cartoons on topics domestic and cosmic that appeared regularly in The New Yorker for more than 30 years.
'Habits of Empire'
Walter Nugent explains how the United States assembled its immense and fecund national territory in this history of American expansion and imperialism.
Home and Garden Advice, and a Little Music Besides
The miBook from Photoco, a $130 e-book device, also displays multimedia content like step-by-step recipe instructions, and can play back music through the built-in speakers.
'Notebooks: 1951-1959'
The third and last volume of Albert Camus’s notebooks, finally available in English, records his split with Jean-Paul Sartre.
Christian Novel Is Surprise Best Seller
“The Shack ” is the most compelling recent example of how a word-of-mouth phenomenon can explode into a blockbuster when the momentum hits chain bookstores.
'The Other'
While David Guterson has created an engaging enough voice for his narrator, Neil Countryman, much of his novel feels derivative and overly familiar.
Dan Brown Tourists: Next Stop, Rome?
Will the film version of Dan Brown’s novel “Angels and Demons” help relaunch American tourism in Rome?
Achieving Wellness, Whatever That Is
Two books muster science, statistics and a judicious smattering of personal experience to present opposite advice.
'The Secret Scripture'
Sebastian Barry’s subject is the history of his native land, Ireland, in the early part of the 20th century.
'One Minute to Midnight'
Focusing on the participants’ military activities, Michael Dobbs offers sobering new information about the 1962 Cuban missile crisis.
'The Garden of Last Days'
In Andre Dubus III’s new novel, a 9/11 hijacker gives in to the “temptations from Shaytan” at a Florida strip club.
'The Political Mind'
In his latest book, George Lakoff uses neuroscience to explain how the political right wins and keeps power.
'Rising, Falling, Hovering'
In poems about Iraq, Katrina and immigration, C. D. Wright is alert to the personal in the political.
'The Pixar Touch'
How Steve Jobs used his Apple millions to turn Pixar into the most important movie studio of our time.
