BLANKSep 12, 2008
A new book by Brenda Wineapple sheds light on the little-known relationship of the reclusive genius poet with one of America's most fervent radicals. Dig deeper ( 8 Min. Read )
BLANKSep 5, 2008
Just how dangerous are evangelical zealots? A new book by Jeff Sharlet takes a close and disturbing look at the group known as The Family and its disturbing and apparently widespread influence on mainstream political culture. Dig deeper ( 8 Min. Read )
BLANKAug 29, 2008
In Jonathan Mahler's new book, George W. Bush emerges as the most lawless president in American history, the first to usurp the law as a matter of policy. Dig deeper ( 7 Min. Read )
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BLANKAug 22, 2008
In "One Minute to Midnight," Michael Dobbs' definitive book on the 1962 crisis that brought the world to the brink of nuclear annihilation, the question of lessons learned and unlearned remains as acute as ever. Dig deeper ( 16 Min. Read )
BLANKAug 15, 2008
The Beijing Olympics are proof that the rule of China's Communist Party has been validated. Yet human rights abuses continue. What's really going on? What kind of country is China becoming? Two new books help provide answers. Dig deeper ( 9 Min. Read )
BLANKAug 8, 2008
What is it about the region that provokes intense sectarian passions, prompting seemingly endless vendettas? "Kingmakers," by Karl Meyer and Shareen Blair Brysac, tells the story of British and American entanglement and how the modern Middle East was invented. It also offers an exemplary history of hubris. Dig deeper ( 6 Min. Read )
BLANKAug 1, 2008
"Audition" details the life story, both in front of the camera and behind the scenes, of a pioneering journalist-entertainer who reported the news while making it in ways both admirable and troubling. Dig deeper ( 16 Min. Read )
BLANKJul 25, 2008
In "Bitter Friends, Bosom Enemies," Barbara Slavin, a leading Middle East reporter for USA Today, offers a refreshingly nuanced and revelatory taxonomy of power within theocratic Iran that sheds light on its leaders and their ambitions. Dig deeper ( 7 Min. Read )
BLANKJul 18, 2008
Are workers to blame for the fix that General Motors (along with many other corporations) is in? A new book by Roger Lowenstein argues that they are. He couldn't be more wrong. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )
BLANKJul 11, 2008
Are Keith Gessen and his posse really the voice of the Zeitgeist, the intellectual heirs to Norman Mailer and George Plimpton? Or just the highbrow version of Judd Apatow? Dig deeper ( 7 Min. Read )
BLANKJul 4, 2008
Do the socially progressive ideals that jump-started 20th-century reform movements have lessons relevant to the concerns of 21st-century America? A new book makes a strong case that they do. Dig deeper ( 5 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigJul 1, 2008
Unitarian Universalist minister Jeffrey Symynkywicz is quite the Bruce Springsteen enthusiast, apparently. The Boston fan has studied Bruce Springsteen's lyrics as though they were Scripture, and the end result is Symynkywicz's new book -- wait for it -- "The Gospel According to Bruce Springsteen." Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
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