Video games are art. So says "The Art of Video Games" simply by existing. A codified complement to an exhibit of the same name that opened in March at the Smithsonian American Art Museum, the book enters a cultural discussion that has... Read More

For Marissa Guggiana, destination trumps any issues of distance if it means camaraderie and good food. In researching Off The Menu, she visited fifty-one of the nation’s best restaurants, sharing staff meals with the owners, chefs,... Read More

The hundreds of men, women, and sadly, children staring back at the reader from the pages of "Where We Worked" have three things in common—they do not smile, their thin and stringy bodies evoke hard work and hard times (seventy-hour... Read More

As a white student amid the 1960s surge of anti-colonial liberation movements, R.W. Johnson turned to the African National Congress’s (ANC) blend of black nationalist and Marxist ideas. His activism brought him into early contact with... Read More

"Lost Lives, Lost Art" is a collection of a dozen or so stories of the most despicable acts of betrayal, theft, conspiracy, and murder in modern history. And though labeled “history,” these are stories as fresh as yesterday’s New... Read More

“I love Duesenbergs,” said Jay Leno, host of the Tonight Show and owner of eight “Duesies.” Tyrone Power, Gary Cooper, and Greta Garbo were other Hollywood denizens that owned these luxurious motor cars. "The Allure of the... Read More

Writers’ journals have historically provided unique glimpses into historical events, the creative process, and personal joys and turmoils. With the work left by Ralph Waldo Emerson—published by editor Lawrence Rosenwald in two... Read More

Writers’ journals have historically provided unique glimpses into historical events, the creative process, and personal joys and turmoils. With the work left by Ralph Waldo Emerson—published by editor Lawrence Rosenwald in two... Read More