Regarded as Ireland’s premier economic historian even before the publication in 1999 of his widely praised Black 47 and Beyond: The Great Irish Famine in History, Economy, and Memory, Cormac O Grada of the University of Dublin created... Read More

Jouvet, a scientist specializing in sleep and dreams, presents the papers of Hugues la Scève, happily found in a chest bought at auction. In the papers, la Scève, an amateur scientist, records his investigations into the genesis and... Read More

Imagine the scene: Hell is filling up. “God has finally become unhinged.” He decides to send one of his angels back to earth to figure out a way to stem the tide of souls into Hell. The angel he sends is not really a surprise. In... Read More

What happens to us when we die? Does our consciousness simply snuff out, or is there more to life after life is finished? "Soul Journey from Lincoln to Lindbergh" is a book about reincarnation, using a unique theory: that Abraham Lincoln... Read More

Those who are romantically inclined tend to declare that, in love, age makes no difference. Although a graying businessman’s possession of a “trophy wife” may draw criticism, the lovestruck often say that with true devotion the... Read More

“This is a book about neighbors: not about who our neighbors are but about who we imagine them to be.” In his introduction to Mutual Impressions, Stavans points out that our social concepts revolve mainly around how different our... Read More

Several notable works of late-millennium journalism profile ordinary people. Studs Terkel’s Working, a series of interviews with members of the American workforce, is a good example of this. More recently, Alan Wolfe, in One Nation,... Read More

The innocent world of music boxes is turned upside down in Larry Karp’s mystery The Music Box Murders. The story is an engaging romp through Dr. Thomas Purdue’s vacation as he buys a rigid notation music box, loses it, and becomes... Read More