According to the Institute for Publishing Research about 195000 new titles were published in 2004—up from about 114000 in 1995. And while 70 percent of Americans haven’t visited a bookstore in five years the Jenkins Group reports... Read More

Thirteen billion years ago in a galaxy not far away, the infant Universe was a swirling cloud of hydrogen. Then a star exploded, and life has never been the same. The Universe narrates this story about Earth’s creation and evolution.... Read More

Two women are undergoing in vitro fertilization. The embryologist whose job it is to sort and prepare the embryos for implantation mixes them up. Nine months later one of the women gives birth to the other woman’s baby. Is it human... Read More

“The truth of this is both a burden and a relief,” states Cheryl Strayed in “The Big Enchilada.” “Ultimately we can only be faithful to ourselves, our own heart’s desires … monogamy works best when it’s a vow you make to... Read More

According to the 107th Congress of the U.S. H.R.3763 “protects investors by improving the accuracy and reliability of corporate disclosures made pursuant to the securities laws and for other purposes.” Commonly known as the... Read More

Peter Demian Ouspensky (1878—1947) and George Ivanovich Gurdjieff (ca. 1877—1949), esoteric teachers of self-development, fascinated many 1920s—1940s intellectuals, including Huxley, Isherwood, Borges, Eliot, and Orage. They... Read More

The author’s interest in Katharine Hepburn began with an argument between his parents. His father wanted to see The Grapes of Wrath and his mother demanded to see The Philadelphia Story, starring Hepburn; his mother won out. Porter was... Read More

“We shall review those things that, over thousands of years, human beings have considered beautiful,” proposes the author in his introduction to this book, on which he collaborated with Girolamo de Michele. This is no quest, however,... Read More