
Valerii Pereleshin: The Life of a Silkworm
Book
Olga Bakich's biography of Valerii Pereleshin (1913-1992) follows the turbulent life and exquisite...

Penguins Stopped Play: Eleven Village Cricketers Take on the World
Book
It seemed a simple enough idea at the outset: to assemble a team of eleven men to play cricket on...

Supremely Partisan: How Raw Politics Tips the Scales in the United States Supreme Court
James D. Zirin and Kermit Roosevelt
Book
On the eve of a presidential election that may determine the makeup of Supreme Court justices for...

Friendly Fire
Book
From the author of Richard and Judy bestseller 'Notes from an Exhibition' a tale of youthful...
Parody, Scriblerian Wit and the Rise of the Novel: Parodic Textuality from Pope to Sterne
Book
Parody was a crucial technique for the satirists and novelists associated with the Scriblerus Club....

Bad Chili
Book
With his trademark knack for gut-busting laughter and head-splitting action, Joe R. Lansdale serves...

Barry Lyndon (1975)
Movie Watch
How does an Irish lad without prospects become part of 18th-century English nobility? For Barry...
Going to Strasbourg: An Oral History of Sexual Orientation Discrimination and the European Convention on Human Rights
Book
Since its inception, the European Convention on Human Rights has been a beacon of hope to gay men...
