Five Books
November 23, 2009

Thanksgiving

Five books to be grateful for. Read more...

November 18, 2009

On Foot

Roads less traveled. Read more...

November 9, 2009

The Wild West

Desperadoes, hired guns, and pale riders. Read more...

November 2, 2009

Bob Dylan

Highights from the never-ending tour of his back pages. Read more...

October 27, 2009

Ghost Stories

Classic tales of terror and eerie happenings from Edith Wharton, M. R. James, and others. Read more...

October 19, 2009

Chocolate

The bitter and the sweet of everyone’s favorite treat. Read more...

October 12, 2009

Explorers

From Columbus to Cabeza de Vaca and more, epic journeys of discovery. Read more...

October 5, 2009

The World Series

Classic books about the October Classic. Read more...

September 28, 2009

Numbers

From Innumeracy to The Education of T. C. Mits, an exploration of the powers and pleasures of mathematics. Read more...

September 20, 2009

Advertising

Tell-alls, tips, and tricks of the real Mad Men. Read more...

September 10, 2009

Conspiracy

Cults, cabals, and secret societies in history, literature, and fantasy (or maybe not). Read more...

September 10, 2009

Back to School

Work Hard. Be Nice. -- and other simple and not-so-simple truths about teaching and learning. Read more...

August 24, 2009

Seafood

Alaskan fisherman, French oysters, New England clambakes, the story of cod, and more. Read more...

Daybook
November 23: On this day in 1644 John Milton published his pamphlet, Areopagitica, a Speech for the Liberty of Unlicensed Printing, to the Parliament of England. Having just returned from a visit to the imprisoned Galileo, Milton’s famous…
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Previously in Daybook
In the Margin
What children's book character do Noam Chomsky, Newt Gingrich, and Hugh Hefner share an affection for? Readers of this blog will remember our asking that question…
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The Long List
Books CDs, DVDs to know about now
Hurry Down Sunshine
The former “Freelance” columnist for the Times Literary Supplement tells the extraordinary story of the summer his teenage daughter descended into psychosis. "They stole my words," she tells her father, and in supplying his own to treat her -- and his own -- affliction, Greenberg has written a haunting book. Now in paperback. Read our review.
G. I. Bones
The latest installment in one of the most underrated detective series around has US military policemen Ernie Bascom and George Sueno looking into further criminal doings in the demilitarized zone on the South Korean border.
Complete Lyrics of Johnny Mercer
Johnny Mercer’s lyrics set the highest standards in the American songbook. Collaborating with Hoagy Carmichael, Harry Warren, Harold Arlen, and Jerome Kern, among many others, he set unforgettable words to some of the most memorable melodies in popular music...