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HUMAN NATURE

December 20, 2011

Losing It

By WILLIAM IAN MILLER

Reviewed by Peter Lewis

The history of old age.

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HUMAN NATURE

August 24, 2011

Now You See It

By CATHY N. DAVIDSON

Reviewed by Anne Trubek

What the science of attention can tell us about the world, and what we're likely missing.

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human nature

May 27, 2010

The Thoughtful Dresser

By LINDA GRANT

Reviewed by Jessica Allen

"Changing styles not only mark time and help us hide its ravages but also satisfy an innate desire for the new." Read more...

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human nature

February 15, 2010

Psycho Too

By WILL SELF; Illustrated by RALPH STEADMAN

Reviewed by Peter Lewis

Will Self and Ralph Steadman go on another head(y) trip. Read more...

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human nature

February 10, 2010

Sexually, I'm More of a Switzerland: More Personal Ads from the London Review of Books

By DANIEL ROSE

Reviewed by Daniel Menaker

"This advert may well be the Cadillac of all lonely hearts adverts…"

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human nature

February 12, 2010

The Routes of Man

By TED CONOVER

Reviewed by Tess Taylor

The award-winning author of Newjack looks at how roads all over the globe serve to bind together -- and divide -- those who use them.

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January 20, 2010

Manhood: The Rise and Fall of the Penis

By MELS VAN DRIEL

Reviewed by Tess Taylor

A Dutch physician unveils the history -- both mythological and medical -- of a sensitive area. Read more...

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January 15, 2010

A Good Talk

By DANIEL MENAKER

Reviewed by Lydia Dishman

The novelist and editor offers an essay on the art of conversation worthy of Montaigne. Read more...

Daybook

May 22: The video game Pac-Man, featuring "the most iconic character from the golden age of arcade video games," was released on this day in 1980. Over the next decade, gamers spent over $2.5 billion in quarters…

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In the Margin

Ethan Rutherford and Matt Burgess (Dogfight: A Love Story) on the writing of Rutherford's surreal and fiercely funny story collection The Peripatetic Coffin.

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She Left Me the Gun

Emma Brockes' mother Paula escaped from South Africa with a smuggled pistol and a dark secret. A daughter unravels her family's covert past -- and a suspenseful legal drama -- in this hard-boiled memoir of survival.

Intuition Pumps and Other Tools for Thinking

Expand your memory, puzzle-solving skills, and sense of metaphysical wonder with philosopher Daniel C. Dennett's tasting menu of user-friendly neuroscience and poetic lingual pursuits.

When the Devil Drives

Thespian-turned-P.I. Jasmine Sharp searches for a missing actress and veteran detective Catherine MacLeod tries to solve the case of a murdered one. Their paths intertwine amid the Scottish theater community with uproarious and gory results.