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Come, Thief
COME, THIEF IS A LARGE and compassionate gift to the reader. Such a gift comes at great cost,…
Rat Island
DURING THE SECOND WORLD WAR, Japan and the United States fought over Alaska’s Aleutian Islands.…
The Tree
THE ENGLISH NOVELIST John Fowles had a father who was a fine pruner; the apple and pear trees on his…
Loving Animals
TRADITIONAL WESTERN ETHICS have largely failed to explain convincingly why we have moral obligations…
Last Man in Tower
ARAVIND ADIGA’S NEW NOVEL, Last Man in Tower, takes us into the mildewed walls of Mumbai’s…
What’s Gotten Into Us?
ONE IN THREE WOMEN will die of cancer. So will one in two men. But when McKay Jenkins finds out that…
The Day After Tomorrow
J Henry Fair’s The Day After Tomorrow: Images of Our Earth in Crisis first grabs your…
Radial Symmetry
FOR KATHERINE LARSON, science is a lover she embraces and betrays. The poems in her first collection,…
The Chimps of Fauna Sanctuary
THIS IS A BOOK with a great cast of characters: There’s Yoko, small in stature but tough and…
The Nature Principle
JAMES CAMERON, creator of Avatar, said his film “asks questions about our relationship…
