We've Been Evolving For Millions Of Years, So Why Are Our Bodies So Flawed?
In his debut book Evolution Gone Wrong, Alex Bezzerides mixes the technical anatomical stuff we need to know with vivid examples and humorous phrases — in offering us some answers.
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Source: NPR Book Reviews
How Military Quagmires Have Caught Mighty Powers by Surprise
Both the British and the Americans were unable to defeat enemies they thought would be pushovers.
Source: NY Times Book Reviews
Do Whistle-Blowers Damage National Security?
Jonathan Stevenson’s “A Drop of Treason” examines the career of Philip Agee, whose 1975 book revealed key secrets of the Central Intelligence Agency.
Source: NY Times Book Reviews
New in Paperback: ‘Homeland Elegies’ and ‘Friends and Strangers’
Six new paperbacks to check out this week.
Source: NY Times Book Reviews
Chris Bosh’s Favorite Basketball Writers? Kobe Bryant Makes the List.
“He was one of my heroes growing up,” says the 11-time N.B.A. All-Star and author of “Letters to a Young Athlete.” “Any morsel of knowledge that he shared should be treasured.”
Source: NY Times Book Reviews
Letters to the Editor From Ann Beattie, Daphne Merkin and Others
Readers respond to recent issues of the Sunday Book Review.
Source: NY Times Book Reviews
Summer Is Coming. Bring a Book.
You have your sunscreen and beach chairs. Once you pick up any of these 24 books, summer can really begin.
Source: NY Times Book Reviews
11 New Books We Recommend This Week
Suggested reading from critics and editors at The New York Times.
Source: NY Times Book Reviews
A Complaint Against Liberal Modernity, and a Solution: Faith
In “The Unbroken Thread,” Sohrab Ahmari sees Western society as having overreached on freedom and lost a sense of rootedness in tradition and community.
Source: NY Times Book Reviews
'Unsettled Ground' Lets Its Oddballs Stay Defiantly Odd
Claire Fuller's beautifully written new novel follows 51-year-old twins who never left home, forced finally to cope with the outside world and some unpleasant family secrets after their mother dies.
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Source: NPR Book Reviews
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