The etymology of nostalgia traces back to the Greek word nostos, meaning “homecoming.” Sounds nice. However, the suffix algia denotes…
The Last Devil to Die By Richard Osman (Pamela Dorman Books, 362 pages, $29) If I had known that Richard…
Aubrey and Luther get to talking about Aubrey’s martial arts background, why abortion ballot measures favor abortion activists, and what…
Vienna: How the City of Ideas Created the Modern World By Richard Cockett (Yale University Press, 464 pages, $35) A…
Los países de literatura indigente tienen historia desabrida. [Countries with an impoverished literature have an insipid history.] — Nicolás Gómez…
The Dictionary People: The Unsung People Who Created the Oxford English Dictionary Sarah Ogilvie (Knopf, 384 pages, $30) Sarah Ogilvie…
Wandering through Life: A Memoir By Donna Leon (Atlantic Monthly Press, 193 pages, $26) When a writer charms, instructs, amuses,…
Peel School District — located in Ontario, Canada, and bordering Toronto — is reportedly weeding books from its libraries with…
A beggar’s book outworths a noble’s blood. —Henry VIII, Act I, Scene I Above the piano in our living room…
