About 45 minutes into A Complete Unknown, Joan Baez tells Bob Dylan he’s “kind of an asshole.” As the scene plays, I suspect ...

Readers are unlikely to come upon another book on this topic that so thoroughly explores its checkered past and describes in such detail the behind-the-scenes maneuvering that ushered in what we now ...

Amid a plethora of end-of-the-year best books lists, some noteworthy titles inevitably fall under the radar. The following is ...

Jacobsen doesn’t flinch from detailing the horrors and devastation of thermonuclear Armageddon. It takes a strong stomach to work your way through her account, but readers will come away with a keener ...

Italy is a magical, mystical blend of timeless history and artistic masterpieces; scenery that will take your breath away; ...

Nick Harkaway, the pseudonymous author of the new novel Karla’s Choice (dubbed by the publisher “A John Le Carré novel”), is ...

Harkaway is a skilled mimic of his father’s colorful dialogue, thumbnail character descriptions, and attention to setting. The dialogue rarely strikes a false note, though at times, Smiley seems far ...

Lake leading the VOA evokes an image of George Orwell’s dystopian novel, 1984, in which the news is altered to reflect the propaganda of the totalitarian leader, Big Brother. Lake leading the VOA ...