If you are an appreciative reader of Adam Kirschs’ articles and reviews in The New Yorker,TheNew York Review of Books, The Times Literary Supplement, and elsewhere you
One of the great pities of our time is that we live in a golden age of readable but also solid academic credible studies of Roman and Medieval history for a popular audience.
There are at least 40 baby name books currently listed on Amazon, touting upwards of 10,000, 50,000, even 100,000 names, so one can’t fault an author for trying to find a new angle to stand out fro
The first quarter of the New Year usually yields very little in terms of interesting or memorable books, but this year that cycle has been broken and has produced one more wonderfully engaging boo