Iliad and Odyssey boxed set
A beautiful gift set of Robert Fagles' award-winning translations of HomerGripping listeners and readers for more than 2,700 years, The Iliad is the story of the Trojan War and the rage of...
The Monkey Wrench Gang (P.S.)
Ex-Green Beret George Hayduke has returned from war to find his beloved southwestern desert threatened by industrial development. Joining with Bronx exile and feminist saboteur Bonnie Abzug,...
Romney To Release His Tax Returns Tuesday
Mitt Romney says he'll release his tax 2010 tax returns and 2011 tax estimates Tuesday and says it was a mistake for his presidential campaign to hold off as long as it did in getting them...
Imprisoned In A Mysterious Mistaken Identity
Author Alex Gilvarry recommends Max Frisch's I'm Not Stiller, a novel that intertwines a classic tale of mistaken identity with high comedy and postwar seriousness.» E-Mail This ...
What Sticks: Five 2011 Books That Stay With You
This year, the best books are those that remain with readers long after they turn the last page. Whether a sprawling nonfiction narrative, a riveting first novel or a wrenching memoir, these...
Eudora Welty's Jackson: 'The Help' In Context
In its first weekend, The Help grossed $2.5 million. But author W. Ralph Eubanks recommends Eudora Welty's "Where Is the Voice Coming From?", featured in The Collected Stories of Eudora Welty...
Opportunity on Madison
The Metropolitan Museum might be expected to do the obvious when it takes over the Whitney’s building, filling it with modern art. But that would be a mistake.
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