Book Review: Perilous Moon
/In the night sky over Occupied France, two young men met in combat - this remarkable book tells their stories.
Read MoreBook Review: Cezanne
/"I paint, I work, I am free of thought" said Cezanne, and his thoughtless paintings changed art forever. A cinematic new biography explores the man's life and art.
Read MoreNow in Paperback: Icefall
/On a lonely icebound fjord, the young daughter of a Viking king must solve a series of crimes - and find her destiny
Read MoreGuest Movie Review: Jack Reacher
/It's Tom Cruise starring as Lee Child's super-tall, super-gritty action hero!
Read MoreGuest Movie Review: The Hobbit
/The first part of director Peter Jackson's long-awaited movie adaptation of "The Hobbit" is finally here
Read MoreBook Review: Constantine the Emperor
/He put Christianity on the road to world domination - and he did a lot of other horrid things as well. He's Constantine the Great, and he's got a new biographer
Read MoreCharles Rosen, 1927-2012
/Open Letters mourns the loss of Charles Rosen, pianist, scholar, teacher and critic.
Read MoreBook Review: Ships of Oak, Guns of Iron
/In a rip-snorting new blood-and-swash history of the War of 1812, the men and their fighting ships take center stage
Read MoreNorman Lebrecht's Album of the Year
/It's been a bumper year for vocal recitals, but Norman Lebrecht has selected the best of the bunch--and the best album of 2012
Read MoreGuest Movie Review: The Sessions
/The Oscar race for Best Actor gets a little bit more crowded with the performance of John Hawkes in Ben Lewin's "The Sessions"
Read MoreBook Review: Counting One's Blessings
/The official biographer of Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother now gives us that most unlikely of things: a collection of her life-long correspondence
Read MoreClassics Reissued: The Norton Critical English Bible
/A new college-use edition of the King James Bible turns out to be that rarest of publishing phenomena: a true must-have masterpiece.
Read MoreBook Review: A Dangerous Inheritance
/Historian Alison Weir's latest novel features two young heroines, separated by 80 years but united by their fascination with one of history's mysteries: the fate of the Princes in the Tower
Read MoreBook Review: Spectrum 19
/The latest "Spectrum" arrives, full of worlds of wonder!
Read MoreGuest Movie Review: Life of Pi
/A boy and a tiger, trapped at sea - the best-selling novel "Life of Pi" gets a movie adaptation by Ang Lee
Read MoreThe Landscapes Through Which We Traveled
/Peter Handke turns 70 today. One of his translators and frequent travel companions offers a tribute.
Read MoreCD of the Week - Voyages-Reisen
/A compelling new recording of compositions for the viola da gamba, an ancestor of the cello, is just the antidote to predictable radio classical fare
Read MoreBook Review: The Big New Yorker Book of Dogs
/Perfect for the dog-lover on your gift list: a great big new dog-themed anthology from the vaults of the New Yorker
Read MoreClosest to Perfection
/Europa Editions has reprinted Anthony Burgess' masterpiece Earthly Powers. Our editors talk about that seminal volume which has inspired an issue wide celebration of Burgess and his work.
Read MoreReal Full Rich Rank
/Respectable novelists are solemn, meditative, and deliberate--they certainly don't churn out book reviews every week. Anthony Burgess smashed that fussy mold and left us a lifetime's work of brilliant, omnivorous literary journalism.
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