On the Scent: Five from Sonoma Scent Studio
/From ancient Egypt and Rome to the present, humans have always been fascinated by perfume; a new feature looks at the craft and aesthetics of making scents.
Read MoreCounterfeit Wit
/Liars and impostors have been Peter Carey's bread and butter for 30 years--so he's up to mischief when he takes on the beloved and upright Alexis de Tocqueville in a new novel.
Read MoreNot Blocking The Exploding
/.... There’s just this one next thing /plunked down, weighty & here, after the last //next thing burned off in mist.
Read MoreCat's Owls
/"Owls are majestic creatures. Their stolid quality is exactly what attracts me to them. I purposefully chose those images based on the ability that this animal has to move with such grace and poise, as if always in perfect control."
Read MoreSmiling, and Back to Work
/In 2007-2008, the world's financial markets experienced ample "creative destruction." Now in paperback is this rich (no pun intended) life of the man who coined the term.
Read MoreThe Nautilus
/When John Ruskin, the foremost architectural critic of the Victorian era, discovered Venice, he fell in love. An elaborate new work paints the picture in great detail.
Read MoreThe Mines of Mania
/Hi-Ho, Hi-Ho, it's off to game we go as Phillip Lobo delves into the subterranean pleasures of Dwarfortress
Read MoreRagged Ishmael
/"Mad Bomber" Sam Melville protested the Vietnam War by blowing up buildings, and he died unrepentant in the Attica riots - but what, if anything, was his legacy?
Read MoreThe Playground of the Gods
/Hermes, god of thieves and liars, is the narrator of John Banville's new novel The Infinities. Janet Potter looks into the story he's got to tell.
Read MoreZen and the Art of Skull-Impaling
/Even in these fractious times, we can all agree that zombies are bad, and that killing zombies is good. But how exactly do you do it? A new book hones your technique.
Read MoreMay 2010 Issue
/"Owl#1 (from the Dan Series)" by Catherine Bourassa-Hébert
Read MoreA Year with Short Novels: Awash with Conrad
/It was only a matter of time before our Year with Short Novels got around to the most famous one of them all and traveled deep into The Heart of Darkness.
Read MoreOnward, Muriel, Onward!
/Perceptive, cosmopolitan British novelist Muriel Spark has at last received an enormous and long-promised biography. Is justice done - or perhaps overdone?
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