Books Archives
Angela’s Ashes, Frank McCourt - Angela’s Ashes, the first of Frank McCourt’s memoirs, touched me deeply. And not just for itself.
Animal, Vegetable, Miracle: A Year of Food Life, Barbara Kingsolver, with Steven L. Hopp and Camille Kingsolver - Just as Barbara Kingsolver and her family were leaving their beloved Arizona home, the local authorities made an announcement.
Anna Akhmatova - "Poetry is respected only in this country,” said Russian poet Osip Mandelstam.
Anthony Quinn's Eye - If you are of a certain age you remember Anthony Quinn as a protean force, not just as an actor but as a collector and artist.
Antonya Nelson: Female Trouble - Both her parents were English professors, so it wasn’t entirely surprising that Antonya Nelson grew up writing stories.
Aristotle and an Aardvark Go to Washington: Understanding Political Doublespeak Through Philosophy and Jokes, Thomas Cathcart and Daniel Klein - In 1928, a heckler shouted at presidential candidate Al Smith, "Tell 'em all you know.
Arrowsmith, Sinclair Lewis - Sinclair Lewis is the bookend to F. Scott Fitzgerald. Both were born in Minnesota. Fitzgerald went to Princeton, Lewis to Yale.
Art and Madness: A Memoir of Lust Without Reason, Anne Roiphe -   Guest Butler Barbara Finkelstein is the author of Summer Long-a-coming.
Artists in Residence, Dana Micucci - Here, in a lovely slip case, is a slip of a book. A pamphlet, if you will.
As Always, Jack, Emma Sweeney - I crave a simple, old-fashioned book.
At Blanchard's Table: A Trip to the Beach Cookbook, Melinda and Robert Blanchard - Melinda Blanchard is a home-taught cook, not a trained chef.
At Elizabeth David's Table: Classic Recipes and Timeless Kitchen Wisdom - I have such a schoolboy crush on Melissa Hamilton and Christopher Hirsheimer, the team that produces the Canal House cookbooks, that I reflexively pul
At Home with May and Axel Vervoordt: Recipes for Every Season, May Vervoordt - So I get this beautiful --- no, make that gorgeous --- cookbook. With the most spectacular photographs I’ve seen in ages.
At Risk, Alice Hoffman - You don’t forget the books that stop you in your tracks.   In 1988, that book was “At Risk,” Alice Hoffman’s novel about
Atlas of Remote Islands (Fifty Islands I Have Never Set Foot on and Never Will), Judith Schalansky - Want to get away?
Atlas of the World, produced by National Geographic - Atlas of the World produced by National Geographic "Whenever you see a straight line in the Middle East," Butler's stepson was saying on the phon
Badenheim 1939, Aharon Appelfeld - Aharon Appelfeld, one of Israel's greatest writers, has had only a handful of his 40 books translated into English. It's too bad.
Banker to the Poor, Muhammad Yunus - Because we are all financially sophisticated here, we know that the time to borrow money is when rates are low and you don't need it. What do you do
Baptism by Fire, Heather Choate Davis - Baptism by Fire: The True Story of a Mother Who Finds Faith During Her Daughter's Darkest Hour by
Barbara Finkelstein: In Defense of Long Books - "I don't get it," JK recently wrote.