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Sarah and Her Tribe

Going Rogue: An American Life

by Sarah Palin

Sarah from Alaska: The Sudden Rise and Brutal Education of a New Conservative Superstar

by Scott Conroy and Shushannah Walshe


The Art of the Ditch

The airplane was not crashing, but it was definitely headed down

Fly by Wire: The Geese, the Glide, the Miracle on the Hudson

by William Langewiesche


Uncovering Céline

Bagatelles pour un massacre [Trifles for a Massacre]

by Louis-Ferdinand Céline

L'École des cadavres [The School of Corpses]

by Louis-Ferdinand Céline

Les Beaux Draps [A Fine Mess]

by Louis-Ferdinand Céline

Normance

by Louis-Ferdinand Céline, translated from the French and with an introduction by Marlon Jones


Sparks of God

From the House of the Dead

an opera by Leoš Janáček, staged by Patrice Chéreau and conducted by Esa-Pekka Salonen


The Age of Teddy

Rebirth of a Nation: The Making of Modern America, 1877–1920

by Jackson Lears


Can Science Explain Religion?

The Evolution of God

by Robert Wright


Vindicating del Sarto

Divinely Painted—Andrea del Sarto: The Holy Family in Munich and Paris

an exhibition at the Alte Pinakothek, Munich, October 1, 2009–January 6, 2010


Murder in the North

Red Riding: 1974, 1980, 1983

adapted by Tony Grisoni and directed by Julian Jarrold, James Marsh, and Anand Tucker


East Africa: The Most Corrupt Country

It's Our Turn to Eat: The Story of a Kenyan Whistle-Blower

by Michela Wrong


Corners of the American Scene

American Stories: Paintings of Everyday Life, 1765–1915

an exhibition at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York City, October 12, 2009–January 24, 2010, and the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, February 28–May 23, 2010


The Genius of Thom Gunn

Selected Poems

by Thom Gunn, edited by August Kleinzahler

Selected Poems of Fulke Greville

edited and with an introduction by Thom Gunn, and an afterword by Bradin Cormack

At the Barriers: On the Poetry of Thom Gunn

edited by Joshua Weiner


Israel & Palestine: Eternal Enmity?

Israel and Palestine: Reappraisals, Revisions, Refutations

by Avi Shlaim


Wake Up and Dream

Generosity: An Enhancement

by Richard Powers


Writers in a Cage

Zhivago's Children: The Last Russian Intelligentsia

by Vladislav Zubok


Romantic Scientists

The Atmosphere of Heaven: The Unnatural Experiments of Dr. Beddoes and His Sons of Genius

by Mike Jay


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