Category: Book Corner

As with its precursor High Rage, it’s a little hard to describe the plot of Taking Hope.  OK, at one level it’s easy: Morgan (aka Scarface) has decided

A while back, I read an article about how a part of the reason for our opioid epidemic is our loneliness.  In many ways, Packer’s The Unwinding is

This is not a social studies book. It does not pretend to speak about the objectively real “facts on the ground.” Which means that while he tells up

If you have been watching economic news this week, you will have heard that the British pound collapsed in a “flash crash.”  Most news stories leave it at

This short e-book will delight anyone who follows football (soccer) or is a Nick Hornby fan. If you’re an Arsenal fan, you will love it. But even if

The premise of the short story is simple: Charlie and Elaine divorce and Elaine (who writes for a major paper) immediately starts a column detailing all of Charlie’s

I grew up in a world where USA for Africa sang “We are the World” and so anytime anyone brings together a group of artists for a good

This is one of those books I kept meaning to read but stuff just kept getting in the way.  Don’t get me wrong; at 210 pages, this isn’t

The Revolution matters in American politics; matters in ways that are perhaps inexplicable to most Europeans.  In matters as diverse (and as modern) as healthcare reform, religion in

When you think of Eastern European literature, you are probably not thinking about fantasy.  Sure, you may have been forced to read Master and Margarita in High School