REVIEW: Fortress Europe: dispatches from a gated continent
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Brian Bethune
Brian Bethune writes about ideas, books and the book trade, and religion, but what really interests him is why people believe what they believe.
The woman who coined the ’End of Men’
Hanna Rosin says women are avoiding men, and men are becoming childish
Bestsellers and new in books: Ballerinas, Tony Danza and Noah’s Flood
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REVIEW: The Energy of Slaves: Oil and the New Servitude
Book by Andrew Nikiforuk
REVIEW: The Rocks Don’t Lie: A Geologist Investigates Noah’s Flood
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In conversation with Robert Kaplan
On how geography threatens the U.S., makes Africa poor and may alter our economy
Deborah Ellis is a Breadwinner for Afghan women
The Canadian author has given more than $1 million in royalties to charity
The real Downton Abbey
Bestsellers and reviews: the life of David Foster Wallace, the women who sued Newsweek, Obama’s foreign policy, Zadie Smith’s latest and Madame Curie’s daughters
Paul Tough on how children succeed. Hint: It’s not academics
New cutting-edge research says personality traits and social skills play a crucial role
Must reads for an extra long weekend
Bestseller lists, plus reviews of the latest from Auster and McEwan