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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 sleuth of baker street returns with the first authorized novel post-Conan Doyle

Book by Eliot A. Cohen

More readable fare is one thing, but enough with the populist gimmicks tacked on to literary prizes

Book by Steven Naifeh and Gregory White Smith

Book by Stephen King

Top-selling fiction and non-fiction titles

A Canadian doctor claims the ‘dead-end’ virus was hiding in plain sight for decades

Book by Allan Levine

Book by François-Marc Gagnon with Nancy Senior and Réal Ouellet

Millions of boomers will suffer from cognitive loss and dementia. Maybe they already do.