An anaesthetist tells all
On surgeons’ personality quirks, exploding patients and what really goes on in operating rooms
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.
Bestsellers
Top-selling fiction and non-fiction titles (week of February March 8th, 2010)
Bestsellers
Top-selling fiction and non-fiction titles (week of March 1st, 2010)
How religious practice "brainsoothes" more than any other human activity
Anthropologist Lionel Tiger on faith and sexual behaviour, why religion comforts us, and how churches act as ‘serotonin factories’
A president and his famous nemesis
The epic Bill Clinton-Ken Starr battle created fault lines in U.S. life that still reverberate
Bestsellers
Top-selling fiction and non-fiction titles (week of February 22nd, 2010)
Bestsellers
Top-selling fiction and non-fiction titles (week of February 8th, 2010)
Bestsellers
Top-selling fiction and non-fiction titles (week of February 1st, 2009)
The huge secret about FDR’s death
Americans were told their president died of a sudden stroke. Not true, says a new book.
J.D. Salinger: When less is more
Salinger’s reclusiveness was a blessing to his fans