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The benefits of mental illness
Brian Bethune in conversation with Nassir Ghaemi
This Swedish thriller has Larsson beat (ALL REVIEW)
Plus, the Bermuda Triangle of parenting, the complicated Clarence Darrow, a suspense novel for the beach, a loyal dog and Augusten Burroughs’s mother
An end in sight for Sookie Stackhouse
Charlaine Harris, author of the novels that inspire ’True Blood’, is wrapping up the series
Review: Lost in Shangri-La
Book by Mitchell Zuckoff
Review: The upright piano player
Book by David Abbott
The boyfriend’s lunatic heist
Thad Roberts stole 100 pieces of the moon from NASA, all to impress a woman
Review: The Man in the Rockefeller Suit
Book by Mark Seal
The women shortage and why a surplus of men is bad for all of us
In her book, Unnatural Selection, Mara Hvistendahl investigates the effects of sex selection of babies
Why we should consider flogging over prison
The author of ’In Defense of Flogging’ on lashings, chain gangs, and minimum prison sentences