Books

In a fluid collection of essays on what he calls “the imaginative life," Rybczynski looks back on his parents‚ narrow escapes and circuitous wanderings about war-torn Europe.

With her steely optimism, the ‘Gone with the Wind’ heroine is a perfect tough-times model

Grand larceny, a mother’s madcap final months and the bitter truth about aging

Controversial kids’ author Enid Blyton is in the news again for a new book starring her famous wooden toy

A classic myth set in seven plays over three days with student actors is a labour of love

Neuroscientist David Eagleman’s brilliant, witty, endlessly inventive collection of micro-tales of various post-life existences.

Marx and Freud have faded badly, but Darwin still rules today

Bought: an exclusive read of the famous novelist’s predictions

A 40-year-old mother neglects her kids in order to read about how to be a better parent

The short, bitter mid-life crisis of William Leith: aging food addict and hypochondriac