Why bombs won’t stop terrorism
Drone strikes are a largely irrelevant tactic, designed to make Americans feel better, argues Patrick Cockburn
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Two fathers compare notes in The Dad Dialogues
A thoughtful dad book about baby daughters
John le Carré delivers a vibrant memoir
John le Carré on his life as a spy, a writer of fiction and now a memoirist
Short stories from Canadian master John Metcalf
One of Canada’s most heralded practitioners excels at both the wondrous and the grotesque
Away Game is a baseball-time-travel mash-up
An entertaining read from former Maclean’s editor Bob Levin
Ann Patchett’s Commonwealth is an expansive family saga
Ann Patchett’s latest novel seeks meaning in the twisting trajectory of life experience
The Reformation train wreck
The first of many books to mark the 500th anniversary of the start of the Reformation
The purpose of human pride
Why ’the deadliest sin’ is the key to human success
Marni Jackson makes a strange and clever fiction debut
Marni Jackson’s first novel is filled with tales of celebrities presiding over a life
A economist’s denunciation of cash
How the majority of the world’s paper cash fuels organized crime