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Today's book review11.22.08 Something Wicked
If young adult literature is the new Rock ’n’ Roll, as some suggest, then author Alan Gratz is Frank Zappa, and his smart, droll remakes of Shakespeare’s tragic hits – Hamlet and Macbeth – should win new converts to the old bard’s gems. (more…) |
Previous Reviews
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11.21.08 Eating the Sun: How Plants Power the PlanetPhotosynthesis may be the energy answer we seek.Reviewer Todd Wilkinson talks with author Oliver Morton. |
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11.20.08 A Great Idea at the TimeHow the Great Books turned an educational movement into a door-to-door sales pitch. |
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11.19.08 Eat, Memory: Great Writers at the TableWriters recall their most memorable meals.Reviewer Kendra Nordin interviews Amanda Hesser, editor of "Eat, Memory" |
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11.18.08 Reviews of “I See You Everywhere” and “The Flying Troutmans”Two new novels center on the complex, competitive love between sisters. |
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11.17.08 OutliersMalcolm Gladwell examines patterns in the lives of extraordinary achievers. |
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11.16.08 The Audacity of Hope – from the Monitor archivesBarack Obama gives readers a blueprint of his view that America requires "a different kind of politics." |
