From the tiniest microbe or fragment of DNA to the origins of the universe, it sometimes feels as if every subject generates a vast tide of scientific studies and that virtually nothing escapes...

When "The Glass Menagerie" opened on Broadway in March 1945, the actress cast as Southern matriarch Amanda Wingfield got so drunk before the show that a bucket was placed in the wings so she could...

This is a book destined for coffee tables in Tribeca lofts, Upper West Side apartments and Brooklyn townhouses. With stoops. Stoop is object No. 40, in fact, in this book that needs no...

The betrayals come thick and fast in David Bezmozgis' aptly titled and beautifully written second novel, "The Betrayers." The first involves Baruch Kotler, a 64-year-old Israeli politician who cheated...

"Forgetting to Be Afraid: A Memoir" (Penguin/Blue Rider Press), by Wendy Davis, and "Off the Sidelines: Raise Your Voice, Change the World" (Ballantine Books), by Kirsten...

"People I Want to Punch in the Throat: Competitive Crafters, Drop-off Despots, and Other Suburban Scourges" (Ballantine Books), by Jen Mann   It's not easy to endear yourself...

The title of former President George W. Bush's book about his father will feature a number, not a name.   Crown Publishers announced Wednesday that the book about...

"Dirty Work" (Little, Brown and Co.), by Gabriel Weston   At the start of Gabriel Weston's "Dirty Work," Nancy Mullion, an obstetrician-gynecologist, has choked...

"The Eye of Heaven" (Putnam), by Clive Cussler and Russell Blake   Russell Blake, a new co-author with Clive Cussler, brings the required adventure into the mix in "The Eye of...

"Voices Beyond Bondage: An Anthology of Verse by African Americans of the 19th Century" (NewSouth Books), edited by Erika DeSimone and Fidel Louis   George Moses Horton wasn't...