Two neuroscientists show how magicians exploit our brains' cognitive process to fool us. [07.Feb.12]
By Patt Morrison
The thread Sally Bedell Smith follows is how the monarchy has had to embrace its own Darwinian version of flexibility; never ahead of the times but also trying not to be fatally far behind them. [07.Feb.12]
When Hunter S. Thompson began writing for Rolling Stone magazine, he had already developed his distinct voice and highly recognizable style, but at Rolling Stone, he perfected it. [06.Feb.12]
By David L. Ulin
In Koonchung Chan's landscape, government doesn’t need to suppress unpleasant history; we do it ourselves, every day, simply by not paying close enough attention to the facts at hand. [06.Feb.12]
A series of poetic meditations on "the madness of puppets", this brief but dense book fascinates as much as its uncanny subject matter. [03.Feb.12]
By Mike Fischer
In imagining he has the right to kill another so that he can single-handedly change history, how different is Jake from the fanatical Oswald, who killed Kennedy to bolster his customized view of the world? [03.Feb.12]
The most important five years in popular music -- including the birth and rise of CBGB, the birth of disco and hip-hop, Philip Glass’s emergence as a Serious Composer, and the many shades of salsa -- in one volume. [02.Feb.12]
By Carolyn Kellogg
Legal activist Connie Rice has a big, important story to tell: of her passion, her history, her legal record and her connection to both the powerful and the underprivileged in Los Angeles. [02.Feb.12]
