Are All the Giants Dead? by Mary Norton
It really is a simple tale but one where you enjoy the journey as much as the destination. The allusions to fairy tales, the way the characters interact, the de...
Year: 2011
The Forum & The Tower: politics, theory and the common good
This week's Coffee & Markets podcast features Mary Ann Glendon, author of The Forum and the Tower: How Scholars and Politicians Have Imagined the World, fro...
Nicole Krauss on writing
"For me writing is a long process of wandering and getting lost. I have no sense at all, setting out, what I am going to write. I think that will always, more o...
The Merry Pranks of Till Eulenspiegel by Heinz Janisch , Lisbeth Zwerger (Illustrator) , Anthea Bell (Translator)
I will be honest: I bought this one mostly for the art. I have a growing collection of folk tales and storybooks for children but I am not sure my kids would en...
The Tale of the Unknown Island by Jose Saramago
There is an elegance to the simplicity of the story and the determination of the characters to go beyond the small world of their mundane existence; to seek unc...
How Civilizations Die
David P. Goldman discusses demographic changes (in the Muslim world in particular), their impact on politics and policies, and how the US can best position itse...