According to Sir Francis Bacon, “There is no excellent beauty that hath not some strangeness in the proportion.” And accor
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How do you love someone who is hard to love?
In Bowling Alone (Touchstone), Robert D.
Based on the National Study of Youth and Religion—the same survey as Christian Smith’s Soul Searching—this fascinati
Babies are endlessly fascinating, and so is this now out on DVD.
When Patricia MacLachlan was asked to write a book about her life as an author, she responded with a fictional account of a visiting&n
Olivia Tschetter leaves her doctoral defense to learn that her mother has died.
Can you end a sentence with a preposition? Is it proper to say “different from” or “different than”?
Forty years after the birth of the band Led Zeppelin, former lead singer Robert Plant has been reborn as an interpreter of Americana r
So far no one has asked me to join The Academy in voting on who should win the Oscars.
, the latest album from Mumford and Sons, is a rousing chorus of blue
may not be one you’d nat
Fans of Over the Rhine will agree that
is challenging, not only because of the subject—Osca
Not sure you really want to see a western? Maybe you wonder what the quirky Coen brothers would make of the genre?
The Land Between by by Jeff Manion
Finding God in Difficult TransitionsAuthor Jeff Manion reflects on the Israelites’ wanderings in the Sinai desert to teach readers lessons on living for God’s
In his jeans and red Reeboks, is relaxed on stage.
by Donald W. Berghuis
The Tyranny of E-Mail by by John Freeman
The Four-Thousand-Year Journey to Your InboxIn his astute critique of e-mail, John Freeman frames the vast changes wrought by the Internet in the context of 4,000 years of histor
consist of a husband-and-wife team who write bouncy tunes and lyrics that catch y
Want to read about the largest molecule ever found in space? What's up with the decline of the honeybee population?
The Spirit of Food: 34 Writers on Feasting and Fasting Toward God by edited by Leslie Leyland Fields
While the Chicken Soup franchise of books never quite satisfied me, this collection of essays serves up something truly rich—the
Montreal-based indie rockers Arcade Fire have a growing North American reputation.
This historical drama, which follows England’s King George VI (Colin Firth) and his struggle with a speech impediment, is genial