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Dec 19, 2011

Being Sir Larry

Talk story about Kenneth Branagh visiting a secondhand bookstore…
Sep 13, 2010

Power Lines

BOOK review of Rhonda Byrne’s “The Power.” On February 8, 2007, Oprah Winfrey greeted her TV audience by brandishing a DVD and asking, “Have you heard about it?” The DVD was “The Secret,” a low-budget inspirational documentary that was already a cult favorite; with Winfrey’s endorsement, it went mainstream…
Sep 13, 2010

Power Lines

A CRITIC AT LARGE about Rhonda Byrne’s “The Power.” On February 8, 2007, Oprah Winfrey greeted her TV audience by brandishing a DVD and asking, “Have you heard about it?” The DVD was “The Secret,” a low-budget inspirational documentary that was already a cult favorite; with Winfrey’s endorsement, it…
March 10, 2010

The Subconscious Shelf

You have books. We have a desire to judge you on them. Angela, Vancouver, Washington: Angela, I’ve no idea how you’ve done it, but you’ve managed to assemble the book stack of my nightmares. I’m...
June 12, 2009

Help This

Forbes has attempted to tackle the tricky question of why women buy seventy-four per cent of all self-help books, and has gotten a slew of “experts” to weigh in. Here’s what they came up with:...
May 28, 2009

Covers Contest: Grand-Prize Winner

Well, this is momentous. For the first time in recorded memory, we have a repeat winner. In this week’s Covers Contest, we asked you to identify, from small details of their covers, four quite popular—dismayingly,...
June 25, 2007

Lights-out

Talk story about Workman Publishing and one of its books, “Take a Nap! Change Your Life,” by Sara Mednick. Peter Workman, the founder of Workman Publishing, is known as a stickler for traditional business hours. In January, though, the house published “Take a Nap! Change Your Life,” by Sara Mednick…
November 06, 2006

Fresh Prince

ANNALS OF POWER about Robert Greene and his book “The 48 Laws of Power,” which is popular among the hip-hop crowd… The first law of power, as set forth by Green, is “Never Outshine the Master.” The first law has achieved special resonance in the hip-hop community, which…
February 27, 2006

Pursuing Happiness

BOOKS review of two books about happiness, Jonathan Haidt's “The Happiness Hypothesis,” and Darrin McMahon's “Happiness: A History.” For most of the time modern humans have existed, it has made good sense to be fearful, cautious, timid. As Haidt puts it, “bad is stronger than good… Responses to threats and…
February 16, 2004

Sentimental Re-Education

BOOKS review of “Why We Love: Nature and Chemistry of Romantic Love” by Helen Fisher and “Lust” by Simon Blackburn… Writer describes reading “Why We Love” on a flight from Los Angeles to Newark. Tells about what other women on the flight were reading, including Danielle Steel novels, Glamour magazine…
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