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‘Return of a King: The Battle for Afghanistan,’ by William Dalrymple
Fri, 24 May 2013 13:58:48 GMT
William Dalrymple seeks contemporary lessons in Britain’s disastrous 19th-century invasion of Afghanistan.
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‘Waiting to Be Heard: A Memoir,’ by Amanda Knox
Fri, 24 May 2013 13:54:04 GMT
Amanda Knox tells her story of being charged with murder in Italy.
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‘What Jane Saw,’ an Online Exhibition for Austen Fans
Fri, 24 May 2013 12:00:01 GMT
The online exhibit “What Jane Saw” allows viewers to peruse a London gallery as Jane Austen saw it in 1813.
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ArtsBeat: Rick Atkinson to Write Trilogy about the American Revolution
Thu, 23 May 2013 23:02:05 GMT
Henry Holt and Company announced on Thursday that Mr. Atkinson, a former Washington Post editor and reporter, will be writing a trilogy covering the years 1775-1781.
 
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‘Forty-One False Starts,’ by Janet Malcolm
Thu, 23 May 2013 21:11:06 GMT
Janet Malcolm’s penetrating profiles are case studies in defeated amour-propre.
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‘The Guns at Last Light,’ by Rick Atkinson
Thu, 23 May 2013 21:03:10 GMT
The final volume of Rick Atkinson’s trilogy shows that the road to Berlin was far from smooth.
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‘Hollywood and Hitler,’ by Thomas Doherty
Thu, 23 May 2013 20:54:57 GMT
The movie industry ignored the growing German menace.
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ArtsBeat: Ethan Coen Play to Open Atlantic Theater Company Season
Thu, 23 May 2013 20:29:29 GMT
“Women or Nothing,” by Ethan Coen, is scheduled to begin previews Aug. 28.
 
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’Til Faith Do Us Part,’ by Naomi Schaefer Riley
Thu, 23 May 2013 18:23:41 GMT
An exploration of how, or if, interfaith marriages work in a nation of many religions.
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ArtsBeat: Lea Michele of ‘Glee’ Lands Book Deal for ‘Brunette Ambition’
Thu, 23 May 2013 16:07:41 GMT
Ms. Michele, who plays the overachieving Rachel Berry on “Glee,” will write a book called “Brunette Ambition,” which is described as being “part memoir, part how-to and part style guide.”
 
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"A Book of Verses undeneath the Bough, A Jug of Wine, a Loaf of Bread - and Thou Beside me singing in the Wilderness- Oh, Wilderness were Paradise enow!"
—Omar Khayyám (1050?-1123) Persian poet, mathematician, astronomer
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