Book Review: The Crimes of Elagabalus
/A solid, enjoyable new biography of one of ancient Rome's most notorious gay teen-emperors!
Read MoreA solid, enjoyable new biography of one of ancient Rome's most notorious gay teen-emperors!
Read MoreA big new biography of Edward Burne-Jones, whose vivid and dreamlike artwork caught the sentimentality of his time and shaped it to immortal perfection.
Read MoreA perceptive new study of the effects a cataclysmic earthquake had on a tottering regime in China
Read MoreAn enchantingly small focus creates a modern-day masterpiece of natural history
Read MoreThe latest Kate Shugak murder mystery features small town Alaska, bush pilot sabotage, and one heck of a sexy state trooper!
Read MoreAny new study of Tutankhamen faces an array of obstacles - some more familiar than others.
Read MoreNow in paperback: one of the best books ever written about the life and times of Socrates
Read MoreA new thriller features an implacable torturer-for-hire as its problematic protagonist.
Read MoreA new look at the outbreak of World War I reminds readers of the individual people involved - and presents some intriguing might-have-beens.
Read MoreThe new movie "John Carter" has spawned a dozen reprints of the original Edgar Rice Burroughs stories - including the official Disney tie-in featuring both the screenplay novelization and the debut ERB novel
Read MoreEdgar Rice Burroughs' debut John Carter novel, "A Princess of Mars," gets a vivid new comic book adaptation
Read MoreA paperback reprint of a modern nature classic
Read MoreA new paperback edition of the once-definitive history of DC superheroes
Read MoreA new anthology samples from a lifetime's publications of a beloved critic
Read MoreIn Richard Mason's latest novel, a handsome, articulate young man takes a job with a wealthy family as tutor for their troubled son
Read MoreElizabeth Hardwick joined the literary world of mid-20th century Manhattan with every intention of making her mark upon it - which she did, in review after inimitable review, taking American book-discourse to levels and places it had never reached before
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