This View of Life - DAVID
It is widely understood that Charles Darwin’s theory of evolution completely revolutionized the study of biology. Yet, according to David Sloan Wilson, the Darwinian revolution won’t be truly complete until it is applied more broadly—to everything associated with the words “human,” “culture,” and
The Moor's Account - Laila
In this stunning work of historical fiction, Laila Lalami brings us the imagined memoirs of the first black explorer of America—a Moroccan slave whose testimony was left out of the official record. In 1527, the conquistador Pánfilo de Narváez sailed from the port of Sanlúcar de Barrameda with a
The Voice of Experience -
R.D. Laing's new book is one of his most important: a compelling synthesis of many of the themes with which he has been dealing in recent years, a major step forward in his own thought. It is about the nature of our experiences, our ability to feel, our understanding and acceptance of what we feel.
Jimmy Corrigan: The Smartest
This first book from Chicago author Chris Ware is a pleasantly-decorated view at a lonely and emotionally-impaired "everyman" (Jimmy Corrigan, the Smartest Kid on Earth), who is provided, at age 36, the opportunity to meet his father for the first time. An improvisatory romance which gingerly
The Spyglass Tree - Albert
Possessed of "the poet's language, the novelist's sensibility, the essayist's clarity, the jazzman's imagination, the gospel singer's depth of feeling" (New Yorker), Albert Murray is one of our preeminent, most widely respected and admired African-American men of letters—novelist, memoirist, and
