A MASTERFUL OVERVIEW of cognitive neuroscience and the wonders of the human brain; richly informative for all.

THOUGHTFUL, ELOQUENT, MORALLY complex look at a murder trial; sobering, and exactly opposite to sensationalism.

SEARINGLY CANDID MEMOIR of the writer’s years of abuse by a charismatic pedophile and neglect by her parents.

A LIBERIAN BROADCASTER sketches a portrait of her conflict-torn country in her own story, those of listeners.

FASCINATING TOPIC–the history of UFO disinformation campaigns–suffers from distractingly unfocused approach.

REINVENTING THE MEMOIR as poem, Maxine Hong Kingston invites us into her luminous and introspective life.

IRREVERENT, WELL RESEARCHED lightning tour through behavioral economics shows why things cost what they do.

PROVOCATIVE, SHARP BOOK by French medieval historian challenges readers to look beyond the conventional wisdom.

OLIVER SACKS CONSIDERS the neurology of visual crises with clarity, compassion, and a moving personal account.

THOUGHTFUL BIOGRAPHY of the complex and troubled chess prodigy Bobby Fischer combines sympathy with insight.