by bertbaby | Aug 28, 2013 | Book Reviews
Five stories follow seekers of knowledge in the natural world.
by bertbaby | Aug 28, 2013 | Book Reviews
It’s a truth universally acknowledged around our office that the Discover selection committee readers love a great coming of age story — in fact, our entire Fall 2013 list is made up of coming of age stories, both fiction and non — and The...
by bertbaby | Aug 28, 2013 | Book Reviews
Are our best athletes born great, or do they achieve greatness? David Epstein dissects the physical and mental makeup of Michael Jordan, Serena Williams, Usain Bolt and others, to at last distinguish athletic nature from nurture.
by bertbaby | Aug 28, 2013 | Book Reviews
A highly underrated 20th century writer presents a wealth of American eccentrics, including heat-stroked widows, hypnotizing predators, and a boy who swallows his father’s wedding ring.
by bertbaby | Aug 28, 2013 | Book Reviews
August 28: Johann Wolfgang von Goethe was born on this day, as announced in the opening sentences of his four-volume autobiography: “On the 28th of August, 1749, at mid-day, as the clock struck twelve, I came into the world, at Frankfort-on-the-Main.”...
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