Songs of Willow Frost by Jamie Ford

Songs of Willow Frost A NovelWritten by Jamie FordHardcover, 352 pages | Ballantine Books | Fiction – Historical; Fiction – Family Saga; Fiction – Literary | $26.00 | September 10, 2013 | 978-0-345-52202-3 (0-345-52202-8)NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERFrom...

Subtle Bodies by Norman Rush

Subtle Bodies Written by Norman RushHardcover, 256 pages | Knopf | Fiction – Literary; Fiction – Humorous; Fiction – Romance – Contemporary | $26.95 | September 10, 2013 | 978-1-4000-4250-0 (1-4000-4250-X)In his long-awaited new novel, Norman...

Biologist’s Delight

September 10: “I am not insensible to natural beauty, but my emotional joys center on the improbable yet sometimes wondrous works of that tiny and accidental evolutionary twig called Homo sapiens.”  

Breaking Down

“About the ricin in general: Recall that back in season two, Walt cooked up a batch of ricin with the plan to use it to kill Tuco. (Plan thwarted.) Then he made another batch in season four, this time with the plan to take out Gus Fring…. Anyway, Walt...

Goodman’s Warning

September 9: “Every advanced country is overtechnologized; past a certain point, the quality of life diminishes with new ‘improvements.’ ”