The Life and Afterlife of Aaron SwartzThe precocious coder, hacker visionary, and “pirate” was already a tech legend by the time he’d turned 17. But in the weeks since his suicide la […]
Nasty, Brutish, and LongSteven Pinker’s new history is vivid on the brutality of premodern life. And blind to the depravity of our own.
Holding OutThe family for whom the truth is more important than the money.
Paper TigersWhat happens to all the Asian-American overachievers when the test-taking ends?
Indecent ExposureA survivor tests the boundaries of just how far a memoir of child abuse should go.
145 Minutes With Nassim TalebShopping for Kafka with the
Wall Street oracle turned aphorist and
self-described flâneur.
The Terrorist Search EngineEvan Kohlmann spends his days lurking in the darkest corners of the Internet, where jihadists recruit sympathizers from across the globe. He has […]
The Liveliest Mind in New YorkTony Judt’s dazzling, cantankerous brain is one of this city’s great treasures. Now, two years into a devastating battle with ALS, it is all he […]
Treasure Hunter: Richard ZacksRichard Zacks’s previous book, The Pirate Hunter, was an unlikely hit built around a persuasive case that the infamous Captain Kidd was not actu […]
