Neurosurgeon Schwartz’s excellent debut intersperses details about the history of brain surgery with background on what it’s like to perform the procedure. He traces Continue reading »
A Complicated Passion: The Life and Work of Agnès Varda
Carrie Rickey
Film critic Rickey delivers the definitive biography of French filmmaker Agnès Varda (1928–2019). Born in Belgium, Varda fled the country after the Nazis invaded in 1940 and Continue reading »
Foreign Agents: How American Lobbyists and Lawmakers Threaten Democracy Around the World
Casey Michel
Corruption on behalf of despots is the stock in trade of American lobbyists who work for foreign governments, according to this masterful exposé. Michel (American Kleptocracy), Continue reading »
Martin delivers a wrenching account of her relationship with her cousin, Ted Bundy, both before and after she learned he was a serial killer. In 1975, Martin was in the middle Continue reading »