When a copy of Andrew Pyper's novel "The Demonologist" (Simon & Schuster) arrived in the mail last week, I took a quick glance and inhaled sharply at the plot description--a menacing demonic mystery, a scholar of John Milton, and a lost girl--and then I muttered two simple words: I'm in. Pyper's publisher has a fantastic … Continue reading You’re being watched: new in bookstores
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The zen of sleep: new in bookstores
Every day, we're at war. The mind has plans, the body has different plans. The time when we're most aware of this war is when we climb in bed at night. Buddhist practices are applied to just about everything in a flood of new books--and is that a good thing? I'm not always sure. I … Continue reading The zen of sleep: new in bookstores
Profile in courage
Dante Alighieri is a fascinating figure, and hopefully I'll be able to tell you what really fascinates me about that poor, exiled figure at some point in the near future when my work on a book about him is done. Keep your fingers crossed for me, beloved friends. In the meantime, I feel like I … Continue reading Profile in courage
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