REVIEWS

Review: The Martian

Review: The Martian

Andy Weir invites us into a world where bottomless ingenuity, basic NASA provisions, and copious amounts of duct tape are all you need to survive a death trip to Mars.

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Review: The Secret

Review: The Secret

Don’t be alarmed. I read this so you don’t have to.

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Review: 1984

Review: 1984

A generation-spanning dystopian vision of government overreach, from one of the greatest writers the English language has ever known.

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Review: I Am Legend

Review: I Am Legend

That moment you realize how sharply the film deviates from the source material.

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Review: Poetry of the Universe

Review: Poetry of the Universe

In this brief volume Robert Osserman opens up the aesthetic space as he volleys philosophy in between sets of mathematical exposition.

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Review: Saying Yes

Review: Saying Yes

Columnist Jacob Sullum’s data-centric treatise is requisite reading for informed discussion on drug use and, inevitably, the war on drugs — its basis, its value, its cultural implications.

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Review: The Demon-Haunted World

Review: The Demon-Haunted World

Carl Sagan’s passion for science and skepticism is alive and well in this rallying call to future generations.

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Review: The Man From St. Petersburg

Review: The Man From St. Petersburg

International intrigue is on the loose again in this fast-paced novel set in the lead-up to World War I.

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Review: The Grapes of Wrath

Review: The Grapes of Wrath

John Steinbeck breaks through to glory in his dramatic portrayal of migrant life following the Dust Bowl-aggravated Great Depression.

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Review: David and Goliath

Review: David and Goliath

David and Goliath resumes the Gladwell tradition of accomplished storytelling but is held back by confused and murky themes and a lack of scientific rigor.

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Review: Getting the Reformation Wrong

Review: Getting the Reformation Wrong

This handy distillation addresses some of the common misreadings of the Reformation that so abundantly reside along the shoals of modern Protestantism.

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Review: Brain Candy

Review: Brain Candy

I review Garth Sundem’s 2010 brain science compilation, Brain Candy.

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