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.
REVIEWS
Review: 1984
A generation-spanning dystopian vision of government overreach, from one of the greatest writers the English language has ever known.
Review: I Am Legend
That moment you realize how sharply the film deviates from the source material.
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.
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.
Review: The Demon-Haunted World
Carl Sagan’s passion for science and skepticism is alive and well in this rallying call to future generations.
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.
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.
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.
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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