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Read the complete review AMERICA’S PROPHET: Moses and the American Story By Bruce Feiler 335 pp. William Morrow $26.99 Reviewed by Mary P. Burke In America’s Prophet, Bruce Feiler tells the story of the United States from an alternative perspective—that of those who see the story of Moses guiding Americans’ dreams. He introduces us to people whom we would rarely meet and weaves their tales into

Beneath the Burka
Read the complete review here. DREAMING OF BAGHDAD By Haifa Zangana 160 pp. The Feminist Press $15.95 Reviewed by Alan Goodman Haifa Zangana’s Dreaming of Baghdad is a slim volume, translated from the Arabic in collaboration with Paul Hammond. Within the space of 160 pages, Zangana manages the trick of expositing simultaneously her past, present, and future experience as an Iraqi dissident,

Is It Real ... ?
Read the complete review here. PROVENANCE: How a Con Man and a Forger Rewrote the History of Modern Art Laney Salisbury and Aly Sujo 306 pp. Penguin $26.95 Reviewed by Marty Carlock In 1986 painter John Myatt was close to the end of his rope. He had a knack for copying the masters, but the precious skills he honed in art school never produced the kind of aesthetic vision the art world wants.

You Cannot Eat Meat and Support the Environment
At least so says author James E. McWilliams in Just Food. Read the review here. But then IRB editor-in-chief Carter Jefferson who points to this article as "worth a look on the subject of green eating." The reviewer's take? The focus of his book is quite narrow. I was struck by the clear and fundamental logic that agricultural is anti-environmental. To me, that insight was almost like

Just Food Author Writes for The Washington Post
Just Food author James McWilliams has an opinion piece in today's Washington Post. Read his opinion piece at this link. Read the IRB's review of Just Food at this link.