Books

Books May 4, 2023

Kiss the Ground explores Indigenous origins of regenerative agriculture

LOS ANGELES — Kiss the Ground, a 10-year-old environmental nonprofit leading voice in bringing awareness to regeneration through its storytelling, education and advocacy, has announced…

The 10 best books of 2022: A Mason-Dixon mission, ‘Rabbit Hutch’ and, oh yeah, Bob Dylan

Book review: Bob Dylan’s new book about songwriting is fascinating, amusing and not what was expected

Frank Biondi ran Viacom and built Nickelodeon, and now his daughter is helping to tell his story

An entertaining and occasionally edifying look at European immigrants making movies in Hollywood during World War II.

Corporate profits vs. doing the right thing. No contest, as “Wastelands” shows us once again.

Deborah Cohen’s new book brings back to life 1920s reporters who warned the world of the war that was coming

Review: ‘The Man Who Understood Democracy: The Life of Alexis De Tocqueville,’ by Olivier Zunz

‘A History Lover’s Guide’ spans Chicago’s birth to our cemeteries.

Books April 7, 2022

Before #MeToo, before school board meltdowns, most big movements start small. ‘The Quiet Before’ is about the whisper campaigns.

So I’m reading “The Quiet Before: On the Unexpected Origins of Radical Ideas,” Gal Beckerman’s excellent new book on the modest roots of massive sea…

1 2 3 4 »