From Schizophrenia to Megalomania, Three New Books on Mental Illness
A short list of books includes a personal memoir about a family’s struggle with schizophrenia, a history of psychiatry and an exploration of how tyrants think.
Source: NY Times Book Reviews
Is Morality Hard-Wired Into Our Brains?
“Conscience,” by the neurophilosopher Patricia S. Churchland, traces moral behavior to early brain developments in mammals.
Source: NY Times Book Reviews
Taffy Brodesser-Akner Talks About Her First Novel
Brodesser-Akner discusses “Fleishman in Trouble,” and Katherine Eban talks about “Bottle of Lies: The Inside Story of the Generic Drug Boom.”
Source: NY Times Book Reviews
A Son’s Memoir of His Father’s Radical Beliefs, Pursuit by the F.B.I. and Ardent Love for America
“A Good American Family,” by David Maraniss, examines the paranoia and brutality of the McCarthy era through the lens of his father’s experience.
Source: NY Times Book Reviews
3 Memoirs That Explore The Many Facets Of Mental Illness
One in five Americans have some experience with mental illness every year — and these three new memoirs dig into that experience, whether it's the author's own illness or that of a loved one.
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Source: NPR Book Reviews
Summer of Love, Where Have You Gone?
These Y.A. novels set in the Bay Area grapple with social ills caused by technology and racial injustice. But love still has its say.
Source: NY Times Book Reviews
Books That Will Crawl Under Your Skin — in a Good Way!
In this trio of surreal story collections, including a debut from the “BoJack Horseman” creator Raphael Bob-Waksberg, up is down and down is up.
Source: NY Times Book Reviews
Talking to Neal Stephenson, Whose New Novel, ‘Fall,’ is at No. 14
“Unlike some of my hard science fiction books, such as ‘Seveneves’ — where I sweated the details of orbits, rocket engines, etc. — ‘Fall’ is meant to be read as more of a fable,” he says.
Source: NY Times Book Reviews
Revisiting Joyce Carol Oates’s Short Stories
In her 1984 short story collection “Last Days,” Oates examines the American experience in places such as Berlin, Poland and Africa.
Source: NY Times Book Reviews
New in Paperback: ‘Ninety-Nine Glimpses of Princess Margaret,’ ‘The Chandelier’
Six new paperbacks to check out this week.
Source: NY Times Book Reviews
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