Post­ed by Nat Bern­steinWhile the con­tents of a phi­los­o­phy-packed biog­ra­phy of Karl Marx is almost cer­tain to send my head spin­ning, the clean lines of its book…

Post­ed by Nat Bern­steinIf you’re sur­prised to dis­cov­er that Helen Maryles Shankman already has anoth­er title due out this Octo­ber, look closer:For rea­sons the author…

Post­ed by Nat Bern­steinIt took oppo­site jour­neys for a moth­er and daugh­ter to each find them­selves at the start of their adult lives: one need­ed to leave France to…

Post­ed by Nat Bern­steinOne of my very favorite Jew­ish hol­i­day tra­di­tions is com­ing up: beflow­er­ing one’s home for Shavuot! Owing to a midrash that Mount Sinai…

Post­ed by Nat Bern­steinWhat’s a girl to do at 74 years old with a No. 1 sell­ing album for every decade since 1964 to her name?Nation­al trea­sure…

Post­ed by Nat Bern­steinIt’s been over a decade since Jonathan Safran Foer’s last nov­el—Extreme­ly Loud and Incred­i­bly Close—was pub­lished. But as fans of Foer’s…

Post­ed by Nat Bern­steinYou know how some shows take a few episodes to find their legs? I ini­tial­ly gave up on Parks and Recre­ation, for exam­ple, dis­ap­point­ed…

Post­ed by Nat Bern­steinOrphan Num­ber Eight author Kim Van Alke­made shared the cov­er for the nov­el­’s new large-print edi­tion last week, and it’s no won­der she’s…

Post­ed by Nat Bern­steinI don’t know any­one who did­n’t grow up with Eric Car­le, whether has a young read­er or a par­ent or a grand­par­ent. Uni­ver­sal­ly…

Post­ed by Nat Bern­steinIt’s already Feb­ru­ary, and with a cer­tain day ded­i­cat­ed to romance on the greet­ing card cal­en­dar falling over a week­end this year,…

Post­ed by Nat BernsteinJan­u­ary 2016Pri­mo Lev­i’s Resis­tance by Ser­gio Luz­zat­to (Met­ro­pol­i­tan Books)The Road to Resilience: From Chaos to Cel­e­bra­tion by…

Post­ed by Nat Bern­steinIf you had to guess which month of the year sees the high­est cook­book sales, you might place your bet on one boast­ing a boun­ti­ful sea­son…