In “The Quest for Power: Religion and Politics,” Samuel Slipp sets out to show that it is not religion that is the cause of the world’s ...
Books
A Weekend of Bookish MayhemMay 11, 2011
On Saturday and Sunday, BookHampton is celebrating spring with Mayhem, a weekend festival of mysteries and mystery writers, ranging from...
In Praise of Paper and BindingsMay 4, 2011
“Book Love” by the editors Bill Henderson and James Charlton looks like a sweet gift book, from its title to the baby blue of its cover, from that cover’s image of two pages curving together to form a
Long Island Books: The Lay of the LandApr 27, 2011
Asked to describe the impossible, one might suggest that an expert fairly describe the historic, legal, and practical processes that define his or her field in just over 100 pages. Harder still if the result must be readable to the uninitiated while offering a point of view and advice to ...
ImagesApr 13, 2011
Long Island Books: Darkness and LightApr 6, 2011
Two recently published poetry books by East Hampton Town residents merit the attention of serious poets and casual readers alike. Naomi Lazard’s “Ordinances,” winner of the 2010 ReBound Prize , and Fran Castan’s “Venice: City That Paints Itself” should find their way into the collection of any poetry lover.