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'V is for Venom' shows how Agatha Christie killed hundreds with poisons
Science influencer Kathryn Harkup explains how mystery writer Agatha Christie knew so much about deadly poisons.
June 17, 2025
Review: The man who brought you ‘Saturday Night Live’ has had a wild life
Nonfiction: From Lily Tomlin to Michael Che, “Lorne” Michaels has worked with a lot of comic greats.
February 15, 2025
Review: Sailing family hunted sharks but met murderers and shipwreck instead
Nonfiction: Matthew Pearl turns from novels to the incredible story of the Walker family in “Save Our Souls.”
January 6, 2025
Review: New book argues the late composer Stephen Sondheim’s songs can teach us a lot about life
Nonfiction: Shows such as “A Little Night Music” and “Assassins” feature more than beautiful music.
November 30, 2024
Review: ‘Bandit Heaven’ brings wild, wild West back to life
Nonfiction: All the old John Wayne movies come to life in this fascinating tale of the last gasp of the wild, wild West.
October 31, 2024
We may soon have a new category for hurricanes, and that’s bad news
NONFICTION: “Category Five” says those catastrophic events are commonly being eclipsed, because of climate crisis.
August 27, 2024
Book shows how intertwined history of man and ‘The Horse’ shaped our world
NONFICTION: Loving that new pair of jeans you bought? Thank a horse.
July 24, 2024
Give that man a trophy! Humorist Simon Rich amuses again with ‘Glory Days’
NONFICTION: The Thurber Prize-winning writer of “New Teeth” and TV’s “Miracle Worker” has a new humor collection.
July 17, 2024
Book says no jewel was safe when Texas’ ’King of Diamonds’ was in town
NONFICTION: He was the ‘60s answer to Cary Grant in “To Catch a Thief,” but his jewel heists never were solved.
April 2, 2024
How Calvin Trillin mastered ‘The Lede’ and other annoyingly brilliant writing things
NONFICTION: The craft of reporting is raised to an art in a collection from the New Yorker writer.
February 7, 2024
Crime novelist Michael Connelly just keeps getting better with 'Resurrection Walk'
FICTION: Heroes Harry Bosch and Mickey Haller team again in a search for justice.
October 31, 2023
Review: Musical stars? Phoning the afterlife? The goofy ideas of Thomas Edison and others
NONFICTION: Author Katie Spalding is a kind of Bill Nye on steroids, making arcane science fascinating and fun.
May 19, 2023
