One of the Guys the culper ring seriesThe debate about women and torture has, until recently, focused on women as victims of violence. But when photographs were released from the Abu Ghraib prisoner abuse scandal, one featured Lynndie England holding a prisoner by a dog leash. Overnight, she became a symbol of women's capacity to inflict pain and suffering and soon, many in America were questioning why the infliction of violence has always been seen as inherently male. One of the Guys
An electrifying standalone thriller that breaks all the rules
Lame of Thrones offers fans a way of reentering the fictional world they have come to love and merrily explodes all of its conventions -- as well as their expectations of the characters -- to hilarious ends
and current cultural and political controversies of the post-Cold War era
You don't have to be a professional ballerina to look like one
After hitting rock bottom and experiencing a moment of clarity
Kushner's novel The Conditions of Love traces the journey of a girl from childhood to adulthood as she reckons with her parents' abandonment
Whitney Balliett
and patriotism exposes the true stories behind some of the Army's darkest secrets
Aretha stubbornly found a way to triumph over troubles
and they warn that anyone who enters this sacred city will fall ill and die
down cobbled Byzantine streets
and an elephant (not to mention a death by elephant)
