Real-life tale of the theft, dramatic recovery of 'The Scream'

The Rescue Artist
A True Story of Art, Thieves, and the Hunt for a Missing Masterpiece

By Edward Dolnick
HarperCollins. 288 pp. $25.95

Philadelphia Inquirer
Thursday, Oct. 13, 2005

Memories are made of this: Reading is the magic in Eco's new novel

The Mysterious Flame of Queen Loana

By Umberto Eco
Translated by Geoffrey Brock
Harcoourt. 480 pp. $27.00

Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
Sunday, July 31, 2005

Confidante writes of the Jimi she knew

Jimi Hendrix
The Man - The Magic - The Truth

By Sharon Lawrence
HarperCollins. 352 pp. $24.95

Philadelphia Inquirer
Wednesday, May 11, 2005

'Intellectual Morons' a guide flawed by personal invective

Intellectual Morons
How Ideology Makes Smart People Fall for Stupid Ideas

By Daniel J. Flynn
Crown Forum 304 pp. $25.95

Philadelphia Inquirer
Monday, December 13, 2004

When electric light was a scary idea
A book explores why people took decades to plug into having current in their homes

Dark Light
Electricity and Anxiety From the Telegraph to the X-Ray

By Linda Simon
Harcourt. 368 pp. $25

Philadelphia Inquirer
Monday, August 16, 2004

Philadelphia Inquirer
Sunday, July 19th, 2004

The Pythons Autobiography

By the Pythons
Thomas Dunne Books / St. Martin's. 359 pp. $60

Travel writer Bill Bryson conducts engaging tour of 'nearly everything'

A Short History of Nearly Everything

By Bill Bryson
Broadway. 544 pp. $27.50

The surveyor's chain and America
Enlightenment ideals, land speculation and geometry intersect

Measuring America
How an Untamed Wilderness Shaped the United States and Fulfilled the Promise of Democracy

By Andro Linklater
Walker. 310 pp. $26

Philadelphia Inquirer
Sunday, November 24th, 2002

The scientist-tycoon whose work on radar helped win WWII

Tuxedo Park
A Wall Street Tycoon and the Secret Palace of Science
That Changed the Course of World War II

By Jennet Conant
Simon & Schuster. 330 pp. $26