Catherine Ramsdell

Self-Reflection is Encouraged in: ‘Survival of the Beautiful: Art, Science, and Evolution’

A Different Kind of Horror: Stig Dagerman’s ‘Island of the Doomed’

‘Below Stairs’ Proves One Doesn’t Have to be a Good Maid or Cook to be a Good Observer

Tom Brokaw’s Quiet Sanity: ‘The Time of Our Lives’

‘Catherine the Great: Portrait of a Woman’ Is a Magical Journey About an Amazing Woman

Sherlock Holmes and Philosophy by Josef Steiff

The First True Celebrity of the Arts: Jane Smiley’s ‘Charles Dickens: A Life’

America’s Past Is a Haunted House: ‘Monsters in America’

‘Soldiers’ Stories’ Delves Into the Notion of Heroines First, but Women Always

‘Sweet Invention’ Is Rich and Dense, Much Like the Food It Describes

‘Future Media’: Recommended for Anyone Who Has a Smartphone, Watches TV, or Uses the Internet

‘The Dog Park Club’ Isn’t One of Those Super Cutesy Animal Stories