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THEWEEK.COM is a trademark owned by Felix Dennis.Fri, 20 Nov 2009 23:36:29 -0500Fri, 20 Nov 2009 23:36:29 -0500http://www.theweek.com/article/index/103196/Our_Choice_A_Plan_to_Solve_the_Climate_Crisis_by_Al_Gorehttp://www.theweek.com/article/index/103196/Our_Choice_A_Plan_to_Solve_the_Climate_Crisis_by_Al_GoreOur Choice is a “grand compendium” of all the best thinking available about the actions that can be taken to avert global disaster.Fri, 20 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0500http://www.theweek.com/article/index/103195/Book_of_the_week_Lit_A_Memoir_by_Mary_Karrhttp://www.theweek.com/article/index/103195/Book_of_the_week_Lit_A_Memoir_by_Mary_KarrFourteen years after The Liars’ Club, the Texan-born poet offers her fans a tour of her less-than-perfect adulthood.Fri, 20 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0500http://www.theweek.com/article/index/103193/Novel_of_the_week_The_Original_of_Laura_Dying_Is_Fun_by_Vladimir_Nabokovhttp://www.theweek.com/article/index/103193/Novel_of_the_week_The_Original_of_Laura_Dying_Is_Fun_by_Vladimir_NabokovThe Original of Laura is Nabokov’s final project, which he had asked his wife to burn if he failed to finish it. He never finished it, she never burned it, and the Nabokov’s son has finally released it for publication.Fri, 20 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0500http://www.theweek.com/article/index/103054/Author_of_the_week_Andre_Agassihttp://www.theweek.com/article/index/103054/Author_of_the_week_Andre_AgassiAgassi's collaboration with journalist J.R. Moehringer, who taped 250 hours of interviews with the tennis hero, has resulted in a juicy and candid memoir.Thu, 19 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0500http://www.theweek.com/article/index/103053/Also_of_interest__in_keeping_it_shorthttp://www.theweek.com/article/index/103053/Also_of_interest__in_keeping_it_shortChanging My Mind by Zadie Smith; The Collected Stories of Lydia Davis; Eating the Dinosaur by Chuck Klosterman; What the Dog Saw by Malcolm GladwellThu, 19 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0500http://www.theweek.com/article/index/102977/Unfriend_Word_of_the_yearhttp://www.theweek.com/article/index/102977/Unfriend_Word_of_the_yearPrompting disputes, the New Oxford America Dictionary has deemed the Facebook-derived term 2009's most influential word.Tue, 17 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0500http://www.theweek.com/article/index/102746/Fall_fiction_New_novels_from_four_old_favoriteshttp://www.theweek.com/article/index/102746/Fall_fiction_New_novels_from_four_old_favoritesNew works by Stephen King, Barbara Kingsolver, John Grisham, and Philip RothThu, 12 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0500http://www.theweek.com/article/index/102743/Author_of_the_week_Rhoda_Janzenhttp://www.theweek.com/article/index/102743/Author_of_the_week_Rhoda_JanzenMennonite in a Little Black Dress is Janzen's hilarious account of returning, as a 43-year-old divorcée, to her parents’ conservative Mennonite household.Thu, 12 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0500http://www.theweek.com/article/index/102742/Also_of_interest__in_new_business_bookshttp://www.theweek.com/article/index/102742/Also_of_interest__in_new_business_booksToo Big to Fail by Andrew Ross; The Sellout by Charles Gasparino; Googled by Ken Auletta; The King of Oil by Daniel AmmannThu, 12 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0500http://www.theweek.com/article/index/102568/The_Book_of_Basketball_The_NBA_According_to_the_Sports_Guy_by_Bill_Simmonshttp://www.theweek.com/article/index/102568/The_Book_of_Basketball_The_NBA_According_to_the_Sports_Guy_by_Bill_SimmonsThe online sports columnist's 700-page treatise leaves no doubt that basketball will always come first, and it's a blast to listen when a “true fan” like Simmons is doing the talking.Fri, 06 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0500http://www.theweek.com/article/index/102567/Novel_of_the_week_Last_Night_in_Twisted_River_by_John_Irvinghttp://www.theweek.com/article/index/102567/Novel_of_the_week_Last_Night_in_Twisted_River_by_John_IrvingThe “essential power” of Last Night in Twisted River proves strong enough that Irving’s excesses “do not overwhelm it,” said Floyd Skloot in The Boston Globe.Fri, 06 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0500http://www.theweek.com/article/index/102566/Book_of_the_week_When_Everything_Changed_The_Amazing_Journey_of_American_Women_From_1960_to_the_Present_by_Gail_Collinshttp://www.theweek.com/article/index/102566/Book_of_the_week_When_Everything_Changed_The_Amazing_Journey_of_American_Women_From_1960_to_the_Present_by_Gail_CollinsCollins’ ambitious survey of American women’s social and political progress over the past half-century is “remarkable.” Every signpost of the shift in ­women’s fortunes gets a fresh look.Fri, 06 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0500http://www.theweek.com/article/index/102450/Also_of_interest__in_past_American_battleshttp://www.theweek.com/article/index/102450/Also_of_interest__in_past_American_battlesD-Day by Antony Beevor; The Big Burn by Timothy Egan; The American Civil War by John Keegan; Empire of Liberty by Gordon S. WoodThu, 05 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0500http://www.theweek.com/article/index/102449/Author_of_the_week_Irene_Vilarhttp://www.theweek.com/article/index/102449/Author_of_the_week_Irene_VilarNow married with two children, Vilar's memoir, Impossible Motherhood, reveals the pathological desire for control over her body that led her to have 15 abortions in 15 years.Thu, 05 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0500http://www.theweek.com/article/index/102502/Glenn_Beck_The_new_Oprahhttp://www.theweek.com/article/index/102502/Glenn_Beck_The_new_OprahThe power of the Fox News host to promote a certain kind of bookThu, 05 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0500http://www.theweek.com/article/index/102359/Agassi_drug_scandal_Tennis_legends_reacthttp://www.theweek.com/article/index/102359/Agassi_drug_scandal_Tennis_legends_reactAndre Agassi has rocked the tennis world by confessing he used meth—and then lied about it. Will his reputation survive?Mon, 02 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0500http://www.theweek.com/article/index/102307/Goddess_of_the_Market_Ayn_Rand_and_the_American_Right_by_Jennifer_Burnshttp://www.theweek.com/article/index/102307/Goddess_of_the_Market_Ayn_Rand_and_the_American_Right_by_Jennifer_BurnsIt’s about time someone wrote a “thorough and largely un­biased” biography of one of 20th-century America’s most influential political thinkers, said Brian Doherty in Reason.Fri, 30 Oct 2009 00:00:00 -0400http://www.theweek.com/article/index/102305/Book_of_the_week_Superfreakonomics_Global_Cooling_Patriotic_Prostitutes_and_Why_Suicide_Bombers_Should_Buy_Life_Insurancehttp://www.theweek.com/article/index/102305/Book_of_the_week_Superfreakonomics_Global_Cooling_Patriotic_Prostitutes_and_Why_Suicide_Bombers_Should_Buy_Life_InsuranceFreakonomics authors Steven Levitt and Stephen Dubner are back with another "beautifully contrarian" collection of data-driven arguments.Fri, 30 Oct 2009 00:00:00 -0400http://www.theweek.com/article/index/102302/Novel_of_the_week_The_Museum_of_Innocence_by_Orhan_Pamukhttp://www.theweek.com/article/index/102302/Novel_of_the_week_The_Museum_of_Innocence_by_Orhan_PamukThe Nobel laureate's new book is a spellbinding love story about a young Turkish man who destroys his life pining for the woman he slept with just before marrying someone else.Fri, 30 Oct 2009 00:00:00 -0400http://www.theweek.com/article/index/102171/Author_of_the_week_Jonathan_Safran_Foerhttp://www.theweek.com/article/index/102171/Author_of_the_week_Jonathan_Safran_FoerIt’s simply wrong, says Foer, that the “crudest” of human senses—taste—“has been exempted from the ethical rules” governing all other human desires. His new book, Eating Animals, advocates a veritable boycott of factory-farmed animals.Thu, 29 Oct 2009 00:00:00 -0400