Reading Time: 4 minutes The inauspicious heir to the White House had planned to play poker the night Roosevelt died. Instead, he became president
Tag: Non-fiction books
A New Year’s reading list for the 99.09 per cent
Reading Time: 3 minutes Four authors who lay bare a depressing world of plutocrats, oligarchs and the international kakistocracy
Luck plays a big part in creating a winning athlete
Reading Time: 4 minutes Fire the coach. Yell at the players to motivate them. Or accept that luck plays a significant role in the outcome, no matter how valiant your efforts
The lasting – and troubling – legacy of Martin Luther
Reading Time: 3 minutes It’s now 500 years since Luther threw down the gauntlet, taking on the power of the papacy in an era predating the separation of church and state
Crossroads: the growing Republican divide
Reading Time: 3 minutes Rather than a positive endorsement of their world view, Republican electoral success comes down to a simple rejection of the Democrats
A summer reading list to challenge your perspectives
Reading Time: 3 minutes These authors examine death and dying, love and romance, the immigrant experience and cultural chasms, and the heavy burdens family members must often carry
How the notion of the atheist Muslim can derail intolerance
Reading Time: 3 minutes Author Ali A. Rizvi is dedicated to bringing about an Islamic enlightenment. We must listen if we want to deal with the very real menace of radical Islam
Learning from the resolve of zero-gravity spiders
Reading Time: 3 minutes Rejected in love? Lost a job? Experienced a serious medical condition? Gone through a financial crisis? Spiders In Space offers comfort
The nationalism versus globalism debate explained
Reading Time: 3 minutes Much of current elite opinion would be soundly rejected by voters if ever openly expressed at the ballot box
Patti Smith tracks rock heroes’ slide into ‘careerism’
Reading Time: 4 minutes Too many of today’s music stars have strayed into careerism and away from the revolutionary values that many of them began with