It turns out that Sam Harris' voice is as pretty as his face. And you can enjoy them both for a full hour and a quarter, courtesy of CSPAN's BookTV and YouTube. Sam Harris discusses his book, the controversial The End of Faith. He argues forcefully that logic and religion rarely meet. His verbal bomb-throwing … Continue reading Sam Harris Video

Bill Bryson's wit, wisdom, and talent have won over another formerly-dead-inside critic. Can this man be stopped?

HarperCollins has announced plans to publish a shorter version of the epic War and Peace. It's an earlier draft of Tolstoy's classic, and while briefer, it still clocks in at 1,000 pages.