Books

I've never been a big fan of coffee table books. They're kind of like a box of chocolates: real appealing, but when you start tasting, it turns out that much of it isn't very good. Nonetheless, I keep trying the chocolates and I always

This book screams out "spontaneous purchase," though it's not for the weak-stomached: Secrets of the Sideshows [http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0813123585/thedailyeudem-20]. Excerpt from a review [http://www.nthposition.com/secretsof.php]: > Today, with few exceptions, like Jim Rose's traveling

I didn't realize this one had been released already: The Politically-Incorrect Guide to Science [http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/089526031X/thedailyeudem-20]. Undoubtedly worth checking out. I remember the author (Tom Bethel) from The American Spectator. He's an engaging writer.

The NYT runs a good review of Buffalo Bill's America, by Louis S. Warren [http://www.nytimes.com/2005/12/11/books/review/11ward.html?adxnnl=1&adxnnlx=1134392681-6XfLblu4wrRbfAqJURrm0w] . In general, the reviewer praises the book, but also chides the author for pontificating observations that could'

U.S. News and World Report's cover story this week is about C.S. Lewis [http://www.usnews.com/usnews/news/articles/051212/12lewis.htm]. Written by Walker Percy biographer Jay Tolson, it's pretty good, from what I've read so far. (I'm

Richard John Neuhaus praises Peggy Noonan's John Paul the Great [http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0670037486/thedailyeudem-20]. Link [http://www.firstthings.com/onthesquare/?p=92].

WaPo has released its list of Top Ten books of 2005: The History of Love, by Nicole Krauss (fiction) March, by Geraldine Brooks (f) The March, by E.L. Doctorow (f) On Beauty, by Zadie Smith (f) Shalimar the Clown, by Salman Rushdie (f) The Assassins' Gate, by George

I've watched it occasionally, but my well-read parents are big fans of CNN's Booknotes. Now, the entire Booknotes archives through November 2004 is available on-line [http://www.booknotes.org/home/index.asp] in manuscript. If you want to watch stream video, 500 of the 800 shows

Catholic Book Publishers Association's Current Top Ten Lists [http://peopleofthebook.us/2005/12/01/december-catholic-bestsellers/]: Hardcover 1. Mother Angelica Raymond Arroyo. Doubleday 2. The Seven Levels of Intimacy Matthew Kelly. Beacon Publishing/Fireside 3. The Rhythm of Life Matthew Kelly. Beacon Publishing/Fireside 4. Catechism of the Catholic