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They Thought They Were Free: The Germans, 1933-45 - SUPPORTING BUTLER: Head Butler no longer gets a commission on your Amazon purchases. So the only way you can contribute to Head Butler’s bottom line is to become a patron
They’re Watching - Hollywood --- I mean: the studio system --- is so over I don’t know where to begin. But old images die slowly. Images of “moguls” and “executives” and “the studio lot”
Thich Nhat Hanh: “Breathing in, I calm my body. Breathing out, I smile. Dwelling in the present moment, I know this is a wonderful moment.” - In 1997, it was my privilege to spend an evening with Thich Nhat Hanh. He didn’t use a telephone, so when I interviewed him for America Online, I had to
Thich Nhat Hanh: Being Peace - If we are not happy, if we are not peaceful, it follows that we cannot share peace and happiness with others, even those we love, those who live under the
Thich Nhat Hanh: Essential Writings - Thich Nhat Hanh doesn't use a telephone, so when I interviewed him for America Online, I had to pick him up and drive him to the office. TNH practices “walking meditation.” That
Thich Nhat Hanh: Fragrant Palm Leaves - Reading Thich Nhat Hanh is like having Michael Jordan teach you how to play basketball. The focus is not on the dazzling tricks. It's about the
Thich Nhat Hanh: Living Buddha, Living Christ - Thich Nhat Hanh has no patience for religious doctrine. For him, the core of the world's religions is remarkably similar. And poster-simple. “Discussing God is not the best use of our
Thich Nhat Hanh: Present Moment Wonderful Moment - Breathing in, I calm my body. Breathing out, I smile. Dwelling in the present moment, I know this is a wonderful moment. That's it. That's all Thich Nhat Hanh has to say. Yes, you can take
Thich Nhat Hanh: Teachings on Love - In 183 pages, Thich Nhat Hanh reduces love to its essentials. Love is critical to a good life, he says, because everything else flows from it. The first sentence of the
Thinner This Year - Like millions and millions of people on the East Coast, I’ve been inside for months now. If anxiety burned calories, I’d be a stick. It doesn’t. The result: status as
This Close to Happy: A Reckoning with Depression - “Lately I’ve been thinking about the allure of suicide again.” Now there’s a book you don’t want to read. And Daphne Merkin, the author of that book, understands. Clinical depression, she
THIS COULD HURT - Ursula Le Guin had contempt for most modern novels, which she described as “fiction about dysfunctional urban middle-class people written in the present tense.” Me too. Every week I get
This House of Grief: The Story of a Murder Trial - WARNING: What follows is a strong recommendation for a story of death in Australia. Three deaths, actually, all children, all young, all drowned when a car driven by their father
This Is Not My Hat - I'm a huge fan of Jon Klassen’s first book, I Want My Hat Back. I’m not the only one. The New York Times chose “I Want My Hat Back” as the Best
This Is Not The Story You Think It Is: A Season of Unlikely Happiness - "Those Aren’t Fighting Words, Dear" --- Laura Munson’s account of trouble in her marriage --- was the most forwarded, shared, discussed, debated column in the Style section of The New
This Is Not The Story You Think It Is: A Season of Unlikely Happiness - Those Aren’t Fighting Words, Dear --- Laura Munson’s account of trouble in her marriage --- was the most forwarded, shared, discussed, debated column in the Style section of The New
This is Why You’re Fat: Where Dreams Become Heart Attacks - Man, am I stuffed --- and all I did was skim 128 pages. Though “skim” is the wrong word here. “Gorged” is more like it. And now I’m not sure what I need
This One Is Mine - Novels set in Los Angeles are tricky. If they're about rich, powerful people, they're generally laced with irony, as if to pay homage to Joan Didion, Nathaniel West,
Thomas Mann - "Buddenbrooks" fills 736 pages. "The Magic Mountain" only takes 720. "Doctor Faustus" is brisk at 544 pages. But I didn't want to face the Lord of Literature at the Library
Thomas Paine: Collected Writings (Common Sense; The Crisis; Rights of Man; The Age of Reason) - Guest Butler Stephen Mo Hanan is an award-winning actor, singer and playwright. He has recently completed a memoir about his adventures, internal and otherwise. Lucky New Yorkers saw him star
