Black Mass is the philosopher John Gray's systematic destruction of the plot to invade Iraq, starting with the dark optimism fuelling apocalyptic Christianity.

In What is the What, Dave Eggers tells one refugee's story of his journey from Sudan to America.

In The World Without Us, Alan Weisman explores what on Earth would happen if humanity disappeared.

In Sex Workers in the Maritimes Talk Back, two academics take an up close look at the trade today.

Jon's review of Robert Wright's Three Nights in Havana, a book about Pierre Elliot Trudeau's famous (or perhaps infamous) visit with Fidel Castro in 1976, takes a critical look at a highly symbolic moment in this relationship.

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