In ‘Brainstorm,’ Dr. Suzanne O’Sullivan tries to solve the puzzle of epilepsy
A neurologist with the Royal London Hospital, O’Sullivan shares case studies of her patients with empathy and scientific rigor.
Kevin J. Hamilton
In ‘Small Fry,’ Steve Jobs’ daughter writes of being on the outside looking in
Lisa Brennan-Jobs paints a rich portrait of her childhood, alternating between a mother barely able to support herself and a father almost pathologically distant. It’s...
‘American Heiress’: the long, strange trip of Patty Hearst | Book review
In “American Heiress,” Jeffrey Toobin revives the story of Patty Hearst for a new audience, using previously unreleased material to chronicle her odyssey from sheltered...
Nathaniel Philbrick’s ‘Valiant Ambition’: How betrayal helped win the Revolutionary War | Book review
Nathaniel Philbrick’s gripping new work, “Valiant Ambition,” tells how, after years of bickering by Congress and the states, the Revolutionary cause was finally galvanized and...
A character study of Thomas Jefferson as ‘patriarch’ | Book review
In “Most Blessed of the Patriarchs,” historians Annette Gordon-Reed and Peter S. Onuf create a character study of Thomas Jefferson, attempting to explain our third...