Chronicling Harlem A new book collects the rare work of Leo Goldstein, the little-known photographer who cast his lens on life in postwar East Harlem
The Magic Touch Harry Houdini built an elaborate web of deception in his quest for immortality. Nearly a century after his death, his biographer notes, the myths have corroded but his legend lives on
Postcard from the Alps With fall comes winter planning: a new cookbook features photographs of Europe’s snowy peaks, and food to match
They Publish the Perished Thanks to New York Review Books Classics, masterpieces such as Stoner, Speedboat, and Poison Penmanship are back in print and finding new fans
The Last Queen of France Marie Antoinette’s biographer on her secret plot to stop the Revolution, and what history got wrong about the monarch
A Room of Their Own A 1920s note from Vita to Virginia is an exercise in reassuring a lover
Neil deGrasse Tyson The astrophysicist and author on the last books he picked up, and the one he couldn’t finish
