In her latest book, Olivia Laing makes an impassioned case for the garden — as repository of natural beauty, as democratic ideal, as writerly inspiration.
In “The Genius of Israel,” Dan Senor and Saul Singer take a look at the economic strength and high quality of life for some of the people who live in a troubled country.
In the unsentimental memoir “The Golden Hour,” Matthew Specktor ponders, among others, the father who succeeded in a punishing business now in its waning glory.