The Magician by Colm Tóibín, a new novel based on author Thomas Mann’s life combining diligent research and imagination. The author exposes a life caught between Mann’s need to fit in and his “illicit” desires. (Not yet in paper-back.) Perceiving Purpose by Sanjay Gupta, who says about this work, “After studying the great philosophers…, I finally turned to my Basset Hound for answers to life’s biggest questions. My Stroke of Insight by neurologist Jill Bolt Taylor where she writes about her own stroke.
