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Salon: Books Book reviews, author interviews and publishing news from Salon critics and staff. So much misery, so little time by Louis Bayard 5 Sep 2008 at 10:40am Peter Trachtenberg took a tour around the world in his quest to understand why some people are crushed by suffering and others are transformed by it. How to build a vast left-wing conspiracy by Vincent Rossmeier 4 Sep 2008 at 11:00am The man behind Daily Kos talks about Obama's chances, his new book and why Palin is the gift that keeps on giving. All-Americana girl by Judy Berman 2 Sep 2008 at 11:19am The author of "It Still Moves" discusses her road trip through America's musical past and future -- and why we still yearn for the music of yore. The road to Wikipedia by Laura Miller 28 Aug 2008 at 11:35am How do we know what we know? A new book takes a long view of knowledge, from ancient oral traditions to the rise of universities and the Internet. We drive as we live by Kevin Berger 27 Aug 2008 at 11:00am No wonder traffic will never improve. We are doomed by our behavior, as a drive in New York with "Traffic" author Tom Vanderbilt reveals. The souls of young Muslim folk by Justin Jouvenal 26 Aug 2008 at 10:32am What it's like to be America's new "problem" in the age of terror. The heretic by Laura Miller 25 Aug 2008 at 10:46am Giordano Bruno has been called a martyr to science and an occultist, but a new book argues that the brilliant philosopher's unconventional behavior did him in. A fraud's life by Louis Bayard 14 Aug 2008 at 10:25am Can great art spring from a lie? Two new books about forgers raise provocative questions about the links between authenticity and genius. This is not my beautiful wife by Laura Miller 13 Aug 2008 at 10:58am Meteorology meets conspiracy in Rivka Galchen's exquisite first novel about a man who mistakes his wife for an impostor. The devil and David Carr by Andrew O'Hehir 8 Aug 2008 at 10:57am The veteran newspaperman discusses his alternately horrifying and uplifting memoir about the journey from crackhead to crack New York Times reporter. Newsfeed display by CaRP