Book Reviews

FDR and the Jews

Richard Breitman and Allan J. Lichtman. Harvard University Press, 2013. 464 pages. $29.95.

The Last Viking: The Life of Roald Amundsen

Stephen R. Bown. Da Capo Press, 2012. 356 pages. $27.50.

Tiger Writing: Art, Culture, and the Interdependent Self

Gish Jen. Harvard University Press, 2013. 224 pages. $18.95.

How Animals Grieve

Barbara J. King. University of Chicago Press, 2013. 193 pages. $25.00.

The Eagle Unbowed: Poland and the Poles in the Second World War

Halik Kochanski. Harvard University Press, 2012. 734 pages. $35.00.

Inventing the Medium: Principles of Interaction Design as a Cultural Practice

Janet H. Murray. MIT Press, 2012. 483 pages. $50.00.

Essayists on the Essay: Montaigne to Our Time

Edited by Carl H. Klaus and Ned Stuckey-French. University of Iowa Press, 2012. 226 pages. $25.00.

Interviews with Artists, 1966-2012

Michael Peppiatt. Yale University Press, 2012. 420 pages. $40.00.

Flush Times and Fever Dreams: A Story of Capitalism and Slavery in the Age of Jackson

Joshua D. Rothman. University of Georgia Press, 2012. 440 pages. $29.95.

Marmee & Louisa: The Untold Story of Louisa May Alcott and Her Mother

Eve LaPlante. Free Press, 2012. 368 pages. $26.00.

Explorers of the Nile: The Triumph and Tragedy of a Great Victorian Adventure

Tim Jeal. Yale University Press, 2012. 510 pages. $32.50.

The Art of Medicine: Over 2,000 Years of Images and Imagination

Julie Anderson, Emm Barnes, Emma Shackleton. Forward by Anthony Gormley. University of Chicago Press, 2011. 256 pages. $50.00.