 | THE TENTH PARALLEL: Dispatches From the Fault Line Between Christianity and Islam, by Eliza Griswold (Farrar, Straus & Giroux, $27.) A journey along a latitude line where two religions meet and often clash. . . . review. | ||||||||||||||||||
 | MORNING MIRACLE. INSIDE THE WASHINGTON POST: A Great Newspaper Fights for Its Life, by Dave Kindred (Doubleday, $26.95.) A semi-insider’s account of past glory and current crisis bemoans the fact that journalistic excellence no longer means profitability. . . . review. | ||||||||||||||||||
 | COMMON AS AIR: Revolution, Art, and Ownership, by Lewis Hyde (Farrar, Straus & Giroux, $26.) Hyde draws on the founding fathers for arguments against the privatization of knowledge. . . . review. | ||||||||||||||||||
 | LET’S TAKE THE LONG WAY HOME: A Memoir of Friendship, by Gail Caldwell (Random House, $23.) A tribute to the bond between two independent middle-aged women writers (one of whom, Caroline Knapp, has died), cemented by their love of their dogs. . . . review. | ||||||||||||||||||
 | THE GLAMOUR OF GRAMMAR: A Guide to the Magic and Mystery of Practical English, by Roy Peter Clark (Little, Brown, $19.99.) A manual for the 21st century endorses breaking rules that make no sense. . . . review. | ||||||||||||||||||
 | THE PAGES, by Murray Bail (Other Press, paper, $14.95.) A philosopher and a psychoanalyst travel from Sydney to a remote sheep station to evaluate a manuscript in this novel about different ways of thinking. . . . review. | ||||||||||||||||||
 | YOU LOST ME THERE, by Rosecrans Baldwin (Riverhead, $25.95.) In this first novel, a widowed research scientist tries to solve the puzzle of his marriage. . . . review. | ||||||||||||||||||
 | BOOK OF DAYS: Personal Essays, by Emily Fox Gordon (Spiegel & Grau, paper, $15.) The author of two memoirs questions the honesty of the enterprise. . . . review. | ||||||||||||||||||
 | THE BALFOUR DECLARATION: The Origins of the Arab-Israeli Conflict, by Jonathan Schneer (Random House, $30.) A comprehensive study of Zionism’s founding document. . . . review. | ||||||||||||||||||
The full reviews of these and other recent books are on the web: http://www.nyt.com/pages/books/index.html |
