Nina's Bookie Blog

When one of my bookie friends told me about The Radium Girls: The Dark Story of America’s Shining Women , her verbal summary simult...

The title The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat first came to my attention in an advertisement for an opera, which was, unbeknownst to ...

You probably remember Aaron Burr as the man who killed Alexander Hamilton in a duel. To be honest (and humble) (and ashamed of my histo...

Moneyball is the story of how the Oakland Athletics in 2002, under general manager Billy Beane, became one of the most successful major ...

Sherman McCoy is a wealthy Wall Street trader at his peak, with an opulent home, a beautiful wife, an adorable daughter, and a hell-hot m...

If your family is normal, or even quasi-normal, then The Liar’s Club will showcase a whole new cultural experience for you. Mary Karr’...

Eden is one of several novels that my cousin Michal gave me to introduce me to Israeli literature, and it is a grand introduction, a sha...