Essays by different authors defending evolution and the scientific method against the charges leveled by the Intelligent Design folks. Some good stuff, including a mind-blowing essay by Lee Smolin on the evolution of universes.

Thompson’s Las Vegas drug odyssey.

A black comedy about murder and the Florida Everglades.

A gentle introduction to probability theory for students of philosophy.

A history of the 19th century San Francisco police detective Isaiah W. Lees.

An account of the 1972 match between Fischer and Spassky. Tremendous.

Wodehouse’s first Ukridge novel.