One of the shop’s most popular attractions is its selection of geodes. These unassuming round rocks hold a secret: crack them ...

It has been tempting to view the C.I.A. as omniscient. Yet Coll’s chastening new book about the events leading up to the Iraq War, in 2003, shows just how often the agency was flying blind.

If the American Museum of Magic left you spellbound, prepare to have your mind absolutely short-circuited at Marvin’s ...