Happiness for the fact that we should remember his life not in sadness, but in an outburst of emotion and thanks and praise.

FORBES: Tonight, We All "Think Different"

Though her chapter on the Galapagos islands deserves praise for bringing Darwin to life in deceptively simple language, it contains no mention of the row among fishing interests, travel promoters and conservationists that is now engulfing the islands.

ECONOMIST: Island life

In his recent article, In Praise of Oversharing, Steven Johnson wrote about colleagues who shared sometimes graphic details about life-threatening health challenges.

FORBES: Are You Being Followed By Helicopters?

Arthur Phillips's first novel, which documents the life of John Price, a young American who quit Los Angeles for Budapest circa 1990, comes with much advance praise.

ECONOMIST: New fiction