ABSTRACT:BOOK review of a new translation of the Iliad.

NEWYORKER: Battle Lines

ABSTRACT:BOOK review about the horror writer Montague Rhodes James.

NEWYORKER: Fright Nights

ABSTRACT:BOOK review about the history of shoplifting.

NEWYORKER: The Secret Shopper

Abstract : The author of the book "Cancer Wars" says the government should concentrate more on prevention.

CNN: Debaters Agree Cancer War Should Stress Prevention

The danger with a book like this is that it ends up lost in abstract discussion of difficult subjects.

ECONOMIST: Pick your pill out of a hat

This is not something I read in a briefing book. (Laughter.) This is not some abstract idea for us.

WHITEHOUSE: President Obama Speaks on Student Loan Interest Rates in Colorado | The White House

What caught my eye this month is "The Sisters" (below), a hypnotically luminous 1991-93 abstract work by Brice Marden, one of America's leading artists and the subject of a new book, "Brice Marden: Phaidon Focus" (Phaidon).

WSJ: A Flower Arrangement Inspired by Art