Julian Barnes

TOM BEER I'm still faithful: Movies haven't supplanted books in my heart. But some of my favorite writing this year was about the silver screen. Entertainment Weekly columnist Mark Harris delivered a fascinating film history in "Pictures at a Revolution:...

KERRY FRIED Publishing may have hit its bleak midwinter, but the following titles, and scores of others, deserve an early valentine. Every sentence - and scene - in Julian Barnes' dazzling, indelible memoir, "Nothing to Be Frightened Of" (Knopf, $24....

by Julian Barnes Iran has reduced the number of roadside bombs they are pushing into Iraq, a top military officer said today. Lt. Gen. Thomas Metz, the head of the Pentagon's Joint Improvised Explosive Device Defeat Organization, said there had......

by Frank James Defense officials have been concerned for years about the threat to U.S. government computer networks posed by cyberattacks from American adversaries whether they're governments, criminal networks or hackers, with particular concern about...

WASHINGTON — A federal jury convicted five Muslim men Monday of plotting to kill soldiers at an Army base in New Jersey in a case that showed an aggressive FBI effort to infiltrate suspected homegrown terror cells. The five men, all Muslim...

The following things are inevitable: Death, taxes—and books about death and taxes. The tax books, you can keep to yourself, because like Joe the Plumber, I'm suspicious of what lies ahead for us all, IRS-wise. No book is likely to make things...

"Life," Truman Capote quipped, "is a moderately good play with a badly written third act." Judging from what's being published these days, writers have been tackling that disappointing last act a lot lately -- analyzing, deconstructing, fiddling with the...

In recent years, the first snow falling on the jagged mountain peaks of Afghanistan has ushered in a seasonal slowdown in fighting between insurgents and the Western forces that overthrew the Taliban in 2001. This winter looks to be different. Snow and...

I am sitting in Taos, waiting for the spin cycle. Doing laundry while still on vacation is a time-honored, healthy means of re-entry after doing nothing more taxing than deciding between the red chili or the green. I am buried in a book, but I needn't...

Alfred & Emily Doris Lessing HarperCollins: 276 pp., $25.95 Doris Lessing has never been one to shy from bold moves. She married early to escape her overbearing mother, then left her husband and two children, wedding a German Communist classed as an...

Even though the directors union has reached a deal with Hollywood studios and the writers guild is expected to follow, the impact of the strike is still being felt. This Sunday, ABC's "Desperate Housewives" will again be replaced by the reality home...

Turkish jets bombed several villages in northern Iraq early Sunday in the most aggressive action in years against Kurdish rebels who take sanctuary in the Kurdistan border region of Iraq. Local officials said at least one civilian was killed and several...