Sometimes, the right book shows up just at the right time. Our book critic encountered two such books this week: Water, Water ...

Foreign laborers, many from Thailand, are tending fields and livestock in an area Israel has declared off-limits to its own ...

Combine an intelligent interviewer with a roster of guests that, according to the Chicago Tribune, would be prized by any talk-show host, and you're bound to get an interesting conversation. Fresh Air ...