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A new graphic novel from the French artist Joann Sfar features a talking feline who tries to convince his Algerian rabbi owner that wants to become Jewish.

Benjamin Kunkel talks about his debut novel, a tale of twenty-something angst called Indecision. Kunkel is also a co-founder of the literary magazine n+1.

Tom Mathews' father was a veteran of the 10th Mountain Division in World War II. His book, Our Fathers' War, contains essays exploring how the conflict affected filial relations for 10 men who served.

The Calhoun School in Manhattan hosts a dinner to aid Hurricane Katrina victims. The school's executive chef, Chef Bobo, talks about the menu — especially the red beans and rice.

Sen. Trent Lott talks with Debbie Elliott about politics past and present, from the civil rights era of the 1960s to federal disaster relief for hurricane victims. He has a new memoir, Herding Cats: A Life in Politics.

In a new book, Louis Freeh blames President Clinton for not aggressively going after those responsible for the Khobar Towers bombing in Saudi Arabia and says Clinton should have resigned.

With the Polar Ice Cap melting and geopolitical boundaries still shifting, map-making is an painfully ephemeral undertaking. Undeterred, the cartographers at the Oxford Press have produced a new edition of the Atlas of the World.

Blurring the line between church and state threatens civil liberties and privacy, says former president Jimmy Carter. That's the case he makes in his new book, Our Endangered Values: America's Moral Crisis.

Mark Twain once said, "I never let school interfere with my education." That's just one example of an aphorism from a new collection of the handy sayings gathered and annotated by author James Geary in The World in a Phrase.

At the center of the book is the battle between obligation to one's community and the obligation to one's individual interests and needs. It's that tension that produces guilt — and it's the springboard for a collection of delightful essays.