Here in the Jeremy Lin era, Jim Yardley brings us Brave Dragons: A Chinese Basketball Team, An American Coach, And Two Cultures Clashing -- what does basketball mean to the Chinese? And what's this about Paypal suddenly deciding it's a gatekeeper of social mores?

There are many revelations in Area 51: an Uncensored History about U.S. nuclear testing and overhead surveillance technology, among others. So it's a shame that everyone gets caught up in the rather dubious Roswell claim the book makes.

A seemingly well-documented and researched book, much of the truth and veracity of Annie Jacobsen's book Area 51: An Uncensored History may be overshadowed by the admittedly difficult to believe "revelation" that comes at the end.