BURNERS OF MEN—Marcel Griaule— Lippincott ($2.50). Long before the danger of war focused the world's attention on Ethiopia, that wild country had served as a magnet for such dissimilar ...

Unfortunately, humans are not unlike a candle. Their clothes could act as the wick. And if there's a fire, it will use the human fat as its candle wax, so to speak. So it's kind of an awful idea.

Lighting a candle is a deeply human ritual, and doing so at the table brings intention and magic to any meal. We spent 17 hours researching and 28 hours testing 28 dinner candles, and we found 12 ...