Summary: Otis Young unearths Mitch Horowitz's "Occult America: The Secret History of How Mysticism Shaped Our Nation," an exploration of the less mainstream beliefs that have woven through American culture since before the Revolutionary War. Charles Stephen kicks back with "Seven Pleasures: Essays on Ordinary Happiness" by Willard Spiegelman, a collection of essays on looking, reading, walking, listening, and other simple pleasures. Stephen also glances through "Black and White and Dead All Over," a new mystery set in the world of journalism by John Darnton.
