David Hare Life being what it is, one dreams of revenge." Gauguin's epigram serves as the motto for this moral tale of two women, both in their sixties, whose lives...

Jon D Levenson A treasury of religious thought and faith--places the symbolic world of the Bible in its original context. October 7, 1987 by HarperCollins

Martin Buber  

Laurie Garrett The definitive account of epidemics in our time, from the Pulitzer Prize-winning public heath expert Laurie Garrett.A New York Times notable bookUnpurified drinking water. Improper use of antibiotics....

Yael Israeli The aim of this book is to examine the menorah from a variety of perspectives. The eighteen articles appearing here were written by scholars and experts in their...

Zipora Klein Jakob The unforgettable true story of a girl born in the Kovno Ghetto, and the dangerous risk her parents faced in defying the barbarous Nazi law prohibiting childbirth....

Pete Hamill This widely acclaimed bestseller is the magical, epic tale of an extraordinary man who arrives in New York in 1740 and remains . . . forever.Through the eyes...

Lucy Worsley Why did Agatha Christie spend her career pretending that she was 'just' an ordinary housewife, when clearly she wasn't? As Lucy Worsley says, 'She was thrillingly, scintillatingly modern'....

Malcolm Bradbury In October 1993, a novelist is invited to go to Stockholm and Russia to take part in what is enigmatically referred to as the Diderot Project. In Stockholm...

DK Publishing How The Body Works is a fascinating exploration of the weird and wonderful processes that occur within the human body, often without us knowing. Understand how our bodies keep...

Peter Wright From the earliest days of electronic surveillance to the height of the Cold War, Wright was at the center of the action in Mi5, Britain's counterespionage service. July...

Floyd Abrams From the Patriot Act to Janet Jackson’s Super Bowl show, recent events have embroiled America’s First Amendment rights in ongoing battles to maintain this country’s freedom of expression....