His Holiness the Dalai Lama In this ground-breaking book, the Dalai Lama advises us to gain familiarity with the process and practices of death so that, when we are physically...

Aesop As legend has it, the storyteller Aesop was a slave who lived in ancient Greece during the sixth century B.C. His memorable, recountable fables have brought amusing characters to life and...

Sarah Waters An upper-class woman recovering from a suicide attempt, Margaret Prior has begun visiting the women’s ward of Millbank prison, Victorian London’s grimmest jail, as part of her rehabilitative...

Oliver James There is currently an epidemic of "affluenza" throughout the world—an obsessive, envious, keeping-up-with-the-Joneses—that has resulted in huge increases in depression and anxiety among millions. Over a nine-month period,...

FodorWhere to stay and eat on a budget--hundreds of choices· Great money-saving tips, including when to go and the best ways to save money when dining· The best sights views,...

John Miller Chernoff "We have in this book a Rosetta stone for mediating, or translating, African musical behavior and aesthetics."—Andrew Tracey, African Music"John Miller Chernoff, who spent 10 years studying...

Author: Anna Todd Experience the internet's most talked-about book, now a major motion picture, from Anna Todd, the writer Cosmopolitan called “the biggest literary phenomenon of her generation.”Now a Major...

Susan Isaacs “We’re back on affluent suburban Long Island-Isaacs country-and she doesn’t miss a beat or a bet when describing its inhabitants.” ―New York Times Book Review After nearly a...

Author: Baruch Gur Gurevitz January 1, 1995 by The Zionist Library

Helen Fremont “Fascinating . . . A tragic saga, but at the same time it often reads like a thriller filled with acts of extraordinary courage, descriptions of dangerous journeys...

Katharine McMahon A love story set in turbulent seventeenth-century England. * This is the story of Isabel Stanhope, the daughter of a seventeenth-century English Catholic family, who becomes involved with...

Jane Shapiro Joanne and William Green seem to have the perfect marriage, but appearances are often deceiving. For 25 years they've endured rebellious children, protected aging parents, nurtured emotional intimacy...