Stephen Jay GouldTime's Arrow, Time's Cycle: Myth and Metaphor in the Discovery of Geological TimeRarely has a scholar attained such popular acclaim merely by doing what he does best and...

Michael Crichtonn an Arizona desert, a man wanders in a daze, speaking words that make no sense. Within twenty-four hours he is dead, his body swiftly cremated by his only...

Kurt Vonnegut Kurt Vonnegut wasn't too crazy about the first version of his latest (and, he says, last) book Timequake, which is part memoir, part rescued novel. As he writes...

Sarah WinmanIt begins with a painting won in a raffle: fifteen sunflowers, hung on the wall by a woman who believes that men and boys are capable of beautiful things.And...

Disney FairiesKiki ThorpeTINK AND TERENCE are best friends. But sometimes Terence, well . . . he gets on Tink's last nerve. So when Terence accidentally squashes Tink's favorite bowl, her...

Cheryl Strayed Life can be hard: your lover cheats on you, you lose a family member, you can't pay the bills. But it can be pretty great, too: you've had...

Nicky Pellegrino'Heartrending and compelling' JOJO MOYES on Recipe for LifeMy heart is less than 1% of my body, it weighs hardly anything; it is only a tiny piece of me,...

Judaica Press Rabbi Abraham Rosenfeld has masterfully captured the beauty and depth of every Hebrew prayer, poem, and reading for this saddest of days. His clear translation, presented opposite a...

Rabbi Morris Silverman and Rabbi Hillel SilvermanThis is a traditional English-Hebrew prayerbook for the day of Tishah B'Av. It contains services, and kinot (elegies and dirges) and the Book of...

Elmore Leonard “Leonard delivers a certifiable masterpiece of such twisted ingenuity that he transcends even his own bad self….Tishomingo Blues is that good.”—Baltimore Sun Crime fiction Grand Master Elmore Leonard heads to...

Mary Pope Osborne Magic Tree House Research Guides are now Magic Tree House Fact Trackers! Track the facts with Jack and Annie! When Jack and Annie got back from their adventure...

Holly Black Welcome to the realm of very scary faeries!Sixteen-year-old Kaye is a modern nomad. Fierce and independent, she travels from city to city with her mother's rock band until...