Author: Dunya Mikhail Since 2014, Daesh (ISIS) has been brutalizing the Yazidi people of northern Iraq: sowing destruction, killing those who won’t convert to Islam, and enslaving young girls and...

Naguib MahfouzThe Beggar, set in Cairo in the early 1950s, portrays the psychological torment of Omar, an ardent revolutionary in youth who in middle age has been left behind by...

Caroline Lawrence Flavia and her friends are on a quest for the Emperor Titus - to steal a valuable gemstone known as 'Nero's Eye'. The Delphic Oracle prophesied that whoever...

Randy Charles Epping In 75 clear and engaging entries, Epping explains the concepts readers hear discussed on every evening's news and that have an intimate bearing on their lives and...

Avivah Gottlieb Zornberg Turn the Scriptures over to Avivah Gottlieb Zornberg and what do you get? A unique blend of brilliant literary insights and theological wisdom, derived from a lifelong...

David DeutschIn our search for truth, how far have we advanced? This uniquely human quest for good explanations has driven amazing improvements in everything from scientific understanding and technology to...

Penelope FitzgeraldIn March 1913, Frank Reid's wife abruptly leaves him and Moscow for her native England. Naturally, she takes their daughters and son with her. The children, however, only make...

Shoo Rayner   Perfect for newly confident readers. Classic Stories retold in a fresh, easy, modern styleCreated by the writer of The Jungle Book How did the Armadillo get look...

Eekiel LeikinOn March 20, 1911, the mutilated body of a twelve-year-old boy was discovered in a cave near Kiev, Russia. In reaction, a vicious anti-Jewish campaign was launched in the...

Zoe Heller “[Zoe Heller] is an extraordinarily entertaining writer, and this novel showcases her copious gifts, including a scathing, Waugh-like wit.”— New York Times Best-selling author Zoe Heller has followed...

Richard J. Herrnstein and Charles MurrayThe controversial book linking intelligence to class and race in modern society, and what public policy can do to mitigate socioeconomic differences in IQ, birth...

Sylvia PlathThe Bell Jar is Sylvia Plath's only novel. Renowned for its intensity and outstandingly vivid prose, it broke existing boudaries between fiction and reality and helped to make Plath...