Erik Larson A true story of love, murder, and the end of the world’s “great hush.”In Thunderstruck, Erik Larson tells the interwoven stories of two men—Hawley Crippen, a very unlikely...

Giorgio VasariThese biographies of the great quattrocento artists have long been considered among the most important of contemporary sources on Italian Renaissance art. Vasari, who invented the term "Renaissance," was...

Keith BadmanPublished for the fiftieth anniversary of her tragic death, this definitive account dispels the rumors and sets the record straight on her last two yearsMarilyn Monroe passed away at...

Walter IsaacsonEinstein was a rebel and nonconformist from boyhood days, and these character traits drove both his life and his science. In this narrative, Walter Isaacson explains how his mind...

Ariel BurgerWINNER OF THE NATIONAL JEWISH BOOK AWARD—BIOGRAPHYElie Wiesel was a towering presence on the world stage—a Nobel laureate, activist, adviser to world leaders, and the author of more than...

Emotions Anonymous was formed by a group of individuals who found a new way of life by working the twelve-step program of Alcoholics Anonymous, as adapted for people with emotional...

Sherri MandellKoby Mandell was just thirteen-years-old on May 8, 2001, when he and his friend Yosef cut school to go hiking. Their bodies were found the next day. The boys...

Anna PointerAn intimate, definitive celebration one of the world's most influential artistsAs a painfully shy six-year-old singing in her parents' kitchen back in the late 1980s, it was impossible to...

Itamar RabinovichFrom the prizewinning Jewish Lives series, an insider’s perspective on the life and influence of Yitzhak Rabin, Israel’s first native-born prime minister"Even the warm esteem in which he holds...

David Norris and Carl FlintAlthough James Joyce spent much of his life in self-imposed exile, all of his writings are obsessively ficused ib Dublin, Ireland. Here, the author provides an...

His Holiness the Dalai Lama and Howard C Cutler, MDFrom the authors who brought you the million-copy bestseller The Art of Happiness comes an exploration of job, career, and finding...

Randy Charles EppingA comprehensive guide to understanding today's global economy from the author of the bestselling A Beginner's Guide to the World Economy.While reporting on today's world, business and mainstream...