Amos Oz and Fania Oz-Salzberger   A celebrated novelist and an acclaimed historian of ideas, father and daughter, unravel the chain of words at the core of Jewish life, history,...

Elie Wiesel Elie Wiesel is one of the most important thinkers of the modern era. His insights into the human condition are possibly the most profound to come from the...

Jean Kerr15 new, extremely funny, pieces by the author of "Please Don't Eat the Daisies." These stories run the gamut from home entertaining to Twiggy with a laugh every step...

Caitlin Moran   "It's a good time to be a woman: we have the vote and the Pill, and we haven't been burnt as witches since 1727. However, a few...

Women Share Their Midlife Challenges and TriumphsEdited by Miriam LiebermannIn this ground-breaking anthology, Miriam Liebermann has collected the contemporary wisdom of rebbetzins, therapists, mentors, and friends who have made it...

Stephen Jay GouldRanging as far as the fox and as deep as the hedgehog (the urchin of his title), Stephen Jay Gould expands on geology, biological determinism, "cardboard Darwinism," and...

Yaakov WolfsonThe Strength to ChangeOn a ride across the Verrazano Bridge, Yaakov Wolfson hears the story of a man who had the courage to cross another sort of bridge -...

Hilary MantelA stunning collection of essays and memoir from twice Booker Prize winner and international bestseller Hilary Mantel, author of The Mirror and the LightIn 1987, when Hilary Mantel was...

Frederick P Brooks, JrFew books on software project management have been as influential and timeless as The Mythical Man-Month. With a blend of software engineering facts and thought-provoking opinions, Fred...

Isaac AsimovAs the pace of scientific and technological progress speeds ahead, it becomes increasingly difficult for man to comprehend the world around him.But here, in this superb collection of seventeen...

David SedarisWelcome to the hilarious, strange, elegiac, outrageous world of David Sedaris. In Naked, Sedaris turns the mania for memoir on its proverbial ear, mining the exceedingly rich terrain of...

Elaine M Kauvar"[Ozick's] range of influences is obvious in the fine selections of poems and short stories as well as essays from Art & Ardor (1983) and Metaphor and Memory...