Anita Brookner'He was haunted by a feeling of invisibility, as if he were a mere spectator of his own life, with no one to identify him in the barren circumstances...

Annie DallardAnnie Dillard remembers. She remembers the exhilaration of whipping a snowball at a car and having it hit straight on. She remembers playing with the skin on her mother's...

Michael Smart and Barbara AshkenasFor centuries, Jews have turned to the Mourner’s Kaddish prayer upon experiencing a loss. This groundbreaking book explores what the recitation of Kaddish has meant specifically...

Danie Pennac   Nearly drowned at birth, left for dead in a garbage dump, and hounded by dog catchers. No question: Dog's puppyhood is tough. Alone in the world, he...

The Moosewood CollectiveWinner of the 1995 James Beard Award for Best Vegetarian Cookbook Although many people think that cooking without meat means spending more time in the kitchen, the cooks...

Joan DidionA ruthless dissection of American life in the late 1960s, Play It as It Lays captures the mood of an entire generation, the ennui of contemporary society reflected in...

Paula MetcalfCharlie the crow loves his home. But things don't stay perfect for long when the leaves drop off his tree and the water in his stream turns to glass....

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CollinsAll the words you need, every day: the perfect word reference for daily use. With practical usage notes, and a fantastic supplement, this is the ideal thesaurus to take your...

Michael Kovner This new graphic novel is an attempt to depict Ezekiel’s world. We meet him at the age of 75, isolated and suffering from chronic arthritis that has left...

Dore GoldJerusalem under SiegeIn The Fight for Jerusalem, bestselling author and former Israeli ambassador to the United Nations Dore Gold explains why radical Islamists seek to divide and conquer Jerusalem...

Rawbone Malongirst published in 1972, this lighthearted linguistic study of South African spoken English became a well-loved book among South Africans at home and abroad. Unique and humorous, the book...