John Fairfax and John MoatIn 1969 the poet John Fairfax and poet and novelist John Moat dreamt up the Arvon Foundation, a venture born out of their frustration that nowhere...

Dave Barry   Yet another collection of wit and wisdom by Pulitzer Prize-winning humorist and author Dave Barry. This collection of essays explores a range of topics including traffic cops,...

Elizabeth M NormanWe Band of Angels: The Untold Story of American Nurses Trapped on Bataan by the JapaneseHailed by "The New York Times Book Review" as a "grippingly told" story...

Avraham Yaakov Finkel The chapters of this companion volume to The Great Chasidic Masters reflect the challenges and struggles the chasidic movement has faced and overcome during this most critical...

Helene Hanff'84 Charing Cross Road' is a charming record of bibliophilia, cultural difference, and imaginative sympathy. For 20 years, an outspoken New York writer and a rather more restrained London...

Rav PS BergAncient Kabbalistic mysticism and the search for meaning by looking to the stars are related in ways that may surprise readers. Kabbalah, in fact, offers arguably the oldest...

Marie BrennerA TOP TEN FAVORITE BOOK OF THE YEAR--MICHIKO KAKUTANI, THE NEW YORK TIMESA ST. LOUIS POST-DISPATCH BEST MEMOIR OF THE YEARINCLUDES AN AUTHOR INTERVIEW WITH LESLEY STAHLMarie Brenner's extraordinary...

John E Kelly III and Steve HammWe are crossing a new frontier in the evolution of computing and entering the era of cognitive systems. The victory of IBM's Watson on...

Tim ParksTim Parks' first bestseller, "Italian Neighbors," chronicled his initiation into Italian society and cultural life. Reviewers everywhere hailed it as a bravissimo performance. Now he turns to his children...

Daughter of Persia: A Woman's Journey from Her Father's Harem Through the Islamic RevolutionSattareh Farman FarmaianAn intimate and honest chronicle of the everyday life of Iranian women over the past...

Aharon Appelfeld   When Aharon Appelfeld was seven years old the Nazis occupied Czernowitz, his hometown. They penned the Jews into a ghetto and eventually sent whoever had not been...

John Mackey and Raj SisodiaA Wall Street Journal BestsellerIn this book, Whole Foods Market cofounder John Mackey and professor and Conscious Capitalism, Inc. cofounder Raj Sisodia argue for the inherent...