Kim CherninThe triumphant story of Rose Chernin, Russian immigrant and Old Left activist, is narrated by her daughter in this riveting memoir of conflict and reconciliation between generations.Author Biography: Kim...

Ann PatchettAnn Patchett and the late Lucy Grealy met in college in 1981, and, after enrolling in the Iowa Writers’ Workshop, began a friendship that would be as defining to...

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...

Emma Jane UnsworthJenny McLaine is an adult. Supposedly. At thirty-five she owns her own house, writes for a cool magazine and has hilarious friends just a message away.But the thing...

Pamela S Nadell and Jonathan D Sarna, editorsIn April 1998, the front page of the Los Angeles Times proclaimed that Jews "live in extraordinary times, when American women have transformed...

Fionnuala KearneyYou, Me and Other People is the life-affirming, heartbreaking and ultimately stunning debut novel from Fionnuala Kearney.They Say Every Family Has Skeletons In Their Closet . . .But what...

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...

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...

Author: Steven Pinker The Blank Slate: The Modern Denial of Human Naturen The Blank Slate, Steven Pinker explores the idea of human nature and its moral, emotional, and political colorings....

Margaret AtwoodMyths are universal and timeless stories that reflect and shape our lives.Now that all the others have run out of air, it’s my turn to do a little story-making....