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Bad Religion: How We Became a Nation of Heretics

by Ross Douthat

Published: 2013-04-16

Paperback: 352 pages

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The book that has sparked a vigorous national debate about the state of American religion, praised by Timothy Keller as “provocative” and “compelling,” while The New York Times says “Douthat attacks nonsense on both the cultural right and left…responsible and fair,” and the W...

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Stage II Relationships: Love Beyond Addiction

by Earnie Larsen

Published: 1987-04-22

Paperback: 122 pages

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Offers clear and practical techniques for couples and families who have faced the issue of addiction and are now striving to bring health and vitality to their relationships.

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Trail of Broken Wings

by Sejal Badani

Published: 2015-05-01

Paperback: 370 pages

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When her father falls into a coma, Indian American photographer Sonya reluctantly returns to the family she’d fled years before. Since she left home, Sonya has lived on the run, free of any ties, while her soft-spoken sister, Trisha, has created a perfect suburban life, and her ambitious...

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The Harder They Come: A Novel

by T.C. Boyle

Published: 2015-03-31

Hardcover: 400 pages

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Acclaimed New York Times bestselling author T.C. Boyle makes his Ecco debut with a powerful, gripping novel that explores the roots of violence and anti-authoritarianism inherent in the American character.Set in contemporary Northern California, The Harder They Come explores the volatile c...

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Water to the Angels: William Mulholland, His Monumental Aqueduct, and the Rise of Los Angeles

by Les Standiford

Published: 2015-03-31

Hardcover: 336 pages

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The author of Last Train to Paradise tells the story of the largest public water project ever created—William Mulholland’s Los Angeles aqueduct—a story of Gilded Age ambition, hubris, greed, and one determined man who's vision shaped the future and continues to impact us today.In 190...

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The Girl on the Mountain

by Carol Ervin

Published: 2012-09-03

Paperback: 286 pages

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Untrue things are rumored of May Rose, but it's true she's too pretty for her own good. Her husband has disappeared, and now she's on her own in a rough town ruled by one of the lumber companies logging the last of West Virginia's virgin forest. The year is 1899, and a woman alone has few ...

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Eight Men Out: The Black Sox and the 1919 World Series

by Eliot Asinof

Published: 2000-05-01

Paperback: 336 pages

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The headlines proclaimed the 1919 fix of the World Series and attempted cover-up as "the most gigantic sporting swindle in the history of America!" First published in 1963, Eight Men Out has become a timeless classic. Eliot Asinof has reconstructed the entire scene-by-scene story of the fa...

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Our Kids: The American Dream in Crisis

by Robert D. Putnam

Published: 2015-03-10

Hardcover: 400 pages

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A groundbreaking examination of the growing inequality gap from the bestselling author of Bowling Alone: why fewer Americans today have the opportunity for upward mobility.It’s the American dream: get a good education, work hard, buy a house, and achieve prosperity and success. This is t...

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Philida (Vintage International)

by Andre Brink

Published: 2013-02-05

Paperback: 310 pages

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This is what it is to be a slave: that everything is decided for you from out there. You just got to listen and do as they tell you. You don’t say no. You don’t ask questions. You just do what they tell you. But far at the back of your head you think: Soon there must come a day when I ...

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The Orphan Choir: A Novel

by Sophie Hannah

Published: 2015-01-27

Paperback: 288 pages

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FROM MASTER OF PSYCHOLOGICAL SUSPENSE SOPHIE HANNAH COMES A SHOCKING NEW WORK OF DOMESTIC HORROR THAT WILL TAKE YOU TO A NEW LEVEL OF HAIR-RAISING TERRORLouise Beeston is haunted. Louise has no reason left to stay in the city. She can't see her son, Joseph, who is away at boarding sch...