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Bad Feminist: Essays

by Roxane Gay

Published: 2014-08-05

Paperback: 336 pages

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From the author of Hunger: A Memoir of (My) Body, the New York Times Bestseller and Best Book of the Year at NPR, the Boston Globe, Newsweek, and many moreA collection of essays spanning politics, criticism, and feminism from one of the most-watched young cultural observers of her generat...

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T.R.: The Last Romantic

by H. W. Brands

Published: 1997-11-27

Hardcover: 912 pages

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In his time, there was no more popular national figure than Theodore Roosevelt. It was not just the energy he brought to every political office he held or his unshakable moral convictions that made him so popular, or even his status as a bonafide war hero?the man who led the Rough Riders u...

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Rage for Fame: The Ascent of Clare Boothe Luce

by Sylvia Jukes Morris

Published: 1997-05-13

Hardcover: 561 pages

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Detailed and rich with mesmerizing narrative, Rage for Fame recounts the story of the flowering years of Clare Booth Luce--a former congresswoman and editor of Vanity Fair--a striking woman whose private life was as intriguing and spectacular as her public life. 45 photos.

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The Garden of Letters

by Alyson Richman

Published: 2014-09-02

Paperback: 384 pages

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Written in dazzling prose and set against the rich backdrop of World War II Italy, Garden of Letters captures the hope, suspense, and romance of an uncertain era, in an epic intertwining story of first love, great tragedy, and spectacular bravery. Portofino, Italy, 1943. A young woman s...

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Being Esther: A Novel

by Miriam Karmel

Published: 2013-04-02

Kindle Edition: 202 pages

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A wonderful fiction debut, Being Esther gives voice to Esther Lustig, an extraordinary woman who has lived a conventional life, in this touching exploration of aging and its accompanied search for meaning.In spare, refreshingly unsentimental prose, Miriam Karmel has given us one of literat...

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The Last Jew of Treblinka: A Memoir

by Chil Rajchman

Published: 2012-05-01

Paperback: 192 pages

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Quickly becoming a cornerstone of Holocaust historiography—a devastatingly stark memoir from one of the lone survivors of Treblinka. Why do some live while so many others perish? Tiny children,old men, beautiful girls. In the gas chambers of Treblinka,all are equal. The Nazis kept the fi...

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The Pianist: The Extraordinary True Story of One Man's Survival in Warsaw, 1939-1945

by Wladyslaw Szpilman

Published: 2000-09-02

Paperback: 224 pages

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Named one of the Best Books of 1999 by the Los Angeles Times, The Pianist is now a major motion picture directed by Roman Polanski and starring Adrien Brody (Son of Sam). The Pianist won the Cannes Film Festival’s most prestigious prize—the Palme d’Or.On September 23, 1939, Wladyslaw...

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Monday Morning Cooking Club

by Monday Morning Cooking Club

Published: 2013-03-01

Paperback: 272 pages

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In 2006, a group of Jewish women began meeting every Monday morning. They cooked, ate, drank endless cups of tea and - often heatedly - discussed the merits of different recipes. After just a few weekly meetings, the Monday Morning Cooking Club was born. Five years and hundreds of dishes later, six members...

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Landsman: A Novel

by Peter Charles Melman

Published: 2007-06-04

Hardcover: 336 pages

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A stirring, evocative, and unforgettable epic novel of the Civil War in the tradition of Cold Mountain and Widow of the South. In the summer of 1853, in Lafayette City, Louisiana, eleven-year-old EliasAbrams loses his mother to yellow fever. Grief-stricken and alone, he becomes embroiled ...

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Jews and Booze: Becoming American in the Age of Prohibition (Goldstein-Goren Series in American Jewish History)

by Marni Davis

Published: 2014-01-01

Paperback: 272 pages

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From kosher wine to their ties to the liquor trade in Europe, Jews have a longstanding historical relationship with alcohol. But once prohibition hit America, American Jews were forced to choose between abandoning their historical connection to alcohol and remaining outside the American mainstream. In...