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Goodbye, Europe? Hello, Chaos? J. Michael Springmann They come from across the Middle East, South Asia, North Africa—floods of refugees seeking sanctuary in Europe. Most are men. Some are terrorists. And all represent an ethnopolitical nightmare for the European Union. What drives these migrants? Why... |
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Alex and the Druids’ Eclipse Carolyn Griffin After witnessing a total solar eclipse high on the Cornish cliffs with his father, Jory, ten-year-old Alex Pitts tumbles from the familiar, safe world he knows into one filled with uncertainty and danger. Summoned by the ancient druids to the time of Merlin and King Arthur, Alex is sent to... |
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Eat First, Cry Later Mimi Barash Coppersmith July 25, 1944 remains etched in my memory, a day when my life changed forever. After my brother’s death, our home collapsed into a grotto of sorrow. Alone at the top of the steps, I developed a sudden, uncontrollable urge to help my parents overcome their... |
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The Taste of Air Gail Cleare A simple phone call disrupts Nell Williams's well-ordered life. Her mother, Mary, is in a hospital in Vermont. But her mother is supposed to be safely tucked away in an assisted-living facility in Massachusetts, so Nell can't fathom why she would be so far from home. After notifying her sister, Bridget, Nell... |
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Between the World and Me In a profound work that pivots from the biggest questions about American history and ideals to the most intimate concerns of a father for his son, Ta-Nehisi Coates offers a powerful new framework for understanding our nation’s history and current crisis... |
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Say It Once Kysa Kelleher Say It Once is your go-to handbook for successful childrearing. The overall concept is simple: empower your children, and learn how to say "no" with love and a smile. Change your home for the better as you teach your kids to pull their own weight, and to discover for themselves how good... |
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Seven Simple and Slightly Silly Stories John Foley An abandoned cat helps a lonely mouse. A family of ants moves to safer ground. A cockroach befriends a human. Straightforward? Of course – if it weren’t for some surprising turns along the way. But even they’re as nothing to the twist in the tale when Death comes knocking... |
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Alienation The Hegelian-Marxist idea of alienation fell out of favor after the postmetaphysical rejection of humanism and essentialist views of human nature. Jaeggi draws on the Hegelian philosophical tradition, phenomenological analyses grounded in modern conceptions of agency, and recent... |
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The New Jim Crow Once in a great while a book comes along that changes the way we see the world and helps to fuel a nationwide social movement. The New Jim Crow is such a book. Praised by Harvard Law professor Lani Guinier as "brave and bold," this book directly challenges the notion that the election of Barack... |
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The Hamilton Affair Elizabeth Cobbs Set against the dramatic backdrop of the American Revolution, and featuring a cast of iconic characters such as George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, and the Marquis de Lafayette, The Hamilton Affair tells the sweeping, tumultuous, true love story of Alexander Hamilton and Elizabeth... |
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Madisonville J. A. Huff Something isn’t right at Madisonville, Idaho’s most secluded penitentiary for its hardened criminals, and prisoners keep disappearing. Six college students are sentenced to Madisonville after almost getting away with the perfect crime. After a few short weeks behind bars, the six... |
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Godmother Odile Atthalin Odile Atthalin was a young woman from a prominent, bourgeois family in Paris when she decided to leave home in search of meaning. All she knew was that she wanted to go East; but once she had separated from France and committed to creating a new life for herself, opportunities fell into... |
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The Munich Girl Phyllis Edgerly Ring Anna Dahlberg grew up eating dinner under her father’s war-trophy portrait of Eva Braun. Fifty years after the war, she discovers what he never did—that her mother and Hitler’s mistress were friends. The secret surfaces with a mysterious monogrammed handkerchief, and a... |
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Yellow Dog Chronicle R. M. Smith When my great grandparents started up the Oregon Trail in 1875, two hundred thousand people had gone before them. Part of the story is that my great grandparents never got to Oregon. Neither did the twenty thousand who ended up in unmarked graves. Our story begins with... |
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The Backstage Man Ed Shankman & Robert S. Gordon Whoever the Backstage Man may be — teacher, myth, memory, or premonition — his story holds meaning for anyone who has been called by the whisper of an inner voice. This extraordinary portal to the creative spirit will stir your soul and blow your mind. |
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Oscar: The Friendly Rottweiler David Lees Oscar: The Friendly Rottweiler, is a narrative recounting the life’s journey between David and his dog, Oscar, AKA, the "Big O" and the "Gentle Giant". During his very special life, which lasted nearly fourteen years, and is a near record for Rottweilers, Oscar... |
