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Cuz: The Life and Times of Michael A.

by Danielle S. Allen

Published: 2017-09-05

Hardcover: 256 pages

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So tender yet courageous is this fierce family memoir that it makes mass incarceration nothing less than a new American tragedy.In a shattering work that shifts between a woman’s private anguish over the loss of her beloved baby cousin and a scholar’s fierce critique of the American pr...

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Ten Poems to Change Your Life Again and Again

by Roger Housden

Published: 2007-11-27

Hardcover: 160 pages

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Every great poem invites us to step beyond what we know, what we think we can dream or dare. Great poetry is a catalyst for change: a change of mind, a change of heart, a change of life- and yes, over and over, again and again, with each new reading, and each new phase of our journey.That�...

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The Doors of Perception and Heaven and Hell

by Aldous Huxley

Published: 2009-07-28

Paperback: 208 pages

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Half an hour after swallowing the drug I became aware of a slow dance of golden lights . . . Among the most profound explorations of the effects of mind-expanding drugs ever written, here are two complete classic books—The Doors of Perception and Heaven and Hell—in which Aldous Huxley,...

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The Future Is History: How Totalitarianism Reclaimed Russia

by Masha Gessen

Published: 2017-10-03

Hardcover: 528 pages

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WINNER OF THE 2017 NATIONAL BOOK AWARD IN NONFICTIONFINALIST FOR THE NATIONAL BOOK CRITICS CIRCLE AWARDS WINNER OF THE NEW YORK PUBLIC LIBRARY'S HELEN BERNSTEIN BOOK AWARD  NAMED A BEST BOOK OF 2017 BY THE NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW, LOS ANGELES TIMES, WASHINGTON POST,  BOSTON GLOBE,�...

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All the Pretty Girls: A Thrilling suspense novel (A Taylor Jackson Novel)

by J.T. Ellison

Published: 2016-07-26

Paperback: 448 pages

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Nashville Homicide lieutenant Taylor Jackson is working to catch a serial rapist after a local girl falls prey to a sadistic killer. The Southern Strangler is slaughtering his way through the Southeast, leaving a gruesome memento at each crime scene—the prior victim's severed hand. Taylo...

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Because They Wanted to: Stories

by Mary Gaitskill

Published: 1998-02-27

Paperback: 256 pages

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A New York Times Notable Book A man tells a story to a woman sitting beside him on a plane, little suspecting what it reveals about his capacity for cruelty and contempt. A callow runaway girl is stranded in a strange city with another woman’s fractiously needy children. An uncomprehendi...

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Return of the Magi: A heartwarming Christmas story

by P. J. Tracy

Published: 2017-11-15

Kindle Edition: 170 pages

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Warm your heart this Christmas with this wonderful festive tale from bestselling author P.J. Tracy - perfect for fans of It's a Wonderful Life or Miracle on 34th Street.Emil Rice has a silver tongue and sticky fingers, the only problem is that his charm always gets him into trouble and he'...

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The Bachman Books

by Stephen King

Published: 2012-12-20

Paperback: 0 pages

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Four of Richard Bachman's eerie works are gathered here in a posthumous edition. They are Rage, a story of stunning psychological horror about an "estra" ordinary high school student; "The Long Walk," a contest with death; "Roadwork, a strange variation on the theme of "Home Sweet Home"; and "The Running...

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The Gnostic Gospels

by Elaine Pagels

Published: 1989-09-19

Paperback: 182 pages

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A provocative study of the gnostic gospels and the world of early Christianity as revealed through the Nag Hammadi texts.

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The Newcomers: Finding Refuge, Friendship, and Hope in an American Classroom

by Helen Thorpe

Published: 2017-11-14

Hardcover: 416 pages

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“A delicate and heartbreaking mystery story...Thorpe’s book is a reminder that in an era of nativism, some Americans are still breaking down walls and nurturing newcomers, the seeds of the great American experiment.” —The New York Times Book Review“The teens we meet have endured...