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From David Feherty, notorious ex-pro and golf commentator at CBS Sports, comes a hilarious--and totally uncensored--new collection of rants sure to surprise and crack up hackers everywhere.

New York Times"-bestselling author Kava ratchets up the suspense a notch by sending Special Agent Maggie O'Dell into the eye of an impending monster hurricane to track down a killer.

An investigation of epic financial intrigue, "Render Unto Rome" exposes the secretive and sometimes highly dubious ways the Catholic Church uses its money.

Marinated in the world of vintage Hollywood, "Tell-All" is a "Sunset Boulevard"-inflected homage to Old Hollywood when Bette Davis and Joan Crawford ruled the roost, a veritable Tourette's syndrome of rat-tat-tat name-dropping, from the A-list to the Z-list, and is vintage Palahniuk.

A complete history of the Dalai Lamas and Tibetan Buddhism, this is a must-read for the Buddhism, religious history, and general spirituality audiences.

Washington Post" columnist Milbank takes a fair and balanced look at the unsettling rise of the silly FOX News host Glenn Beck. Milbank describes, with lacerating wit, just how the former shock jock without a college degree has managed to become the most recognizable leader of anti-government conservatives.

Seeking direction--and dental insurance--Steinberg takes a job as a librarian in a tough Boston prison. Over time, Steinberg is drawn into the accidental community of outcasts that has formed among his bookshelves--a drama he recounts with heartbreak and humor.

Traces the history and influence of Indian spirituality in the United States while profiling such figures as Yogananda, Vivekananda and Maharishi to explain how Hinduism and Vedic tradition have shaped American practices ranging from prayer and pop culture to relationships and meditation.

Award-winning historian Dray shows the vital accomplishments of organized labor and illuminates its central role in social, political, economic, and cultural evolution.

From esteemed Israeli journalist and historian Segev, the first fully documented biography of Simon Wiesenthal, revealing the fascinating truth behind this simultaneously admired, despised, and feared hunter of Nazis.

Two 11-year-old girls, best friends and fierce rivals, go into the woods. Only one comes out. The lie Celia tells to conceal her misdeed becomes the accepted truth, and when Celia returns to her hometown to confess the truth, her family and friends don't believe her.

The three decades after the Civil War saw a wholesale shift in American life, and the cause was capitalism. Driven by J.P. Morgan, Andrew Carnegie, and others, armies of men and women were harnessed to a new vision of massive industry. A society rooted in the soil became one based in cities.

From the author of the international bestseller "The Last Station" comes a stirring novel about the adventurous life and tragic literary career of Herman Melville.

Bestselling and prize-winning Israeli author Shalev describes the many "firsts" of the Bible--from the first love and the first death to the first laugh and the first dream--providing readers with a fresh, secular, and surprising look at the stories they think they know.

Who were the first men and women who abandoned the Church of Rome and became the world's first Protestants? Harvard historian Steven Ozment does not present us with the remote, dusty figures of history, but rather with the shoemakers and housewives, students and politicians who were among the first followers of Martin Luther. Using pamphlets, diaries, letters, and other primary soruces, Ozment examines the origins of the Reformation and the na...

The "twentysomething" generation finds its voice in this dazzling collection of short stories by 25 of the most gifted young writers in America. In Voices of the Xiled, a misunderstood, mislabeled, and thoroughly underrated generation is finally allowed to speak for itself, in a chorus of brilliant voices that are fresh, daring, and unforgettable.

Maybe it was a grandparent, or a teacher, or a colleague. Someone older, patient and wise, who understood you when you were young and searching, helped you see the world as a more profound place, gave you sound advice to help you make your way through it.For Mitch Albom, that person was Morrie Schwartz, his college professor from nearly twenty years ago.Maybe, like Mitch, you lost track of this mentor as you made your way, and the insights fad...

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The world of Deverry: an intricate tapestry of fate, past lives, and unfathomable magic. With A Time Of Exile, Katharine Kerr opens new territory in The Deverry Saga, exploring the history of the Elcyion Lacar, the elves who inhabit the country west of Deverry. It is years since the half-elven Lord Rhodry took the throne of Aberwyn. When Rhodry's lost lover, Jill-now a powerful wizard-comes to Aberyn and tells him it's time he accepted his elv...

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