The narrative challenges notions of sanity and fidelity, justice and loyalty, with regularity and to fascinating ends. For Grant and Ava, married life is electric—right up until the moment a young girl accuses Grant of sexual assault.... Read More

An intertwining of personal, natural, and political history reveals an eager, sensitive mind. That a tree could be called “central to the march of civilization” came as no surprise to poet and essayist Christopher Merrill who, as a... Read More

Isolate. Compartmentalize. Control. This is the motto of Amanda Sinclair, who used to belong to a cult—a cult that rears its ugly head again just when Amanda felt sure she had put the past behind her. Dark and charged from the start,... Read More

Drawing from ancient wisdom, this book shows that strong leaders endure, even in dark times. The books of the Bible, which have been used for divination, for inspiration, and as a tool for better living, are given new treatment in... Read More

At a time in his life when he was being torn apart by conflicting commitments to family, faith, and a workaholic lifestyle, Greg Marcus found a treasure trove of wisdom in his own Jewish tradition. His encounter with Mussar, a... Read More

In this unusual offering by one of Japan’s greatest novelists, a nineteen-year-old has run away from his Tokyo home and is walking through an endless pine forest in a “fog of unsettling anxiety,” accompanied only by familiar... Read More

This is a vital, compelling call to better understand, protect, and care for veterans and military servicepeople. Ghost in the Ranks: Forgotten Voices & Military Mental Health, John J. Whelan’s follow-up to Going Crazy in the Green... Read More

Approaching seemingly impenetrable passages of rabbinic discourse with artful inquisitiveness, Skibell brings early authorities back to life. Joseph Skibell shifts his incisive gaze from fiction to the Talmud in "Six Memos from the Last... Read More