*LONGLISTED FOR THE 2026 BOOKER PRIZE*A New York Times Book Review Book Club PickA woman discovers that her bathroom has been remodeled into a prison cell—where she is an unlikely inmate—in this surreal novel of exile, grief, memory, and migration.In Salerno, Italy, Dilara spends her days caring for her aging father and her hypochondriac husband. Since leaving her native Istanbul, she’s been unable to find a job—adr...

“Kenan is a master storyteller with extraordinary stories to tell. I wouldn’t miss this for the world.”—Leslie JonesWhen I Was Your Age is a hilarious, heartwarming and surprising ode to growing up, getting older and wiser, and luck, life, and learning from the school of hard knocks, from SNL's longest-serving actor, Kenan ThompsonKenan Thompson is Saturday Night Live’s longest-ever-serving cast member and a star of such pioneering sketches as “Black Jeopardy” and is hugely...

Nazi Germany and the Jews, 1933-1945 is an abridged edition of Saul Friedländer's definitive Pulitzer Prize-winning two-volume history of the Holocaust: Nazi Germany and the Jews: The Years of Persecution, 1933-1939 and The Years of Extermination: Nazi Germany and the Jews, 1939-1945.The book's first part, dealing with the National Socialist campaign of oppression, restores the voices of Jews who were engulfed in an increasingly horrifying reality followi...

Is white privilege real? Does American history begin in 1619 or 1776? Why has left-wing antisemitism grown? How racist is the working class? Who benefits most, when anti-racists speak in racial terms? These very different questions have all emerged from today's heated debates around race, identity and culture. The "culture wars" have generated ferocious argument, but little clarity. Not So Black and White offers that clarity by taking the long view, explaining the real origins of ...

A young survivor of the Bosnian War returns to his homeland to confront the people who betrayed his family. The story behind the YA novel World in Between: Based on a True Refugee Story.At age eleven, Kenan Trebincevic was a happy, karate-loving kid living with his family in the quiet Eastern European town of Brcko. Then, in the spring of 1992, war broke out and his friends, neighbors and teammates all turned on him. Pero - Kenan's beloved karate coach - s...

The purpose of this book is to present some general and major themes of the theological formulation of the Franciscan Intellectual Tradition as these themes intersect with contemporary perspectives. It provides a fine starting point for further reflection and a solid foundation for future expositions in this series. It is meant to help readers plumb the spiritual depths of our Franciscan inheritance and challenges readers to express these theological themes in preaching, in pastoral practi...

What would you do if your grandmother’s life depended on breaking the law?When Edel’s meemaw falls seriously ill, he needs a job—fast. The docks are hiring, and it's the perfect opportunity since he dreams of flying the massive airships transiting there. But his meager wages aren’t nearly enough to pay for her medicine.That’s when he uncovers the docks’ dark secret: they’re full of illegal goods……goods worth a fortune on the black market.

What if ending injustice means transforming not just wealth but time itself?In this provocative and thoughtful new book, Kenan van de Mieroop-Al Bahrani explores how capitalism, racism, debt, and inheritance operate through a politics of time, where history is never simply the past but actively shapes the present.Demands that reparations be paid for slavery and European colonialism have echoed around the world, igniting a fierce debate and exposing the hist...

Balkanic bestseller about success !!! Within only 10 days from its publishing, the book “7 Secrets to Success”, as a practical guide to success, has tracked record historical sales in the whole Balkans, become an ultimate hit and gained regional bestseller status. It is interesting to note that within only a year, this book has seen its 10th jubilee edition, as well as translation into several foreign languages. The author uses simple language and real-life examples while leading you step ...

“A powerful and provocative debut collection” (The New York Times Book Review) by “a startling talent who can seemingly do anything” (Anthony Marra) that explores the lives of ordinary people in Turkey to reveal how even individual acts of resistance have extraordinary repercussions.“I Am My Country employs many different literary styles and voices to dazzling effect.”—The AtlanticFINALIST FOR THE PEN/ROBE...

At the intersection of food and story, The Carolina Table: North Carolina Writers on Food offers a collection of food-related stories set in North Carolina, though geography is sometimes secondary to the main theme, which is food in any form: meals and manners, cooking and ingredients, recipes and recollections. Novelist Michael Parker writes about his mother's reluctant, but exclamation-point-laden food column for her husband's newspaper; Celia Rivenbark remembers her summer job at the on...

Hakikat tektir, ona bakan insan sayısı kadar hakikatin yorumları vardır, yani gerçeklik.Hakikati olduğu gibi gören insan, hayatın ona tesirlerinin kendi iç duygular dünyasına etkilerinden muaf olur. Böyle bir insan bilgedir ve aydınlanmıştır.Hakikati olduğu gibi idrak etmek için nerede olursanız olun, kiminle beraber olursanız olun, zamandan, kişilerden, mekândan bağımsız olarak hakikate şahit olmak gerekir.Hakikate şahit olarak yapılan her eylem mindfulness kapsamı...