In 1911 Ireland rumbles, yearning to escape the yolk of British dominance. A young separatist couple conceives a bold scheme to remind democracies around the globe that Parliament continues to subjugate a nation of its empire to second-class citizenship. Meg and Rory intend to shame London by stranding mid-ocean the largest vessel in the world on its maiden voyage. Titanic's shipwreck stokes their zeal for Irish freedom. They will not be pacified until their notion of Irish grail ...

Selected readings and commentary for the medical humanitiesLearning how to behave and engage professionally can be one of the most challenging parts of embarking on a career in the medical field. But using the “power of stories” can teach, heal, and enlighten; encourage the development of empathy; and help healthcare providers “be with suffering” and appreciate who their patients are, not just what disease they have. The humanities offer knowledge and skills that may move students ...

"Filled with trenchant moments of sweetness and betrayal, as well a stunning reveal of the harrowing gauntlet infertile women go through to conceive." — Publishers WeeklyCostanza Ansaldo, a half-Italian and half-American translator, is convinced that she has made peace with her childlessness. A year after the death of her husband, an eminent writer, she returns to the pensione in Florence where she spent many happy times in her youth, and there she meets, f...

A brutal war began when two bold men left Kane's mine to work their own strike. Then, something tan and cylindrical struck the roof and rolled off. The men inside didn't wait for the dynamite to blow; they lurched into the sunlight, firing as they ran. This was to be the final battle.

One of The Wall Street Journal**’s Ten Best Books of the Year** * Winner of the National Jewish Book Awards for Holocaust Memoir and Sephardic Culture * Recipient of the Jewish Book Council’s Natan Notable Book Award * Winner of the Sophie Brody MedalThe remarkable story of ninety-nine-year-old Stella Levi whose conversations with the author over t...

**One of the Telegraph's 50 best books of the year!**Longlisted for the Jewish Quarterly Wingate Prize**The boundaries of family life are upended in this memoir, which turns on the author’s lifelong relationship with his enthralling yet deeply possessive aunt, a powerhouse Hollywood screenwriter whose turbulent nature slowly reveals itself.All his life Michael Frank has been fawned over by his aunt, who was a Hollywood screenwriter...

My goal in this writing is to promote social consciousness and increase awareness and understanding of the “human condition” that we all share, and that ultimately binds us all in our future, and our fate. I endeavor to pursue that goal with a series of discussions on how we think, how we learn, and how we communicate against the backdrop of our own individual consciousness, and to do so in an accessible manner. These discussions will leverage similarities of the human br...

Gary always suspected his father's disappearance had its roots in the Japanese raid on Pearl Harbor. However, his mother, Marie, had invariably remained reticent about the pertinent events that preceded the strike.When Marie's diary informing those fateful days in December 1941 surfaces, Gary believes it may hold the answer to the mystery that has gnawed at him for decades. As mother and son probe the journal, her flagging acuity rebounds.Gary learns that his father played ...

The shocking true story of the most ruthless and deadly mob boss in the annals of the American Mafia.In the golden age of organized crime, Carmine “The Snake” Persico was the King of the Streets. The defacto boss of the Colombo Mafia family since the 1970s, he oversaw gang wars, murders, and major rackets, even from prison. He is suspected of personally murdering as many as 60 people and ordering the hits of hundreds more. Sentenced to 139 years in the fed, he cont...

Every one of us have watched television shows, movies and listened to our favorite songs but how many of us have wondered how theyve affected and influenced us? Do we still have a fondness for the mediums we enjoyed as a child or do we outgrow the past? As an adult, is it easier or harder to accept the past or embrace the future?

A 2022 Audible Editor's SelectionOne of The Wall Street Journal**’s Ten Best Books of the Year** * Winner of the National Jewish Book Awards for Holocaust Memoir and Sephardic Culture * Recipient of the Jewish Book Council’s Natan Notable Book Award * Winner of the Sophie Brody MedalThe remarkable story of ninety-nine-year-...

Reissued to mark the one hundredth anniversary of the founding of the Bauhaus, this book explores one of the most important art schools of the last hundred years.The Bauhaus, a school of art and design founded in Germany in 1919, informed the aesthetic of much of our contemporary environment, influencing everything from housing developments to furniture and websites. The Bauhaus was only in operation for fourteen years before being shut down by the Nazis in 1933, b...