**NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • READ WITH JENNA BOOK CLUB PICK AS FEATURED ON TODAY • “A glorious sweep of a novel” (Ann Patchett) that weaves the intimate lives of two midwestern families across generations, from World War II to the late twentieth century.“Mesmerizing.”—People**“Captivating.”—The New York Times Book Review“A once-in-a-decade novel . . . I fell in love with these characters.”—Jenna Bush Hager

Jack is awakened in the middle of the night by the sound of his refrigerator's open door alarm. Or so he thinks...

Globalization and its close cousins, multiculturalism and pluralism, are good for the body politicthe people of the world, considered collectively as an organized group of citizens. There are many nations, of course, and all have different histories, cultures, governments, civilizations, and religious dogma. Yet, were all human, and we need to work together.The body politic has a nature that transcends boundaries, conflicts, propaganda, and opinion. In Comity: Nations and Nature, p...

Preservation and Protest proposes a novel taxonomy of four paradigms of nonhuman theological ethics by exploring the intersection of tensions between value terms and teleological terms. These tensions arise out of the theological loci of cosmology, anthropology, and eschatology. The individual paradigms of the taxonomy are critically elucidated through the work of Thomas Aquinas, Thomas Berry, Dumitru Stăniloae, and Jürgen Moltmann and Andrew Linzey. McLaughlin systematically develops the ...

For readers of Tom Perrotta and Lorrie Moore, these nine unforgettable stories, all set in and around Cape Canaveral, showcase Patrick Ryan’s masterly understanding of regret and hope, relationships and family, and the universal longing for love.NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BYSt. Louis Post Dispatch • Refinery 29 • Electric LiteratureThe Dream Life of Astronauts balances heartbreak with w...

Patrick Ryan’s first work of fiction is written with such authority, grace, and wisdom, it might be the capstone of a distinguished literary career.In the Florida of NASA launches, ranch houses, and sudden hurricanes, Teresa Kerrigan, ungrounded by two divorces, tries to hold her life together. But her ex-husbands linger in the background while her four children spin away to their own separate futures, each carrying the baggage of a complex family history. Matt serves as caretaker ...

Are you carrying everyone else while your own healing goes undone? Are you carrying the silent ache of being misunderstood by the ones you love the most? Have you longed for the freedom to simply be, rather than a version of yourself shaped by others' demands? Are you ready to live fully, unapologetically, and finally with clarity?In his debut memoir, UNMASKED: A Poetic Memoir through Trauma, Identity, and the Sacred Work of Healing, Ryan Patrick Parker invites readers into a story...

In the 1950s, the International Brotherhood of Teamsters empowered poor immigrants who had grown up in the crowded blocks of the central city to move upward and outward to comfortable suburbs. It delivered unprecedented benefits to workers—especially to those in retail, services, and light manufacturing—locking in hourly pay that bought the patio furniture sets, the pontoon boats, and the station wagons that defined the consumer culture of the decade. Yet suburban comfort came with strict,...

This book’s primary purpose is to commemorate the 300th anniversary of Montesquieu’s Persian Letters, a seminal book in classical liberal thought. Persian Letters is a delightfully rich, sympathetic satire of commercial society’s promise and discontents, covering a wide range of issues and themes that shaped the direction of liberal modernity. It consists of a series of letters largely written by two Persian travelers to Paris, who allow modern readers to view Parisian life from the perspe...

THE BASEBALL DIET BOOK—Where the magic of America's pastime meets the wonder of everyday lifeStep up to the plate with Patrick Ryan's collection of nine unforgettable tales where the extraordinary hides in the ordinary corners of America's favorite game. From the 400-pound pitcher who masters the mysterious "gyroball" to find both baseball glory and love, to a magical scorebook that can change the outcome of games, these stories celebrate the quirky, heartfelt conn...

Should a man cry?Should he be emotional?Let's find out.This book was written ideally for men. It provides vital information on many of the challenging roles a man has to perform. It is also an important guide for women in relationships, young, unattached women, and women who are thinking of marriage. It will give you a good picture of what to look for in a man. It is a guide or a road map for any member of our society from teenage to adulthood. If you are in that ag...

Brayden, at twenty five, leaves his life in Los Angeles to surf and build a lonelier existence at the edge of a jungle in Mexico - but when he meets Isla, a local girl, a love begins that might save him from the tragedy awaiting him in the ocean. Brayden turns his back on a girl, a job, and a life. He's going deep into Mainland Mexico to test himself in some of the largest waves in the world. But once there Brayden seems to be testing more than his courage in Oaxaca, in the ocean, in the h...