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A Severe Mercy Paperback   – May 26, 2009 A heart-rending love story described by its author as “the spiritual autobiography of a love rather than of the lovers” about the author’s marriage and search for faith. Vanauken chronicles the birth of a powerful pagan love borne out of the relationship he shares with his wife, Davy, and describes the growth of their relationship and the dreams that they share. A beloved, profoundly moving account of the author's marriage, the couple's search for faith and friendship with C. S. Lewis, and a spiritual strength that sustained Vanauken after his wife's untimely death. Replete with 18 letters from C.S. Lewis,  A Severe Mercy  addresses some of the universal questions that surround faith--the existence of God and the reasons behind tragedy.

Hunters and Gatherers   Paperback   – Bargain Price, December 31, 1996 Reeling from the shock of a failed romance, Martha, a fact checker at a chic fashion magazine, falls in with a group of New Age feminist goddess worshipers. She follows the group and their accident-prone leader, Isis Moonwagon, from the upscale beaches of Fire Island to the inhospitable Arizona desert, where a Native-American healer bullies them through the punitive rituals of the sweat lodge and the vision quest. But as petty tensions and major crises escalate out of control, the women’s longing to return to the "caring nurturant" ways of primitive hunters and gatherers shatters under the pressures of a more predatory reality.

The Recovering: Intoxication and Its Aftermath   Hardcover   – April 3, 2018 INSTANT  NEW YORK TIMES  BESTSELLER "An astounding triumph . . . Profound . . . Achingly wise . . . A recovery memoir like no other." -- Entertainment Weekly  (A) "Riveting . . . Beautifully told." -- Boston Globe "An honest and important book . . . Vivid writing and required reading." --Stephen King "Perceptive and generous-hearted . . . Uncompromising . . . Jamison is a writer of exacting grace." -- Washington Post From the  New York Times  bestselling author of  The Empathy Exams  comes this transformative work showing that sometimes the recovery is more gripping than the addiction. With its deeply personal and seamless blend of memoir, cultural history, literary criticism, and reportage,  The Recovering  turns our understanding of the traditional addiction narrative on its head, demonstrating that the story of recov...

Secret Empires: How the American Political Class Hides Corruption and Enriches Family and Friends Hardcover   – March 20, 2018 #1  New York Times  Bestseller! Peter Schweizer has been fighting corruption—and winning—for years. In  Throw Them All Out,  he exposed insider trading by members of Congress, leading to the passage of the STOCK Act. In  Extortion , he uncovered how politicians use mafia-like tactics to enrich themselves. And in  Clinton Cash , he revealed the Clintons’ massive money machine and sparked an FBI investigation. Now he explains how a new corruption has taken hold, involving larger sums of money than ever before. Stuffing tens of thousands of dollars into a freezer has morphed into multibillion-dollar equity deals done in the dark corners of the world. An American bank opening in China would be prohibited by US law from hiring a slew of family members of top Chinese politicians. However, a Chinese bank opening in A...

Cien años de soledad     Audiobook  – Unabridged "Muchos años después, frente al pelotón de fusilamiento, elcoronel Aureliano Buendía había de recordar aquella tarde remota en que su padrelo llevó a conocer el hielo." Con estas palabras empieza una novela ya legendaria en losanales de la literatura universal, una de las aventuras literarias másfascinantes del siglo veinte. Millones de ejemplares de  Cien años de soledad  leídos en todas las lenguas y el Premio Nobelde Literatura coronando una obra que se había abierto paso a "boca a boca" - comogusta decir el escritor - son la más palpable demostración de que la aventurafabulosa de la familia Buendía-Iguarán, con sus milagros, fantasías,obsesiones, tragedias, incestos, adulterios, rebeldías, descubrimientos, ycondenas, representaba al mismo tiempo el mito y la historia, la tragedia y elamor del mundo entero. Please note: This audiobook is in Spanish.

Malcolm X Speaks: Selected Speeches and Statements   Paperback   – Bargain Price, January 11, 1994 by  Malcolm X   (Author),  George Breitman   (Editor) These are the major speeches made by Malcolm X during the last tumultuous eight months of his life. In this short period of time, his vision for abolishing racial inequality in the United States underwent a vast transformation. Breaking from the Black Muslims, he moved away from the black militarism prevalent in his earlier years only to be shot down by an assassin's bullet.

Before We Were Yours: A Novel   Hardcover   – June 6, 2017 The  NEW YORK TIMES  and  USA TODAY  BESTSELLER!  For readers of  Orphan Train  and  The Nightingale  comes a  "thought-provoking [and] complex tale about two families, two generations apart . . . based on a notorious true-life scandal." Memphis, 1939. Twelve-year-old Rill Foss and her four younger siblings live a magical life aboard their family's Mississippi River shantyboat. But when their father must rush their mother to the hospital one stormy night, Rill is left in charge--until strangers arrive in force. Wrenched from all that is familiar and thrown into a Tennessee Children's Home Society orphanage, the Foss children are assured that they will soon be returned to their parents--but they quickly realize the dark truth. At the mercy of the facility's cruel director, Rill fights to keep her sisters and brother together in a world of danger and uncer...