God's Equation
Einstein, Relativity, and the Expanding Universe
Written by Amir D. Aczel

Format: Trade Paperback, 256 pages
Publisher: Delta
On Sale: November 28, 2000
Price: $16.00
ISBN: 978-0-385-33485-3 (0-385-33485-0)

"[Einstein's] field equation remains the closest thing we have to a divine blueprint for the universe...Aczel gives a very readable account of the science and the scientists involved." --Kirkus Reviews

In a work that is at once lucid and profound, renowned mathematician Dr. Amir Aczel, critically acclaimed author of Fermat's Last... Read more >

Tuesdays with Morrie
An Old Man, a Young Man, and Life's Greatest Lesson
Written by Mitch Albom

Format: Trade Paperback, 224 pages
Publisher: Broadway
On Sale: October 8, 2002
Price: $13.99
ISBN: 978-0-7679-0592-3 (0-7679-0592-X)

The National Bestseller and Top Adoption Title.

Selected for Common Reading, including:
Becker College
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Iowa State University
SUNY—New Paltz
University of Buffalo
University of Nevada, Las Vegas
University of North Dakota

“One Book, One Springfield” (Springfield, MA)


After seeing his former professor Morrie Schwartz being interviewed on television, and there learning of his terminal illness, Mitch Albom... Read more >

Tuesdays with Morrie
An Old Man, A Young Man and Life's Greatest Lesson
Written by Mitch Albom

Format: Hardcover, 224 pages
Publisher: Doubleday
On Sale: August 18, 1997
Price: $23.95
ISBN: 978-0-385-48451-0 (0-385-48451-8)

After seeing his former professor Morrie Schwartz being interviewed on television, and there learning of his terminal illness, Mitch Albom flew to Brandeis University and returned every Tuesday to visit his mentor after a long silence. Tuesdays with Morrie is Albom's chronicle of these visits, and of conversations in which he... Read more >

All the Pope's Men
The Inside Story of How the Vatican Really Thinks
Written by John L. Allen, Jr.

Format: Trade Paperback, 400 pages
Publisher: Image
On Sale: October 17, 2006
Price: $14.95
ISBN: 978-0-385-50967-1 (0-385-50967-7)

A fascinating and enlightening look at the world’s oldest and most mysterious institution, written by an American journalist with unparalleled knowledge about the Vatican's past and present.

The sexual abuse scandals that shook American and British Catholicism in 2002 brought to light a long-standing cultural gap between the English-speaking Catholic world and... Read more >

The Future Church
How Ten Trends Are Revolutionizing the Catholic Church
Written by John L. Allen, Jr.

Format: Trade Paperback, 480 pages
Publisher: Image
On Sale: January 24, 2012
Price: $16.00
ISBN: 978-0-385-52039-3 (0-385-52039-5)

One of the world’s foremost religion journalists offers an unexpected and provocative look at where the Catholic Church is headed—and what the changes will mean for all of us.

What will the Catholic Church be like in 100 years? Will there be a woman pope? Will dioceses throughout the United States and... Read more >

The Analects of Confucius
A Philosophical Translation
Written by Roger T. Ames

Format: Trade Paperback, 352 pages
Publisher: Ballantine Books
On Sale: September 7, 1999
Price: $15.00
ISBN: 978-0-345-43407-4 (0-345-43407-2)

Here is a translation of the short sayings, proverbs, and observations on ethics and methods for living originated around 400 BC. Based on the earliest Analects yet discovered, this translation provides us with a new perspective on the central canonical text that has defined Chinese culture-and clearly illuminates the spirit and... Read more >

Freedom
Stories Celebrating the Universal Declaration of Human Rights
Written by Amnesty International USA

Format: Trade Paperback, 432 pages
Publisher: Broadway
On Sale: January 4, 2011
Price: $16.00
ISBN: 978-0-307-58883-8 (0-307-58883-1)

Sixty years ago, the United Nations took a moral stand against human rights crimes and adopted the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, a proclamation of thirty rights that belong to us all, starting memorably with Article 1: “All human beings are born free and equal.”

Now, an array of internationally acclaimed... Read more >

Beyond a House Divided
The Moral Consensus Ignored by Washington, Wall Street, and the Media
Written by Carl Anderson

Format: Trade Paperback, 160 pages
Publisher: Image
On Sale: November 2, 2010
Price: $12.00
ISBN: 978-0-307-88774-0 (0-307-88774-X)

If you follow politics or the news, America is a country of culture wars and great divides, a partisan place of red states and blue states, of us against them. From pundits to politicians it seems that anyone with an audience sees a polarized country - a country at war with... Read more >

The Hour of Our Death

Written by Philippe Aries

Format: Trade Paperback, 696 pages
Publisher: Vintage
On Sale: February 12, 1982
Price: $24.00
ISBN: 978-0-394-75156-6 (0-394-75156-6)

This remarkable book—the fruit of almost two decades of study—traces in compelling fashion the changes in Western attitudes toward death and dying from the earliest Christian times to the present day. A truly landmark study, The Hour of Our Death reveals a pattern of gradually developing evolutionary stages in our perceptions... Read more >

The Battle for God
A History of Fundamentalism
Written by Karen Armstrong

Format: Trade Paperback, 480 pages
Publisher: Ballantine Books
On Sale: January 30, 2001
Price: $15.95
ISBN: 978-0-345-39169-8 (0-345-39169-1)

In the late twentieth century, fundamentalism has emerged as one of the most powerful forces at work in the world, contesting the dominance of modern secular values and threatening peace and harmony around the globe. Yet it remains incomprehensible to a large number of people. In The Battle for God, Karen... Read more >

The Case for God

Written by Karen Armstrong

Format: Trade Paperback, 432 pages
Publisher: Anchor
On Sale: September 7, 2010
Price: $16.95
ISBN: 978-0-307-38980-0 (0-307-38980-4)

A nuanced exploration of the part that religion plays in human life, drawing on the insights of the past in order to build a faith that speaks to the needs of our dangerously polarized age.

Moving from the Paleolithic age to the present, Karen Armstrong details the great lengths to which humankind... Read more >

The Case for God

Written by Karen Armstrong

Format: Hardcover, 432 pages
Publisher: Knopf
On Sale: September 22, 2009
Price: $27.95
ISBN: 978-0-307-26918-8 (0-307-26918-3)

Moving from the Paleolithic age to the present, Karen Armstrong details the great lengths to which humankind has gone in order to experience a sacred reality that it called by many names, such as God, Brahman, Nirvana, Allah, or Dao. Focusing especially on Christianity but including Judaism, Islam, Buddhism, Hinduism, and... Read more >

The Great Transformation
The Beginning of Our Religious Traditions
Written by Karen Armstrong

Format: Trade Paperback, 592 pages
Publisher: Anchor
On Sale: April 10, 2007
Price: $16.95
ISBN: 978-0-385-72124-0 (0-385-72124-2)

From one of the world’s leading writers on religion and the highly acclaimed author of the bestselling A History of God, The Battle for God and The Spiral Staircase, comes a major new work: a chronicle of one of the most important intellectual revolutions in world history and its relevance to... Read more >

Holy War
The Crusades and Their Impact on Today's World
Written by Karen Armstrong

Format: Trade Paperback, 672 pages
Publisher: Anchor
On Sale: November 27, 2001
Price: $18.00
ISBN: 978-0-385-72140-0 (0-385-72140-4)

In 1095, with the tomb of Jesus still in the hands of infidels and the Byzantine empire overrun by Muslim Turks, Pope Urban II summoned Christian warriors to take up the cross and their swords against the Turks and then recover the holy city of Jerusalem from Islam. It was to... Read more >

The Spiral Staircase
My Climb Out of Darkness
Written by Karen Armstrong

Format: Trade Paperback, 336 pages
Publisher: Anchor
On Sale: February 22, 2005
Price: $14.95
ISBN: 978-0-385-72127-1 (0-385-72127-7)

Karen Armstrong begins this spellbinding story of her spiritual journey with her departure in 1969 from the Roman Catholic convent she had entered seven years before—hoping, but ultimately failing, to find God. She knew almost nothing of the changed world to which she was returning and she was tormented by panic... Read more >

Twelve Steps to a Compassionate Life

Written by Karen Armstrong

Format: Trade Paperback, 240 pages
Publisher: Anchor
On Sale: December 27, 2011
Price: $14.00
ISBN: 978-0-307-74288-9 (0-307-74288-1)

In this important and thought-provoking work, Karen Armstrong—one of the most original thinkers on the role of religion in the modern world—provides an impassioned and practical guide to helping us make the world a more compassionate place.

The twelve steps she suggests begin with “Learn About Compassion,” and close with “Love Your... Read more >

Brigham Young
American Moses
Written by Leonard J. Arrington

Format: Trade Paperback, 560 pages
Publisher: Vintage
On Sale: June 12, 2012
Price: $17.95
ISBN: 978-0-345-80321-4 (0-345-80321-3)

Brigham Young comes to life in this superlative biography that presents him as a Mormon leader, a business genius, a family man, a political organizer, and a pioneer of the West. Drawing on a vast range of sources, including documents, personal diaries, and private correspondence, Leonard J. Arrington brings Young to... Read more >

When the Hurt Runs Deep
Healing and Hope for Life's Desperate Moments
Written by Kay Arthur

Format: Hardcover, 256 pages
Publisher: WaterBrook Press
On Sale: October 5, 2010
Price: $22.99
ISBN: 978-0-307-45711-0 (0-307-45711-7)

“A book with this much healing truth could only be written by someone who has experienced profound pain. In When the Hurt Runs Deep, Kay Arthur addresses universal questions about suffering and pain with insights that are candid, practical, and deeply hopeful, offering encouragement and assurance that you are not alone.”
—Gary... Read more >

The Way of Perfection

Written by Teresa Of Avila

Format: Trade Paperback, 320 pages
Publisher: Image
On Sale: June 15, 1991
Price: $14.00
ISBN: 978-0-385-06539-9 (0-385-06539-6)

A guide to living by the great truths of Christianity--the simplest and most practical work of Teresa of Avila, one of the great religious figures of all time. She exhorts readers to nurture a lasting love of prayer by fulfilling three requirements, which are discussed in the text. Also included is... Read more >

The Rite
The Making of a Modern Exorcist
Written by Matt Baglio

Format: Trade Paperback, 304 pages
Publisher: Image
On Sale: June 15, 2010
Price: $15.00
ISBN: 978-0-385-52271-7 (0-385-52271-1)

In The Rite, journalist Matt Baglio uses the astonishing story of one American priest's training as an exorcist to reveal that the phenomena of possession, demons, the Devil, and exorcism are not merely a remnant of the archaic past, but remain a fearsome power in many people's lives even today.

Father Gary... Read more >

Jihad vs. McWorld
Terrorism's Challenge to Democracy
Written by Benjamin Barber

Format: Trade Paperback, 432 pages
Publisher: Ballantine Books
On Sale: July 30, 1996
Price: $16.00
ISBN: 978-0-345-38304-4 (0-345-38304-4)

With an introduction that addresses the terrorist attacks of September 11th. This is a timely, compelling, and illuminating analysis of the central conflict of our times: consumerist capitalism versus religious and tribal fundamentalism. On the one hand, consumer capitalism on the global level is rapidly dissolving the social and economic barriers... Read more >

While Europe Slept
How Radical Islam is Destroying the West from Within
Written by Bruce Bawer

Format: Trade Paperback, 272 pages
Publisher: Anchor
On Sale: September 11, 2007
Price: $15.95
ISBN: 978-0-7679-2005-6 (0-7679-2005-8)

The struggle for the soul of Europe today is every bit as dire and consequential as it was in the 1930s. Then, in Weimar, Germany, the center did not hold, and the light of civilization nearly went out. Today, the continent has entered yet another “Weimar moment.” Will Europeans rise to... Read more >

The Autobiography of Saint Therese
The Story of a Soul
Translated by John Beevers

Format: Trade Paperback, 192 pages
Publisher: Image
On Sale: November 17, 1987
Price: $12.00
ISBN: 978-0-385-02903-2 (0-385-02903-9)

A spiritual guide for millions the world over, this is the autobiography of a holy woman who "attained the knowledge of supernatural things in such abundant measure that she was able to point out the sure way of salvation to others" (Pope Pius XI). St. Thérèse wrote this account of her... Read more >

Emotional Alchemy
How the Mind Can Heal the Heart
Written by Tara Bennett-Goleman

Format: Trade Paperback, 432 pages
Publisher: Three Rivers Press
On Sale: January 22, 2002
Price: $14.95
ISBN: 978-0-609-80903-7 (0-609-80903-2)

“May this very important and enticing book find its way into the hearts of readers near and far so that it can perform its mysterious and healing alchemy for the benefit of all.”—John Kabat-Zinn, author of Wherever You Go, There You Are and Professor of Medicine, University of Massachusetts Medical School

The... Read more >

The Sacred Canopy
Elements of a Sociological Theory of Religion
Written by Peter L. Berger

Format: Trade Paperback, 240 pages
Publisher: Anchor
On Sale: September 1, 1990
Price: $16.00
ISBN: 978-0-385-07305-9 (0-385-07305-4)

This absorbing examination of the sociological roots of religious belief expands on Berger's theories of knowledge. With illustrations drawn from a variety of primitive, ancient, and contemporary religions, Berger argues that religion is a "sacred canopy" that every society builds to give its world meaning. Read more >