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This concise, witty, and readable guide is an ideal companion for travelers to the Holy Land. Based on Murphy-O'Connor's many years of directing archaeological field trips, this guide gives clear...

In her short lifetime, Flannery O’Connor became one of the most distinctive American writers of the twentieth century. By birth a native of Georgia and a Roman Catholic, O’Connor depicts, in all its...

A vivid, intimate, and largely unseen photographic chronicle of one week in the life of jazz icon Billie HolidayIn 1957, New York photojournalist Jerry Dantzic spent time with the iconic singer...

O'Connor, a Neo-Marxist, contends that individualist ethics in America have become extremely costly to the world's most advanced capitalist society.James O'Connor (born 1930) is co-founder of...

"The generation weaned on the Marvel Universe will find much to love in O’Connor’s 12-book series." —New York Times In Olympians, O'Connor draws from primary documents to reconstruct and retell...

Featuring a New Foreword"An important contribution to the political debate over immigration." —The New RepublicIn Blood Red Lines, journalist Brendan O’Connor investigates the recent history and...

Flannery O'Connor's South offers a forceful analysis, both literary and philosophical, of Flannery O'Connor's life and literature. First published in 1980, this study draws upon Robert Coles'...

"The generation weaned on the Marvel Universe will find much to love in O’Connor’s 12-book series." —New York TimesDionysos, is the last Olympian, and maybe, just maybe, the first of a new type of...

The bestselling approachable guide that has inspired thousands of readers to manage or overcome depression — fully revised and updated for life in the 21st century.Depression rates around the world...

A Kirkus Best Book of the YearA Junior Library Guild selectionFollowing his smash-hit the Olympians series, New York Times bestseller George O'Connor embarks on a new saga about the Norse gods. This...

Progressive-era "poverty warriors" cast poverty in America as a problem of unemployment, low wages, labor exploitation, and political disfranchisement. In the 1990s, policy specialists made...

The American short story master Flannery O'Connor's haunting first novel of faith, false prophets, and redemptive wisdom. Wise Blood, Flannery O'Connor's astonishing and haunting first novel, is a...

From the acclaimed, controversial singer-songwriter Sinéad O’Connor comes a revelatory memoir of her fraught childhood, musical triumphs, struggles with illness, and of the enduring power of song...

"For millennia, idleness and laziness have been regarded as vices. We're all expected to work to survive and get ahead, and devoting energy to anything but labor and self-improvement can seem like a...

Following the smash-hit Olympians series, George O'Connor embarks on a new graphic novel saga about the Norse gods. This third volume tells the story of Loki, the trickster god!As night falls on...

Find out how these fun, stackable blocks became the most popular toys in the world.The LEGO toy company was founded in 1934 by a Danish carpenter who loved making wooden pull toys. From its humble...

A Kirkus Best Book of the YearFollowing the smash-hit Olympians series, George O'Connor embarks on a new saga about the Norse gods. This second volume tells the story of Thor, god of thunder! Perfect...

Winner of the National Book AwardFlannery O’Connor’s The Complete Stories is the essential volume for admirers of this master of the short for—now with a foreword by Hilton Als. In these sly,...

NPR SciFri Book Club Pick Next Big Idea Club's "Top 21 Psychology Books of 2022" Behavioral Scientist Notable Books of 2022 A renowned grief expert and neuroscientist shares groundbreaking...

From inside the Vatican, Monsignor Hugh O'Flaherty makes a daring attempt to smuggle thousands of innocents out of Nazi-occupied Rome in this World War II "literary thriller of the highest order"...