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Nancy Chaplin
Nancy Crowder-Chaplin was a Director of Religious Education for a Unitarian-Universalist church for ten years and, for the last 10 years, a Department of Correctional Education librarian at The Virginia Correctional Center for Women where she also co-ordinates a college program for incarcerated women.
The Well-Dressed Ape by Hannah Holmes
Hannah Holmes is the author of Suburban Safari and The Secret Life of Dust. Her writing has appeared in the New York Times Magazine, the Los Angeles Times Magazine, Discover, Outside, and many more. She lives with her husband and dog in Portland, Maine.
Downtown Owl by Chuck Klosterman
Sat, Nov 29, 2008
Chuck Klosterman is the author Of Fargo Rock City; Sex, Drugs, And Cocoa Puffs; and Killing Yourself To Live. He is a columnist for Esquire and has written for GQ, Spin, The New York Times Magazine, The Washington Post, The Believer, and ESPN.
Beautiful Boy by David Sheff
Thu, Jan 01, 2004
DAVID SHEFF's work has appeared in the New York Times, Rolling Stone, Wired, and Fortune. As a contributing editor to Playboy, he has interviewed John Lennon, the founders of Google, Gore Vidal, and others.
Buddhism for Busy People by David Michie
Sat, Nov 29, 2008
David Michie is a corporate communications consultant, published novelist, and Buddhist practitioner. He lives in Perth, Australia.
Snoop by Sam Gosling
Sam Gosling is an associate professor of psychology at the University of Texas at Austin. He has spent the last decade conducting research on how personality is expressed and perceived in everyday contexts. He has been profiled by the New York Times, Psychology Today, and other publications, and he is featured in Malcolm Gladwell's Blink. This is his first book. He lives in Austin, Texas
Emotional Awareness by the Dalai Lama
Sat, Feb 21, 2009
Tenzin Gyatso, the fourteenth Dalai Lama, is a head of state and the religious leader of Tibetan Buddhism.
What Matters Most by James Hollis
Sat, Feb 21, 2009
The author of more than a dozen books, James Hollis, Ph.D., teaches at the Jung Center of Houston and is a distinguished faculty member of the Saybrook Graduate School in San Francisco. A graduate of the Jung Institute of Zurich, Switzerland, he lives in Houston, Texas, with his wife, Jill, and maintains a private analytic practice.
A Mercy by Toni Morrison
Sat, Feb 21, 2009
Toni Morrison was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1993. She is the author of many novels, including Sula, Song of Solomon, and Beloved. She has also received the National Book Critics Circle Award and a Pulitzer Prize for her fiction.
Sweetsmoke by David Fuller
Mon, Mar 02, 2009
David Fuller has been a screenwriter for twenty-five years. He spent eight years researching Sweetsmoke, his first novel, and along the way discovered that he had ancestors who fought on both sides of the Civil War. Fuller lives in Los Angeles with his wife and twin sons.
The Help by Kathryn Stockett
Sat, Apr 18, 2009
Kathryn Stockett was born and raised in Jackson, Mississippi. After graduating from the University of Alabama with a degree in English and Creative Writing, she moved to New York City, where she worked in magazine publishing and marketing for nine years. This is her first novel.
Seeking Peace by Mary Pipher
Sat, Apr 18, 2009
Mary Pipher, Ph.D. is a psychologist and the author of eight books, including the New York Times bestsellers Reviving Ophelia, The Shelter of Each Other, and Another Country, as well as Writing to Change the World. Her work has been translated into more than twenty-five languages, and she has lectured to groups and conferences around the world. She lives in Lincoln, Nebraska, with her husband, Jim, near their children and grandchildren.
In Search of Our Roots by Henry Louis Gates, Jr.
Sat, Apr 18, 2009
HENRY LOUIS GATES, JR., is the director of the W. E. B. Du Bois Institute for African and African American Research and holder of the distinguished title of Alphonse Fletcher University Professor at Harvard University. He is the author of several award-winning works of literary criticism as well as the memoir Colored People; The Future of the Race, co-authored with Cornel West; and Thirteen Ways of Looking at a Black Man.
SOUNDS GOOD TO ME: Audios in Prison
Sat, Apr 25, 2009
Think for a moment about never having had the experience of being read to as a child.
A Piece of Cake by Cupcake Brown
Thu, Apr 30, 2009
Cupcake Brown is an attorney at Bingham McCutcheon, one of the largest law firms in California.
Another Country by James Baldwin
Mon, Jun 01, 2009
James Baldwin (1924-1987) was educated in New York. He is the author of more than twenty works of fiction and nonfiction, including Go Tell It on the Mountain, Notes of a Native Son, Another Country, and Blues for Mister Charlie. He has received many awards including the Eugene F. Saxon Memorial Trust Award, a Rosenwald Fellowship, a Guggenheim Fellowship, a Partisan Review Fellowship, and a Ford Foundation grant. He was made a Commander of the Legion of Honor in 1986.
Why We Make Mistakes by Joseph T. Hallinan
Sun, May 24, 2009
JOSEPH T. HALLINAN, a former writer for The Wall Street Journal, is a winner of the Pulitzer Prize and a former Nieman Fellow at Harvard University. He lives in Chicago with his wife and children.
November Blues by Sharon M. Draper
Mon, Jun 01, 2009
Sharon Draper is a two-time Coretta Scott King Award-winning author, most recently for Copper Sun, and previously for Forged by Fire. She's also the recipient of the Coretta Scott King/John Steptoe Author Award for New Talent for Tears of a Tiger and the Coretta Scott King Author Honor for The Battle of Jericho and November Blues. Her other books include Romiette and Julio, Darkness Before Dawn, and Double Dutch. She lives in Cincinnati, Ohio, where she taught high school English for twenty-five years. She's a popular conference speaker, addressing educational and literary groups both nationally and internationally.
Ghetto Superstar by Nikki Turner
Sat, Aug 01, 2009
Nikki Turner is the author of the New York Times bestseller Black Widow, the #1 Essence bestseller Forever a Hustler’s Wife, and the Essence bestsellers A Hustler’s Wife, The Glamorous Life, and Riding Dirty on I-95. The first two books in the Nikki Turner Presents line were published in 2008 by One World/Ballantine Books.
God's Trombones by James Weldon Johnson
Sat, Aug 01, 2009
James Weldon Johnson (1871–1938) was an African American author, poet, and civil rights activist.
Rapt Attention and the Focused Life by Winifred Gallagher
Sat, Aug 01, 2009
Winifred Gallagher’s books include House Thinking, Just the Way You Are (a New York Times Notable Book), Working on God, and The Power of Place. She has written for numerous publications, such as Atlantic Monthly, Rolling Stone, and the New York Times.
The Empathy Gap by J.D. Trout
Sat, Aug 01, 2009
J. D. Trout is professor of philosophy and adjunct professor of the Parmly Sensory Sciences Institute at Loyola University in Chicago. He has held fellowships from the National Science Foundation, Mellon Foundation, and National Endowment for the Humanities. His previous books include Epistemology and the Psychology of Human Judgment and Measuring the Intentional World.
Eye of the Cricket by James Sallis
Sat, Aug 01, 2009
JAMES SALLIS is the author of the Lew Griffin novels and over a dozen other books, including the biography Chester Himes, a New York Times Notable Book. He has been shortlisted for the Edgar®, Shamus, Nebula, Anthony, and Gold Dagger awards. He lives in Phoenix, Arizona.
It's All Love by Marita Golden, Ed.
Sat, Aug 01, 2009
Marita Golden is the author of works of both fiction and nonfiction. Her books include Migrations of the Heart, Saving Our Sons, and most recently, Don't Play in the Sun. She is the founder of the Hurston/Wright Foundation, an organization that supports African American writers. She lives in Mitchellville, Maryland.
The Pleasures and Sorrows of Work by Alain de Botton
Thu, Oct 01, 2009
Alain de Botton is the author of three works of fiction and six works of nonfiction, including How Proust Can Change Your Life, The Consolations of Philosophy and The Art of Travel. He lives in London, where he founded The School of Life.
Karma and Rebirth in a Nutshell by Jinananda
Thu, Oct 01, 2009
Jinananda is the author of several books on Buddhism.
Start Where You Are by Chris Gardner
Sun, Nov 01, 2009
Chris Gardner is the chief executive officer of Gardner Rich & Company, a multimillion-dollar brokerage with offices in New York, Chicago, and San Francisco. An avid philanthropist and motivational speaker, Gardner is committed to many organizations -- particularly those related to education -- and was recently the recipient of the Father of the Year Award from the National Fatherhood Initiative. A Milwaukee native, Gardner has two children and resides in Chicago and New York.
Black Water Rising by Attica Locke
Sun, Nov 01, 2009
Attica Locke is a screenwriter who has worked in both film and television. A former fellow at the Sundance Institute, she is currently at work on an HBO miniseries about the civil rights movement. A native of Houston, Texas, she lives in Los Angeles with her husband and daughter.
Where Did You Sleep Last Night? by Danzy Senna
Tue, Dec 01, 2009
Danzy Senna is the author of the novels Caucasia and Symptomatic.
Doubt by Jennifer Michael Hecht
Tue, Dec 01, 2009
Jennifer Michael Hecht is an accomplished historian and an award-winning poet. Her book, The End of the Soul: Scientific Modernity, Atheism, and Anthropology in France, has been recently published by Columbia University Press. And The Next Ancient World, her book of poetry, won the Poetry Society of America's prestigious Norma Farber First Book Award for 2002, the Tupelo Prize, and ForeWord's Poetry Book of the Year. She is the co-author of a popular introduction to Western Civilization. Hecht earned her Ph.D. in the history of science from Columbia University and is an assistant professor of history at Nassau Community College.
Darwin in a Nutshell by Peter Whitfield
Fri, Jan 01, 2010
Peter Whitfield provides a clear, straight-forward account of Charles Darwin and his theory of evolution.
The Commission by Philip Shenon
Fri, Jan 01, 2010
Philip Shenon is an investigative reporter with The New York Times, based in Washington. He was the lead reporter on the investigation of the 9/11 Commission and has held several of the most important assignments of the Washington Bureau, including chief Defense Department Correspondent, Diplomatic Correspondent, Congressional Correspondent and Justice Department Correspondent. He was one of two New York Times reporters embedded with American grounds troops during the invasion of Iraq and worked in pre-war Iraq, Kuwait, Saudi Arabia and Iran for the New York Times foreign staff.
Ghost of a Flea by James Sallis
Fri, Jan 01, 2010
A writer of varied talents, James Sallis is a published poet, critic, translator, and novelist. He has been praised as "a fine talent, introspective, sardonic, a master of quick characterization and narrative compression" (Buffalo News) and as "a rare find...a fine prose stylist with an interest in moral struggle and a gift for the lacerating evocation of loss" (Newsday).
Night of the Gun by David Carr
Thu, Jan 01, 2009
David Carr is now a columnist for the New York Times.
Sacred Hearts by Sara Dunant
Fri, Jan 01, 2010
Sarah Dunant is the author of the international bestsellers The Birth of Venus and In the Company of the Courtesan, which have received major acclaim on both sides of the Atlantic. Her earlier novels include three Hannah Wolfe crime thrillers, as well as Snowstorms in a Hot Climate, Transgressions, and Mapping the Edge, all three of which are available as Random House Trade Paperbacks. She has two daughters and lives in London and Florence.
Outcasts United by Warren St. John
Mon, Feb 01, 2010
Warren St. John is a reporter for The New York Times and the author of the national bestseller Rammer Jammer Yellow Hammer.
Peace, Locomotion by Jacqueline Woodson
Thu, Apr 01, 2010
Jacqueline Woodson, winner of the Margaret A. Edwards Award for lifetime achievement in writing for young adults, is the author of Newbery Honor winners Feathers and Show Way, Miracle’s Boys (recipient of a Coretta Scott King Award and a Los Angeles Times Book Prize), Locomotion and Hush (both National Book Award finalists), among many others. She lives in Brooklyn, New York.
Stick Fly by Lydia Diamond
Thu, Apr 01, 2010
Lydia R. Diamond is a Huntington Playwriting Fellow and resident playwright at Chicago Dramatists. Her plays include The Gift Horse (anthologized in Seven Black Plays), Voyeurs de Venus, The Inside, and Stage Black. Her adaptation of Toni Morrison's The Bluest Eye premiered at the Steppenwolf Theatre and won the Black Arts Alliance Image Award for best new play. Lydia has taught at Columbia College Chicago, DePaul University, and Loyola University. She is currently on the faculty at Boston University and lives in Cambridge, Massachusetts.
Three Wrecked Men by Lysa Williams
Thu, Apr 01, 2010
LYSA WILLIAMS resides in New York City with her daughter. Three Wrecked Men is her second novel. Her first novel, Soundless, is also a Blackstone Audio, Inc. production.
The Renaissance in a Nutshell by Peter Whitfield
Thu, Apr 01, 2010
Peter Whitfield is an historian and a poet. His books include A Universe of Books: Readings in World Literature and Landmarks in Western Science, New Found Lands – Maps in the History of Exploration. He is a keen cyclist and has written books on his sport.
Ecological Intelligence by Daniel Goleman
Thu, Apr 01, 2010
DANIEL GOLEMAN is the author of the international bestsellers Emotional Intelligence, Working with Emotional Intelligence, and Social Intelligence, and the co-author of the acclaimed business bestseller Primal Leadership. He was a science reporter for the New York Times, was twice nominated for the Pulitzer Prize, and received the American Psychological Association’s Lifetime Achievement Award for his media writing. He lives in the Berkshires.
Shop Class as Soulcraft by Matthew Crawford
Thu, Apr 01, 2010
MATTHEW B. CRAWFORD is a philosopher and mechanic. He has a Ph.D. in political philosophy from the University of Chicago and served as a postdoctoral fellow on its Committee on Social Thought. Currently a fellow at the Institute for Advanced Studies in Culture at the University of Virginia, he owns and operates Shockoe Moto, an independent motorcycle repair shop in Richmond, VA.
A Single Man by Christopher Isherwood
Thu, Apr 01, 2010
Christopher Isherwood (1902-86) lived in Berlin from 1928 to 1933 and immigrated to the United States in 1939. Translator, biographer, novelist, and playwright, Isherwood is the author of over twenty books.
Unquestioned Identity by Mame Hunt
Sat, May 01, 2010
Mame Hunt attended the University of California, Davis, CA. She is the Lead Dramaturg, Sundance Theatre Lab. She is also Adjunct Professor, Department of Theatre/Performance Studies, Georgetown University.
*Betrayed by George Packer
Sat, May 01, 2010
George Packer is a staff writer for The New Yorker and the author of several books, most recently The Assassins’ Gate. His reporting has won four Overseas Press Club awards.
Odyssey of Love by Lucy Parham
Sat, May 01, 2010
Acknowledged as one of Britain's finest pianists, Lucy Parham first came to public attention on winning the 1984 BBC TV Young Musician of the Year Piano Class, since when she has performed extensively throughout the UK and Europe, South Africa, USA, Canada and Russia. As concerto soloist abroad she has appeared with the Russian State Symphony Orchestra at the Tchaikowsky Hall in Moscow, L'Orchestre Rencontres Suisse, Bergen Philharmonic, L'Orchestre National de Lille, and three UK tours with the Polish National Radio SO and the Sofia Philharmonic Orchestra.
Atomic Bombers by Russell Vandenbroucke
Sat, May 01, 2010
Russell Vandenbroucke served for eleven seasons as artistic director of Chicago’s Northlight Theatre, where he directed such plays as the Philoctetes of Sophocles, Ibsen’s Hedda Gabler, Anna Deavere Smith’s Fires in the Mirror, and the world premieres of Arnold Wesker’s Three Women Talking and Martha Boesing’s My Other Heart. As a playwright, he is the author of Feiffer’s America and Eleanor: In Her Own Words, adapted from the writings of Eleanor Roosevelt which won a Los Angeles Emmy. His play Atomic Bombers commemorated the 50th anniversary of Hiroshima on radio and opened Northlight’s first permanent theatre. His lifelong commitment to peace and justice is reflected in many of the plays he has written, directed, and produced.
Mastergate by Larry Gelbart
Sat, May 01, 2010
Larry Gelbart was an American television writer, playwright, screenwriter and author. He is perhaps best known as one of the creators and driving forces behind long-running television series MASH. He also co-wrote the film Tootsie and the broadway play A Funny Thing Happened on the way to the Forum. He died in 2009.
The Zebra Murders by Prentice Earl Sanders and Bennett Cohen
Tue, Jun 01, 2010
Prentice Earl Sanders was the first black police chief of the San Francisco Police Department. He recently retired. Bennett Cohen, a graduate of the Yale School of Drama, has worked extensively in both television and film, both as a writer and producer.
Never the Sinner by John Logan
Tue, Jun 01, 2010
John Logan is an award-winning playwright and film script writer. Never the Sinner, produced for the stage in Chicago in 1986, was Logan’s first play. He is also the screenwriter for the following films: The Aviator (2004); Star Trek: Nemesis, Gladiator (2000); and Any Given Sunday (1999). Founded in 1974, the mission of L.A. Theatre Works (LATW) is to enrich the cultural life of our national community through the use of innovative technologies to produce and preserve significant works of dramatic literature on audio, and to assure the widest public access to these great works.
Joyful Wisdom by Yongey Mingyur Rinpoche
Tue, Jun 01, 2010
Yongey Mingyur Rinpoche, celebrated Tibetan Buddhist master and author of the internationally acclaimed The Joy of Living, is deeply versed in the practical and philosophical disciplines of the ancient tradition of Tibetan Buddhism. He is perhaps best known for his accessible style, his self-deprecating humor, and his ability to address human weakness with deeply personal understanding and compassion. Eric Swanson is coauthor of The Joy of Living. A graduate of Yale University and the Juilliard School, he is the author of the novels The Greenhouse Effect and The Boy in the Lake. After converting to Buddhism in 1995, he cowrote Karmapa, The Sacred Prophecy and authored What the Lotus Said, both of which focus on Buddhism within Tibet.
Wench by Dolen Perkins-Valdez
Thu, Jul 01, 2010
Dolen Perkins-Valdez's fiction and essays have appeared in The Kenyon Review, African American Review, North Carolina Literary Review, and the Richard Wright Newsletter. Born and raised in Memphis, a graduate of Harvard, and a former University of California President's Postdoctoral Fellow, Perkins-Valdez teaches creative writing at the University of Puget Sound. She splits her time between Washington, D.C. and Seattle, Washington. This is her first novel.
*The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca Skloot
Sun, Aug 01, 2010
REBECCA SKLOOT is a science writer whose articles have appeared in The New York Times Magazine; O, The Oprah Magazine; Discover; Prevention; Glamour; and others. She has worked as a correspondent for NPR’s Radio Lab and PBS’s NOVA scienceNow, and is a contributing editor at Popular Science magazine. Her work has been anthologized in several collections, including The Best Food Writing and The Best Creative Nonfiction. She is a former vice president of the National Book Critics Circle, and has taught nonfiction in the creative writing programs at the University of Memphis and the University of Pittsburgh, and science journalism at New York University’s Science, Health, and Environmental Reporting Program. She blogs about science, life, and writing at Culture Dish, hosted by Seed magazine. This is her first book.
The Horse Boy by Rupert Isaacson
Sun, Aug 01, 2010
Rupert Isaacson was born in London to a South African mother and a Zimbabwean father. Isaacson's first book, The Healing Land (Grove Press), was a 2004 New York Times Notable Book. He has traveled extensively in Africa, Asia, and North America for the British press and now lives in Austin, Texas, with his wife, Kristin, and their son, Rowan.