Browsing: Religion and Spirituality

“The Gateway is open… ” These cryptic words wake college student Jess Ballard from a terrifying dream into an even…

In this “brilliant, painful, important” autobiography (The New York Times), civil rights activist Malcolm X chronicles his extraordinary life and passionate fight for equality. “A monument to the most painful truth” (The Nation), with over 110,000 five-star Goodreads ratings.

In this riveting memoir, Leah Lax recounts how she left her secular family to join a Hasidic Jewish community — only to realize, decades later, that leaving once again was the only way she could truly live as herself. “Fascinating and insightful” (Booklist starred review).

This #1 New York Times bestseller from the author of Eat, Pray, Love shines a light on embracing creativity and finding inspiration. “A celebration of a creative life… A lot of great advice in this sunny book” (The Washington Post).

A New York Times bestseller and NPR Best Book of 2016: In the 1980s, an archivist smuggled 350,000 ancient manuscripts out of Timbuktu — and the hands of Al Qaeda. “Part history, part scholarly adventure story, and part journalist survey… Hammer writes with verve and expertise” (The New York Times Book Review).