Books from Summit Books
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The Golem: The Story of a Legend
By Elie Wiesel"For centuries, Jews have remembered the Golem, a creature of clay said to have been given life by the mystical incantations of the mysterious Maharal, Rabbi Yehuda Loew, leader of...
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Lovingkindness: A Novel
By Anne Richardson RoipheFrom the acclaimed author of "Fruitful" comes a novel of the love between a mother and daughter. Annie Johnson has worked hard to raise her daughter, Andrea. She is shocked,...
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Selected Letters of Virgil Thomson
By Virgil ThomsonSelected Letters of Virgil Thomson
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Small Fires: Letters from the Soviet People to Ogonyok Magazine, 1987-1990
By Christopher Cerf, Marina Albee, L. N. Gushchin"In Russian, ogonyok means "small fire." It is also the name of a popular magazine which, in 1987, became the first publication in the USSR to introduce regular Letters to...
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The Great Barrier Reef
The Great Barrier Reef
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A Mind of Her Own: The Life of Karen Horney
By Susan QuinnHere is a biography of Karen Horney, a bold, complex, independent woman who became one of the preeminent figures in psychoanalysis. A vivid and convincing portrait of a woman whose...
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Puffball: A Novel
By Fay WeldonWhen Richard deserts pregnant Liffey to pursue his career in London, Liffey's eccentric country neighbors, the knowing Mabs and the sly Tucker, slowly begin to dominate the young woman's life
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Praxis: A Novel
By Fay WeldonThe title character, Praxis Duveen, is a master of the art of survival. She weathered two unsuccessful marriages, pursued a brief but lucrative career as a prostitute, dabbled in incest,...
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The Trial of Adolf Hitler: A Novel
By Philippe Van RjndtIf Hitler had lived, could 25 years as a humane person atone for his past deeds?
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Yesterday's Tomorrows: Past Visions of the American Future
By Joseph J. Corn, Brian HorriganCorn and Horrigan explore the future as Americans earlier in the last century expected it to happen. Filled with vivid color images and lively text, the book is eloquent testimony...
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Anna Freud: A Biography
By Elisabeth Young-BruehlThe life and career of the founder of child psychoanalysis. In particular, the author looks at Anna's relationship with her father, Sigmund Freud.
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Art of the Western World: From Ancient Greece to Post-modernism
By Adelheid M. Gealt, Bruce ColeThis magnificent volume, the official tie-in edition to the major fall PBS series, offers a wide-ranging introduction to the greatest and most beautiful art of the Western world. Includes 350...
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Pride of Family: Four Generations of American Women of Color
By Carole IoneOriginally published to rave reviews, Pride of Family is the dazzling true story of an upper-middle-class African American clan - and four generations of extraordinary women. Carole Ione, rebel daughter...
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The Second Stage
By Betty FriedanWarning the women's movement against dissolving into factionalism, male-bashing, and preoccupation with sexual and identity politics rather than bottom-line political and economic inequalities, Friedan argues that once past the initial...
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Rainbow Drive
By Outlet, Roderick ThorpRainbow Drive
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Read All about It!: The Collected Adventures of a Maverick Reporter
By Sidney ZionRead All about It!: The Collected Adventures of a Maverick Reporter
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Writing in a State of Siege: Essays on Politics and Literature
By André Philippus BrinkWriting in a State of Siege: Essays on Politics and Literature
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Tuxedo Park
By Laura FurmanAfter a curious courtship, an innocent orphan marries Willard, a man with money, taste, and experience. When he abandons her and their two daughters, Sadie raises her girls and waits...
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Perfect Plant, Perfect Garden: The 200 Most Rewarding Plants for Every Garden
By Anne Scott-James"A delightful information-packed guide to the 200 most beautiful, most easily cultivated and hardiest plants that will always reward even the most inexperienced gardener."--Publisher description.
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Betrayal at Pearl Harbor: How Churchill Lured Roosevelt Into World War II
By James Rusbridger, Eric NaveDid Winston Churchill have advance knowledge of Pearl Harbor? If so, did he withhold that information from Franklin D. Roosevelt in order to draw the U.S. into WWII? James Rusbridger...