Newlyweds Kitty and Kieran buy an old castle in Ireland but face unexpected problems from ghosts, an heir to the castle who wants it back, and their pig--a wedding gift from Kitty's American cousin.
A renowned psychiatrist and the author of articles on subjects ranging from psychoanalytic anthropology to machine intelligence takes on America's $300 billion a year love affair with slot machines.
On a humid evening on the streets of New Orleans, Albert Fitzmorris thinks he sees an angel - a woman in a pale dress with a shimmering halo of golden hair. Watching as she floats up the steps of a Fr
The Chandaria family—emigrants from the Indian-enclave of Nairobi—have managed to flourish in America. Premchand, the father, is a doctor who has worked doggedly to grow his practice and g
This engaging new collection of essays from the New York Times–bestselling novelist gathers together her reflections on the writing life; fond recollections of inspiring friends; and perceptive,
Mimi Slavitt’s three-year-old son is autistic, but if we told her, she wouldn’t listen, because she doesn’t want to know — until at last his behavior becomes so strange that ev
In modern, beautiful Green City, the capital of South West Asia, gender selection, war and disease have brought the ratio of men to women to alarmingly low levels. The government uses terror and techn
Brought up in a secularized Jewish household on Manhattan’s upper Eastside, Nancy Green knows suspiciously little about her parents’ past. She knows they were World War II Jewish refugees
