From the publisher: Braided and spiral loaves of challah have long been a delicious centerpiece of the Jewish table, but with a few extra twists, the beloved Shabbat bread can become a work of art that teaches Torah. In Loaves of Torah, Rabbi Vanessa M. Harper—creator of the hit Instagram account… Continue reading »
From the publisher: Sniff is a dog. Scratch is a cat. And they’re best friends … most of the time! In these three hilarious short stories, Sniff and Scratch find creative ways to reach a pie on the kitchen counter, Sniff panics when Scratch gets stuck in a box and… Continue reading »
From the publisher: Author Christine Coulson spent 25 years writing for The Metropolitan Museum of Art. Her final project was to write wall labels for the Museum’s new British Galleries. During that time, she dreamt of using The Met’s strict 75-word label format to describe people as intricate works of… Continue reading »
From the publisher: In 2020, the novel coronavirus pandemic made it painfully clear that the U.S. could not adequately protect its citizens. Millions of Americans suffered—and over a million died—in less than two years while government officials blundered; prizewinning economists overlooked devastating trade-offs; and elites escaped to isolated retreats, unaffected… Continue reading »
From the publisher: Many great artworks include elements of ugliness: repugnant content, disproportionate forms, unresolved dissonance and unintegrated parts. Mark William Roche’s authoritative monograph Beautiful Ugliness: Christianity, Modernity and the Arts challenges current practices of the dominant aesthetic schools by exploring the role of ugliness in art and literature. Roche… Continue reading »
From the publisher: A significant examination of how athletes have fought for inclusion and equality on and off the playing field, despite calls for them to “stick to sports.” The claim that sports are—or ought to be—apolitical has itself never been an apolitical position. Rather, it is a veiled attempt… Continue reading »
From the publisher: His routine was the same every day for 38 years: up at 4:15, make a turkey-on-rye, drive the deserted Henry Hudson Parkway to the hospital, check the schedule, scrub, cut, reattach, save a life or two, repeat. Until March 2020, when the Covid-19 pandemic shut hospital surgeries… Continue reading »
From the publisher: A Poker Player’s Life List catalogs poker rooms in the U.S. that feature six or more tables and are open as of June 2023. As you visit each room, you can check it off your list! We have included two columns, labeled T for Tournament and C… Continue reading »
From the publisher: Sam is getting older, and every day there are new things for him to try, from a trip to a farm, to going to a new friend’s house, to the first day of school. But Sam can’t help but worry about all these new things—what if he… Continue reading »
From the publisher: The alluring mermaids sighted by lonely mariners. The winged angels, by turns avenging and comforting, that abound in Christian art. The fearsome Minotaur of Greek mythology. Animal-headed deities, from the elephant-headed Ganesha in India to the falcon-headed Horus in ancient Egypt. An enigmatic cave painting representing a… Continue reading »
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