Riverhead Books imprint: 592 books
Justice for All
Earl Warren and the Nation He Made
Language: English
Release Date: October 2, 2007
One of the most acclaimed and best political biographies of its time, Justice for All is a monumental work dedicated to a complicated and principled figure that will become a seminal work of twentieth-century U.S. history.
In Justice for All, Jim Newton, an award-winning journalist for the...
Drama High
The Incredible True Story of a Brilliant Teacher, a Struggling Town, and the Magic of Theater
Language: English
Release Date: September 26, 2013
The inspiration for the NBC TV series "Rise," starring Josh Radnor, Auli'i Cravalho, and Rosie Perez — the incredible and true story of an extraordinary drama teacher who has changed the lives of thousands of students and inspired a town. By the author of The Last Temptation of Rick Pitino.
Why...
God's Hotel
A Doctor, a Hospital, and a Pilgrimage to the Heart of Medicine
Language: English
Release Date: April 26, 2012
**Victoria Sweet's new book, SLOW MEDICINE, is on sale now!
For readers of Paul Kalanithi’s *When Breath Becomes Air, *a medical “page-turner” that traces one doctor’s “remarkable journey to the essence of medicine” (The San Francisco Chronicle). **
San Francisco’s Laguna...
by Amir Aczel
Language: English
Release Date: November 4, 2008
Language: English
Release Date: November 4, 2008
From the New York Times bestselling author of Fermat?s Last Theorem, ?an extraordinary story?( Philadelphia Inquirer) of discovery, evolution, science, and faith.
In 1929, French Jesuit priest Pierre Teilhard de Chardin was a part of a group of scientists that uncovered a skull that became...
You Don't Look Like Anyone I Know
A True Story of Family, Face Blindness, and Forgiveness
Language: English
Release Date: October 14, 2010
An unusual and uncommonly moving family memoir, with a twist that give new meaning to hindsight, insight, and forgiveness.
Heather Sellers is face-blind-that is, she has prosopagnosia, a rare neurological condition that prevents her from reliably recognizing people's faces. Growing up, unaware...
The Invention of Air
A Story Of Science, Faith, Revolution, And The Birth Of America
Language: English
Release Date: December 26, 2008
From the bestselling author of How We Got To Now, The Ghost Map and Farsighted, a new national bestseller: the “exhilarating”( Los Angeles Times) story of Joseph Priestley, “a founding father long forgotten”(Newsweek) and a brilliant man who embodied the relationship between science, religion,...
Freud's Requiem
Mourning, Memory, and the Invisible History of a Summer Walk
Language: English
Release Date: July 7, 2005
In this absorbing, thoughtful narrative, a young writer explores Sigmund Freud’s provocative ideas on creativity and mortality and their roots in his history, while searching for broader lessons about love, memory, mourning, and creativity.
Written in 1915 during winter and wartime, Freud’s...
Slow Medicine
The Way to Healing
Language: English
Release Date: October 17, 2017
"Wonderful... Physicans would do well to learn this most important lesson about caring for patients." —The New York Times Book Review
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Over the years that Victoria Sweet has been a physician, “healthcare” has replaced medicine, “providers” look at their laptops more than...
Grace (Eventually)
Thoughts on Faith
Language: English
Release Date: February 26, 2008
**From the New York Times bestselling author of Bird by Bird, Hallelujah Anyway, and Almost Everything
"Lamott has chronicled her wacky and (sometimes) wild adventures in faith in...the wonderful Grace (Eventually)." (Chicago Sun-Times)**
In Grace (Eventually): Thoughts on...
The Wisdom of Compassion
Stories of Remarkable Encounters and Timeless Insights
Language: English
Release Date: December 27, 2012
**This is the Dalai Lama at his most human, and most humane, offering rare insight and behind-the-scenes stories about his interactions with remarkable people from all walks of life. Don't miss the Dalai Lama's classic book, *The Art of Happiness, *or his newest, *The Book of Joy, *named one...
Agnostic
A Spirited Manifesto
Language: English
Release Date: April 5, 2016
**“Vital” –The New York Times Book Review
“Provocative…[Hazleton] paddles the river of doubt with energy and exuberance.” –The Seattle Times
A widely admired writer on religion celebrates agnosticism as the most vibrant, engaging—and ultimately the most honest—stance...
The Dark Path
A Memoir
Language: English
Release Date: September 12, 2013
A young man struggles to reconcile God, faith, and sex as he stumbles toward finding himself in this “brave and irreverent” (Details) memoir.
Since childhood, David Schickler has been torn between his intense desire to become a Catholic priest and his equally fervent desire for the company...
The Verneys
A True Story of Love, War, and Madness in Seventeenth-Century England
Language: English
Release Date: May 6, 2008
The remarkable story of one English family during the tumultuous seventeenth century, as revealed through their original letters and documents.
"To know the Verneys is to know the seventeenth century," Adrian Tinniswood writes in this brilliant book. The Verney family's centuries-long...
by Leanne Shapton
Language: English
Release Date: July 5, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: July 5, 2012
Winner of the 2012 National Book Critics Circle Award, Autobiography
Swimming Studies is a brilliantly original, meditative memoir that explores the worlds of competitive and recreational swimming. From her training for the Olympic trials as a teenager to enjoying pools and beaches around the...