Eli: 352 books

Every day, President Obama read ten of the letters he received from citizens across America. Here are ten of those letters, along with President Obama's responses and the stories behind them. The letters come from people of all ages, walks of life, and political points of view. Some are heart­breaking,...

Mali zeka Džimi ne želi da spava u svom krevetu. Svake noći se ušunja u sobu svojih roditelja i zaspi u njihovom krevetu. Sve dok se jedne noći nije desilo nešto neočekivano…. Ova priča može biti savršena za čitanje vašoj deci pred spavanje, a u njoj takođe može da uživa i...

“The Pickle Index is full of life and everything else—it’s rowdy and sweaty and heartbreaking, and by heartbreaking I mean funny, and by funny I mean laugh-until-you’re-exhausted-and-leaking-and-hungry.” —Miranda July Zloty Kornblatt is the hapless ringmaster of an even more hapless...

A generation of children forced to live without words. It begins as a statistical oddity: a spike in children born with acute speech delays. Physically normal in every way, these children never speak and do not respond to speech; they don't learn to read, don't learn to write. As the number...

Living in History reveals the architectural diversity of English period houses through the eyes and beautiful hand drawn portraits of Artist Eli Ofir. Each detailed portrait is accompanied by in-depth historical research from House Historians Jane Davidson and Rosalind Chislett, as well as stories...

“After years of debate and inquiry, the key to a great marriage remained shrouded in mystery. Until now...”—Carol Dweck, author of Mindset: The New Psychology of Success Eli J. Finkel's insightful and ground-breaking investigation of marriage clearly shows that the best marriages today...

Living between worlds has never been comfortable, but it’s where I’ve always fit: between human and fey, illness and health, magic and reality. I’ve spent the last six years looking for a cure for the nameless sickness eating me up. If I believed there was one out there, I would keep...

Jason Corvair donned a uniform and left Earth with the hope of saving the world. Fifteen years later, the survivor of an alien war and wretched imprisonment, he returns, a disfigured veteran. Now a genuine war hero, he’s offered an opportunity he can hardly refuse: a chance to be returned to normal. But that could be the most dangerous thing of all…

In Brilliant Imperfection Eli Clare uses memoir, history, and critical analysis to explore cure—the deeply held belief that body-minds considered broken need to be fixed. Cure serves many purposes. It saves lives, manipulates lives, and prioritizes some lives over others. It provides comfort, makes...

"For a popular television series, Undercover Boss has an unusual knack for raising deep and weighty questions." —Forbes On February 7, 2010 the CBS television series Undercover Boss USA premiered to a staggering 38.6 million viewers, the largest post-Super Bowl audience for a new...

It is our belief that every action in life is one of ritual, from doing the dishes, to washing clothes, to going to work or even walking our dogs. Looking at each action as a ritual brings a cleaner and more loving energy into it. Add to that a dedication that whatever one is doing, you are also doing...

One billion Chinese pong fans can’t be wrong. With an all-star team of contributing writers—including Nick Hornby, Will Shortz, Davy Rothbart, Harold Evans, and Jonathan Safran Foer—and quirky, fascinating images of table tennis from around the world, editors Eli Horowitz (McSweeny’s)...

In this classic portrait of Jews in the South, Eli N. Evans takes readers inside the nexus of southern and Jewish histories, from the earliest immigrants to the present day. Evoking the rhythms and heartbeat of Jewish life in the Bible belt, Evans weaves together chapters of recollections from his...

The United States today cries out for a robust, self-respecting, intellectually sophisticated left, yet the very idea of a left appears to have been discredited. In this brilliant new book, Eli Zaretsky rethinks the idea by examining three key moments in American history: the Civil War, the New Deal...