Paul Adams: 560 books

The Female Persuasion: A Novel by Meg Wolitzer | Conversation Starters College freshman Greer Kadetsky is sexually assaulted when she attends a party inside campus. Along with other women victims, she attempts to have her assailant punished by school authorities but the school takes the offense...

An essential pocket guide to the fascinating world of ghosts, poltergeists, and haunted buildingsThis little gem of a book is a repository of intriguing, fascinating, obscure, strange, and entertaining facts and trivia surrounding ghosts. Within this volume are such chapters as haunted houses, roads,...

The Road to Unfreedom: Russia, Europe, America by Timothy Snyder | Conversation Starters Political events in the past decade in Europe and America have seen Russia’s strong interference -- Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, it’s denunciation of the European Union, the Brexit referendum,...

The Common Good by Robert B. Reich | Conversation Starters Robert B. Reich has worked for three US Presidents and witnessed how cynicism and distrust toward American government, media, banks, corporations, police and religious institutions have steadily grown over the past 50 years. He thinks...

Robert B. Parker's Old Black Magic by Ace Atkins: Conversation Starters This 2018, New York Times bestselling author Ace Watkins releases his latest novel in his Robert B. Parker series. Watkins writes the suspense novel about Boston Private Investigator Spenser and his investigation of the...

Becoming Supernatural: How Common People Are Doing the Uncommon by Dr. Joe Dispenza | Conversation Starters Becoming Supernatural: How Common People Are Doing the Uncommon, Dr. Joe Dispenza’s latest book, help readers understand the more mystical side of both the universe and ourselves. Dr....

On Tyranny: Twenty Lessons from the Twentieth Century by Timothy Snyder | Conversation Starters In Timothy Snyder’s book, “On Tyranny: Twenty Lessons from the Twentieth Century,” he uses his profession of historian to highlight how American society is turning into one run by the system...

**Milk and Honey by Rupi Kaur | Conversation Starters ** A Brief Look Inside:   EVERY GOOD BOOK CONTAINS A WORLD FAR DEEPER than the surface of its pages. The characters and their world come alive,  and the characters and its world still live on.  Conversation...

The Plot to Destroy Democracy: How Putin and His Spies Are Undermining America and Dismantling the West by Malcolm W. Nance | Conversation Starters American author Malcolm Nance is a former United States Navy senior petty officer. His bestselling books include Defeating ISIS: Who They Are,...

How Democracies Die by Steven Levitsky | Conversation Starters The death of democracy is heralded by demagogues. It happens when people don’t expect it. But could this happen in America where democracy is at its strongest? Harvard professors Steven Levitsky and Daniel Ziblatt have strong...

The Restless Wave: Good Times, Just Causes, Great Fights, and Other Appreciations by John McCain | Conversation Starters In his latest memoir, The Restless Wave: Good Times, Just Causes, Great Fights, and Other Appreciations Senator John McCain contemplates his life, his career and his connection...

How to Change Your Mind: What the New Science of Psychedelics Teaches Us About Consciousness, Dying, Addiction, Depression, and Transcendence by Michael Pollan | Conversation Starters New York Times bestselling author Michael Pollan writes a brilliant book about his own life-changing psychedelic...

Bad Blood: Secrets and Lies in a Silicon Valley Startup by John Carreyrou | Conversation Starters Elizabeth Holmes is touted as the next Steve Jobs of Silicon Valley, a fast-rising entrepreneur who convinced big-name investors to support her company Theranos valued at $9 billion. The youngest female...

**The Sandcastle Girls: A Novel by Chris Bohjalian | Conversation Starters ** A Brief Look Inside:   EVERY GOOD BOOK CONTAINS A WORLD FAR DEEPER than the surface of its pages. The characters and their world come alive,  and the characters and its world still...