• Antiquities, Cynthia Ozick

From one of our most preeminent writers, a tale that captures the shifting meanings of the past, and how our experiences color those meanings. Antisemitism, family heritage, and an exotic encounter add up to one of Ozick’s most wondrous tales.

 

  • In Sight: My Life in Science and Biotech, Julia Levy

Love of science and discovery are the driving forces behind this memoir by a celebrated scholar and biotech CEO, who tolerated gender bias in order to achieve academic and professional recognition. Relive the hurdles faced by women in the scientific community.

 

  • Justice, Justice Thou Shalt Pursue, Ruth Bader Ginsburg and Amanda L. Tyler

Learn the details of Justice Ginsburg’s family life and long career, including briefs and oral arguments, speeches, and opinions she wrote (many in dissent). Each document was chosen by Ginsburg and Tyler to tell the story of the litigation strategy and optimistic vision that were at the heart of Ginsburg’s unwavering commitment to the achievement of “a more perfect union.”

 

  • Never Alone, Natan Sharansky

Arrested by the KGB for political activism, Sharansky reveals how his years in prison, many spent in harsh solitary confinement, prepared him for a public life after his release. His story is suffused with reflections from his time as a political prisoner to his insights regarding Israel and the Middle East, and his passionate efforts to unite the Jewish people.

  • Philip Roth: The Biography, Blake Bailey

Appointed by Roth and granted independence and complete access, Blake Bailey spent years poring over Roth’s personal archive, interviewing his friends, lovers, and colleagues, and engaging Roth himself in candid conversations. The result is an indelible portrait of an American master and the postwar literary scene. Front page choice in the April 11 “Book Review” section of The New York Times.