Epstein: 378 books
by Helen Epstein
Language: English
Release Date: December 28, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: December 28, 2017
This intrepid memoir tracks sexual harassment and sexual abuse in the life of a veteran American journalist. It also describes the long and ultimately successful psychotherapy the author undertook to heal. The Long Half-Lives of Love and Trauma “invents its own genre,” wrote Sherry Turkle. “The...
by Helen Epstein
Language: English
Release Date: December 5, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: December 5, 2012
Where She Came From: A Daughter's Search for Her Mother's History by Helen Epstein (106,000 words)
A sequel to the groundbreaking Children of the Holocaust, Where She Came From is a daughter’s memoir of her mother’s family. Drawing on her journalistic training, Helen Epstein demonstrates...
by Helen Epstein
Language: English
Release Date: December 7, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: December 7, 2012
A Jewish Athlete: Swimming Against Stereotype in 20th Century Europe by Helen Epstein (4,700 words and 28 illustrations)
In the American film Airplane, a stewardess asks a passenger whether he would like something to read. "Do you have anything light?" the man asks. "How about...
Advice Not Given
A Guide to Getting Over Yourself
Language: English
Release Date: January 16, 2018
“Most people will never find a great psychiatrist or a great Buddhist teacher, but Mark Epstein is both, and the wisdom he imparts in Advice Not Given is an act of generosity and compassion. The book is a tonic for the ailments of our time.”—Ann Patchett, New York Times bestselling author of...
by Mark Epstein, M.D.
Language: English
Release Date: August 15, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: August 15, 2013
A revolutionary reexamination of trauma’s role in the life journey, opening the door to growth and healing
Trauma does not just happen to a few unlucky people; it is the bedrock of our psychology. Death and illness touch us all, but even the everyday sufferings of loneliness and fear are...
Lincoln and Whitman
Parallel Lives in Civil War Washington
Language: English
Release Date: December 18, 2007
It was more than coincidence—indeed, it was all but fate—that the lives and thoughts of Abraham Lincoln and Walt Whitman should converge during the terrible years of the Civil War. Kindred spirits despite their profound differences in position and circumstance, Lincoln and Whitman shared a vision...
Attending
Medicine, Mindfulness, and Humanity
Language: English
Release Date: January 24, 2017
With his “deeply informed and compassionate book…Dr. Epstein tells us that it is a ‘moral imperative’ [for doctors] to do right by their patients” (New York Journal of Books).
The first book for the general public about the importance of mindfulness in medical practice, Attending...
So Sue Me, Jackass!
Avoiding Legal Pitfalls That Can Come Back to Bite You at Work, at Home, and at Play
Language: English
Release Date: September 29, 2009
Read Amy Epstein Feldman and Robin Epstein's posts on the Penguin Blog
The next best thing to having a lawyer in the family.
Can you win monetary damages for bad sex? Can you get fired for being too fat? Can you sign your mother-in-law into a nursing home against her will?
For...
by Israel Epstein
Language: English
Release Date: January 18, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: January 18, 2012
My China Eye is the final work of Israel Epstein (1915-2005), one of the last of the Old China Hands and one of the very few Western journalists to experience the Chinese Communist Revolution firsthand, from its earliest days to the highest levels of power. Born in Poland but raised in China, Epstein's...
Envy
The Seven Deadly Sins
Language: English
Release Date: August 28, 2003
Malice that cannot speak its name, cold-blooded but secret hostility, impotent desire, hidden rancor and spite--all cluster at the center of envy. Envy clouds thought, writes Joseph Epstein, clobbers generosity, precludes any hope of serenity, and ends in shriveling the heart. Of the seven deadly...
The Ant Trap
Rebuilding the Foundations of the Social Sciences
Language: English
Release Date: March 3, 2015
We live in a world of crowds and corporations, artworks and artifacts, legislatures and languages, money and markets. These are all social objects - they are made, at least in part, by people and by communities. But what exactly are these things? How are they made, and what is the role of people in...
Speaking of Slavery
Color, Ethnicity, and Human Bondage in Italy
Language: English
Release Date: May 15, 2018
In this highly original work, Steven A. Epstein shows that the ways Italians employ words and think about race and labor are profoundly affected by the language used in medieval Italy to sustain a system of slavery. The author's findings about the surprising persistence of the "language of slavery"...
The Loyal Son
The War in Ben Franklin's House
Language: English
Release Date: May 30, 2017
The dramatic story of a founding father, his illegitimate son, and the tragedy of their conflict during the American Revolution—from the acclaimed author of The Lincolns.
Ben Franklin is the most lovable of America’s founding fathers. His wit, his charm, his inventiveness—even his grandfatherly...
by Alex Epstein
Language: English
Release Date: November 13, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: November 13, 2014
Could everything we know about fossil fuels be wrong?
For decades, environmentalists have told us that using fossil fuels is a self-destructive addiction that will destroy our planet. Yet at the same time, by every measure of human well-being, from life expectancy to clean water to climate...