Rachel Sommer: 5 books

Maggie Carson is a typical teenager in the year 2035. She rides to school on her mom’s heliscooter, eats meals prepared by a robotic maid, and chats with her friends on a personal communicator. But when two survivors of the 2001 terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center visit her classroom, she...

Twenty sexy short stories that give a new meaning to job satisfaction ... From encounters with the boss to affairs with colleagues or forbidden liaisons with clients, these stories revolve around all manner of workplace relationships and environments. There are orgies at the office, frisky fun at...

An ice cream van rolls into a war zone. A goldfish pleads with its owner, who has seasonal affective disorder. An advertising agency of the future struggles to capture the zombie market. A woman screams silently at a pair of social workers who visit to talk about her anorexic daughter. Brought...

A powerful and challenging examination of what Jews believe today—by a new generation's dynamic and innovative thinkers. At every critical juncture in Jewish history, Jews have understood a dynamic theology to be essential for a vital Jewish community. This important collection sets the next...

Jewish art has always been with us, but so has a broader canvas of Jewish imaginings: in thought, in emotion, in text, and in ritual practice. Imagining the Jewish God was there in the beginning, as it were, engraved and embedded in the ways Jews lived and responded to their God.This book attempts...