Riverhead Books imprint: 592 books
I don't know
In Praise of Admitting Ignorance (Except When You Shouldn't)
Language: English
Release Date: September 12, 2013
**A short, concise book in favor of honoring doubt and admitting when the answer is: I don’t know.
From the acclaimed author of No Book but the World and 2019's searing new novel Strangers and Cousins.**
In a tight, enlightening narrative, Leah Hager Cohen explores why, so often, we...
Well Enough Alone
A Cultural History of My Hypochondria
Language: English
Release Date: July 3, 2008
The hilarious first-person account of life as a hypochondriac-from the critically acclaimed author of Devil in the Details.
Jennifer Traig does not suffer from lupus, multiple sclerosis, Crohn's Disease, or muscular dystrophy. Nor does she have SUDS, the mysterious disorder that claims healthy...
A Man of Misconceptions
The Life of an Eccentric in an Age of Change
Language: English
Release Date: November 8, 2012
A Scientific American Best Science Book of 2012
An Atlantic Wire Best Book of 2012
A New York Times Book Review “Editor's Choice”
The “fascinating” (The New Yorker) story of Athanasius Kircher, the eccentric scholar-inventor who was either a great genius or a crackpot . . . or a bit...
Rilke's Book of Hours
Love Poems to God
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2005
**A FINALIST FOR THE PEN/WEST TRANSLATION AWARD
The 100th Anniversary Edition of a global classic, containing beautiful translations along with the original German text.**
While visiting Russia in his twenties, Rainer Maria Rilke, one of the twentieth century's greatest poets, was moved...
Improbable Destinies
Fate, Chance, and the Future of Evolution
Language: English
Release Date: August 8, 2017
A major new book overturning our assumptions about how evolution works
Earth’s natural history is full of fascinating instances of convergence: phenomena like eyes and wings and tree-climbing lizards that have evolved independently, multiple times. But evolutionary biologists also point out...
Kitchen Table Wisdom
Stories that Heal, 10th Anniversary Edition
Language: English
Release Date: August 1, 2006
**"I recommend this book highly to everyone." --Deepak Chopra, M.D.
This special updated version of the New York Times-bestseller, Kitchen Table Wisdom, addresses the same spiritual issues that made the original a bestseller: suffering, meaning, love, faith, and miracles.**
"Despite...
Perfect Madness
Motherhood in the Age of Anxiety
Language: English
Release Date: February 7, 2006
A lively and provocative look at the modern culture of motherhood and at the social, economic, and political forces that shaped current ideas about parenting
What is wrong with this picture? That's the question Judith Warner asks in this national bestseller after taking a good, hard look at...
by Kathleen Norris
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 1997
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 1997
A NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER AND NEW YORK TIMES NOTABLE BOOK OF THE YEAR
“Vivid, compelling... An embrace of moral and spiritual contemplation.” –The New York Times
“A remarkable piece of writing. If read with humility and attention, Kathleen Norris's book becomes lectio divina,...
by Kathleen Norris
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 1999
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 1999
**A NEW YORK TIMES NOTABLE BOOK OF THE YEAR
From the New York Times-bestselling author of The Cloister Walk, a book about Christianity, spirituality, and rediscovered faith.**
Struggling with her return to the Christian church after many years away, Kathleen Norris found it was the language...
House of Cards
The True Story of How a 26-Year-Old Fundamentalist Virgin Learned about Life, Love, and Sex by Writing Greeting Cards
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2009
A hilarious and honest memoir by an ex-greeting card writer, ex- virgin fundamentalist, and current This American Life contributor.
When David Dickerson landed his dream job-at Hallmark writing greeting cards-he discovered his limited life experience as a fundamentalist- raised, 26-year-old...
Children of Paradise
The Struggle for the Soul of Iran
Language: English
Release Date: February 2, 2016
The drama that shaped today’s Iran, from the Revolution to the present day.
In 1979, seemingly overnight—moving at a clip some thirty years faster than the rest of the world—Iran became the first revolutionary theocracy in modern times. Since then, the country has been largely a black...
by Karol Jackowski
Language: English
Release Date: March 15, 2007
Language: English
Release Date: March 15, 2007
A unique coming-of-age story, this entertaining memoir recounts a young woman’s experience becoming a nun in the '60s, a decade of serious change not only for America but also for the Roman Catholic Church.
In 1964, 18-year-old Karol Jackowski joined the Sisters of the Holy Cross in Indiana,...
Life Reimagined
The Science, Art, and Opportunity of Midlife
Language: English
Release Date: March 15, 2016
A dynamic and inspiring exploration of the new science that is redrawing the future for people in their forties, fifties, and sixties for the better—and for good.
There’s no such thing as an inevitable midlife crisis, Barbara Bradley Hagerty writes in this provocative, hopeful book. It’s...
by Teresa Of Avila
Language: English
Release Date: July 6, 2004
Language: English
Release Date: July 6, 2004
The acclaimed modern translation of St. Teresa of Avila's classic book on spiritual awareness and guidance
Celebrated for almost five centuries as a master of spiritual literature, 16th-century saint Teresa of Avila is one of the most beloved religious figures in history. Overcome one day...