World Without End showcases Father Keating’s wisdom and his lifelong passion for connecting with God in silence.

In her urgent new book, Heretic, Ayaan Hirsi Ali argues persuasively that extremists have seized control of Islam by citing passages in Islam’s holy books that sanction violence.

Israeli journalist Ari Shavit's 'My Promised Land' offers a compelling, soul-searching mix of history, politics, culture and military strategy.

Americans support United States interventions abroad ldquo only so long as someone else rsquo s kid does the fighting and future generations get stuck with the bill rdquo So concludes Andrew J Bacevich in this passionate new book about military policy in the post-Vietnam era Bacevich has excelle

Andrew Solomon’s new book is a masterpiece of dogged research and persuasive writing.

Beautiful Souls examines the mystery of what impels people to do something risky and transgressive.

Joan Didion ponders her daughter's life in spare prose that is at once insightful and depressing.

The saga of one church in San Francisco slated for closure

How men and women religious responded to 9/11.

In the wake of her husband's death, Joyce Carol Oates struggled with resentment, despair, rage, and guilt.