Rabia Chaudry

Sep 8, 2016 •

In Adnan’s Story: The Search for Truth and Justice after Serial, Chaudry takes readers back into Adnan Syed’s case, exposing new evidence on the investigation and trial.

Andrew Solomon

Apr 27, 2016 •

From the recipient of The National Book Award comes Far and Away, a collection of essays about places undergoing seismic shifts—political, cultural and spiritual—spanning seven continents and 25 years.

Chris and Kathleen Matthews

Apr 6, 2006 •

Come play Hardball with Chris Matthews and get an insider’s perspective of what’s going on in DC from Kathleen Matthews as this Washington Power Couple discusses current events and takes questions from the audience at a town hall meeting. Chris Matthews, host of MSNBC’s Hardball and The Chris Matthews Show, and Kathleen Matthews, co-anchor of ABC-7 News and Capital Sunday, will also discuss how the news, media, politics and dynamic between men and women has changed in the 25 years that […]

Mo Rocca

Oct 5, 2006 •

TV personality and political commentator Mo Rocca is widely know for his wacky, tongue-in-cheek news reports and hilarious commentary. Now a regular contributor to VH1’s I Love… series and NPR’s Wait, Wait…Don’t Tell Me!, Rocca was formerly a correspondent on Comedy Central’s The Daily Show.

Rocca will show never-before-seen clips and out-takes from The Daily Show and his other television appearances as he discusses “satire in an absurd world.”  After the show, Rocca will be available to sign autographs and answer more […]

Toni Morrison

Dec 4, 2008 •

In the 1680s the slave trade in the Americas is still in its infancy. Jacob Vaark is an Anglo-Dutch trader and adventurer, with a small holding in the harsh North. Despite his distaste for dealing in “flesh,” he takes a small slave girl in part payment for a bad debt from a plantation owner in Catholic Maryland. This is Florens, who can read and write and might be useful on his farm. Rejected by her mother, Florens looks for love, […]

Salman Rushdie

Jun 30, 2008 •

The Enchantress of Florence is the story of a mysterious woman, a great beauty believed to possess the powers of enchantment and sorcery, attempting to command her own destiny in a man’s world. It is the story of two cities at the height of their powers–the hedonistic Mughal capital, in which the brilliant emperor Akbar the Great wrestles daily with questions of belief, desire, and the treachery of his sons, and the equally sensual city of Florence during the High Renaissance, […]

Jerome Groopman

Nov 5, 2007 •

On average, a physician will interrupt a patient describing her symptoms within eighteen seconds. In that short time, many doctors decide on the likely diagnosis and best treatment. Often, decisions made this way are correct, but at crucial moments they can also be wrong — with catastrophic consequences. In How Doctors Think, Dr. Groopman pinpoints the forces and thought processes behind the decisions doctors make. Groopman explores why doctors err and shows when and how they can — with our help […]

Jonathan Kozol

Sep 18, 2007 •

From the award-winning author of bestsellers Shame of the Nation, Savage Inequalities, Amazing Grace, Death at an Early Age, and Ordinary Resurrections comes Letters to a Young Teacher, Jonathan Kozol’s most personally insightful and revealing work to date. It takes the form of encouraging letters to Francesca, a young classroom teacher, offering advice, personal stories, and a shared sense of outrage at the inadequacies of America’s educational system.

Angela Duckworth

May 10, 2016 •

In Grit: The Power of Passion and Perseverance, MacArthur “genius grant” recipient Angela Duckworth shares new insights from her decades of research on grit and explains why talent is hardly a guarantor of success.

DIY: Design It Yourself

Mar 29, 2016 •

Our newest fellowship will give a whole new focus and frame to your Jewish year, as you bring Judaism to life with your own two hands.