Michael Oher is a homeless African-American teenager who is from a broken home. Mike is taken in by the Touhys, a well-to-do white family who help him fulfill his potential. At the same time, Oher's presence in the Touhys' lives leads them to some insightful self-discoveries of t...
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Pete's a pizza: When Pete's in a bad mood, his parent's know just what to do--they turn him into a pizza! I love you like crazy cakes: A young woman goes to China to adopt a baby girl. Three cheers for Catherine the Great!: Sara's Russian grandmother wants no presents for her b...
When a local young boy is found dead in the woods near a sleepy backwoods town, a sanitation truck driver, Donald, plays detective, embarking on a dangerous and obsessive investigation to find the killer.
"One of only two patron saints of Italy, the other being St. Francis of Assisi, St. Catherine was ahead of her time. As a political powerhouse in late 14th century Europe, a time of war, social unrest and one of the worst natural disasters of all time--the plague--she worked for ...
"From immigration rights to climate change, California has been ground zero for the most crucial questions of our time. In a bravura essay, Rabih Alameddine remembers bartending during the worst years of the AIDS crisis. William T. Vollmann visits the Carr fire and discovers that...