As we approach the End Times and the return of our Messiah, one of the most central topics of interest today from Bible readers is the city of Jerusalem. It is the city our Creator chose to put His Name and will again be the city from which the Messiah will reign on this Earth.Few subjects invoke more passion, but also more confusion, than the role of Jerusalem in the Tribulation. What does the Scripture reveal to us about our role in relationship with this city and surrounding are...

Shot is an intimate portrait of a young woman’s sudden transition to a chronic, life-threatening, auto-immune disease. Treatment for a routine infection one Monday morning yielded, with stunning speed, to a glucose monitor, test strips, insulin vials, and a diagnosis of type 1 diabetes. In Shot, Amy Ryan shows what it really takes to live with and manage an incurable disease. She charts the essential duties that keep her stable while revealing the daily concerns, the simple rewards and vic...

If you've ever felt bad about your eating habits, read on ... it's important for your health!Have you ever thought about your happiness? What about your health?Have you ever really thought about what is best for you to eat?STOP AND LISTEN TO YOUR BODY!We all want to lead happier and healthier lives. However, many of us don't really know where to start. If you are looking for a way to improve your life, you may want to consider starting a new...

Anne Enright sits down with Hanna Tinti to discuss her book, The Forgotten Waltz. Amy Ryan reads an excerpt.

Award-winning, bestselling author Colm Tóibín returns to the Thalia Book Club for a discussion on his latest novel with Elissa Schappell (Blueprints for Building Better Girls). With a performance from the novel by Amy Ryan (Birdman).

**“A sweet and savory treat.” —People“An impressive feat of narrative jujitsu . . . that keeps readers turning the pages too fast to realize just how ingenious they are.”—The New York Times Book Review, Editor’s Pick**From the New York Times bestselling author of The Lager Queen of Minnesota, Kitchens of the Great Midwest is a novel about a young woman with a once-in-a-generation palate who becomes the iconic chef behind the count...

“These stories are sharp and perverse, dark and bizarre, unrelenting and utterly bananas. I love them so, so much.” —Carmen Maria Machado, National Book Award Finalist and author of Her Body and Other Parties*A compulsively readable collection of short stories that explore the complex—and often darkly funny—connections between gender, sex, and power across genres. I***ncludes the story “Cat Person”—now a major film.Previo...

Tim Welch is a popular history teacher at the Montague Academy, an exclusive private school in Brooklyn Heights. As he says, "I was an odd-looking, gawky kid but I like to think my rocky start forced me to develop empathy, kindness, and a tendency to be enthusiastic. All of this, I'm now convinced, helped in my quest to be worthy of Kate Oliver." Now, Kate is not inherently ordinary. But she aspires to be. She stays home with their two young sons in a modest apartment trying desperately to...

Award-winning, bestselling author Colm Tóibín returns to the Thalia Book Club for a discussion on his latest novel with Elissa Schappell (Blueprints for Building Better Girls). With a performance from the novel by Amy Ryan (Birdman).

An infectious and utterly charming fictionalization of the iconic Helen Gurley Brown’s early years at the helm of Cosmopolitan, narrated by Amy Ryan!“Single Girls is an irresistibly fun, sparkling novel that you'll want to binge in one night! John Searles crafts a brilliant portrait of the glamorous, visionary woman who made the culture catch up with American women's real lives—and all the blood, sweat and tears it actually took.” –Kevin K...

**"Raise a glass: The first great book-club novel of 2016 has arrived.” —USA Today, 4/4 stars“A female, funny Henry James in Asia, Janice Y. K. Lee is vividly good on the subject of Americans abroad.” —The New York Times Book Review“Sex and the City meets Lost in Translation.” —The Skimm**Janice Y. K. Lee’s New York Times bestselling debut, The Piano Teacher, was called “immensely satisfying” by People, ...

Beyond the skyline of Toledo stands the Toledo Institute of Astronomy, the nation's premier center of astronomical discovery and a beacon of scientific learning for astronomers far and wide. One of these is George Dermont, a dreamer and a man of deep faith, who's trying to prove the scientific existence of a Gateway to God, and speaks to ancient gods and believes they speak back. Its newest star is Irene Sparks, a pragmatist and mathematician invited to lead the Institute's work on a massi...