Laura Esther Wolfson’s literary debut draws on years of immersion in the Russian and French languages; struggles to gain a basic understanding of Judaism, its history, and her place in it; and her search for a form to hold the stories that emerge from what she has lived, observed, overheard, and misremembered.In “Proust at Rush Hour,” when her lungs begin to collapse and fail, forcing her to give up an exciting and precarious existence as a globetrotting simultaneous interpreter, s...

**Raise happy and healthy plant-powered children with more than 125 family favorite recipes by Vegucated film creator Marisa Miller Wolfson, plant-based chef Laura Delhauer, and parents in the vegan community.“The Vegucated Family Table comes at a perfect time, when it’s never been more urgent for people to live more in line with their own values.”—Senator Cory Booker**For both vegans and the veg-curious, The Vegucated Family Table answers the que...

Not even Tolstoy would dare use the eyebrow-raising Russian you'll find in this wickedly humorous language guide by one of Russia's bestselling novelists today. Whether you're traveling to Russia for the first time or you are a student of the language, this indispensable book is your entree to the real and new Russian that has never been taught. You'll be armored with triple-decker curses and insults, endearments and expressions for situations ranging from high-level business meetings to c...

This collection brings together the six international winners of the Notting Hill Editions £20,000 Essay Prize. Covering an array of subjects, from the meaning of art to supermarket shopping, these pieces were chosen for their originality, literary style and above all their ability to persuade. Includes essays by William Max Nelson, Laura Esther Wolfson, Garret Keizer, Karen Holmberg, Patrick McGuiness and Dasha Shkurpela