Water For Elephants movie tie-in cover with Robert Pattinson

by Karen Armstrong
December 2010
222 pages
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One of the most original thinkers on the role of religion in the modern world—author of such acclaimed books as A History of God , Islam, and Buddha —now gives us an impassioned and practical book that can help us make the world a more compassionate place.

Karen Armstrong believes that while compassion is intrinsic in all human beings, each of us needs to work diligently to cultivate and expand our capacity for compassion. Here, in this straightforward, thoughtful, and thought-provoking book, she sets out a program that can lead...

I see the wake trilogy in a lot of bookstores so after a month I read them. I think they're popular, but I haven't heard anyone talk about them so… Wake is the first book in the series, fade is the second, and gone is the third one. They're basically about a girl who is in her third year of high school and she has the ability to see people’s dreams. He mom is a druggy and her dad is... you don't know about him until the last book so I won't give anything away. My point is that she's lived with this secret all her life and she doesn't even trust her best friend enough to tell her. Then she...

Popular YA author Jenni Frendswith talks about the roll-out of her books in paperback, including the much-anticipated THIS YOUNG JESUS Vol. I. She talks about the future of the series, other projects, paperback vs. ebooks and life at new house Blujesto Press.

Q: Jenni, your books seem to be coming out all over the place! I liked your recent interview for your poetry book, HAIKU FOR YOU. Is that not coming out in paperback?
A: Well, I do still have a few books that are Kindle exclusives at the moment. I suppose it’ll be up to Blujesto Press if they see paperback or not. They already spend so...