Brothers Ron and Dan Lafferty insist they were commanded to kill by God.

As far back as she can remember, Azadeh Moaveni has felt at odds with her identity as an Iranian-American. In America, she lived in two worlds. At home, she was the daughter of the Iranian exile community and outside she was a California girl. This is the story of her search for identity, between two cultures cleaved apart by a violent history.

A memoir about one woman's lifetime struggle to overcome a dark secret buried in her childhood. This book chronicles Martha Beck's difficult decision to sever her relationship with the faith that had raised her, and to confront and forgive the person who betrayed her so deeply.

A young girl is perched on the cold chrome of yet another doctor's examining table, missing yet another day of school. Just twelve, she's tall, skinny, and weak. It's four o'clock, and she hasn't been allowed to eat anything all day. Her mother, on the other hand, seems curiously excited. She's about to suggest open-heart surgery on her child to 'get to the bottom of this.' She checks her teeth ..