Candide, or Optimism

Voltaire (FRANCOIS VOLTAIRE)

Theo Cuffe's marvelous translation of Voltaire's satirical masterpiece. With its vibrant new translation and perceptive introduction this new edition of Voltaire's masterpiece belongs in the hands of every reader pondering our assumptions about human behavior and our place in the world. Candide tells of...

Priestdaddy: A Memoir

Patricia Lockwood

Father Dreg Lockwood is unlike any Catholic priest you've ever met-a man who lounges in boxer shorts and loves action movies. His daughter is an irreverent poet who long ago left the Church's country. When a crisis leads her and her husband to move back into her parents' rectory, their worlds collide. I...