In 1956, toward the end of Reverend John Ames's life, he begins a letter to his young son, a kind of last testament to his remarkable forebears.The Hachette Essentials series comprises a collection of titles that are regarded as modern...

A NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER . OPRAH'S BOOK CLUB PICK . NATIONAL BOOK AWARD FINALIST . NATIONAL BOOK CRITICS CIRCLE AWARD WINNER . A NEW YORK TIMES NOTABLE BOOK"Marilynne Robinson's LILA is an enthralling meditation on belief, suffering...

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'Robinson's chief love and guiding question is humanity . . . The reason she can go on and on answering this question, and the reason it is worth reading every word, is that the answer is elusive - this "great mystery of being" is, for...

Shortlisted for the Orange Prize 2009. Thousands of readers were enthralled and delighted by GILEAD, Marilynne Robinson's Pulitzer Prize-winning novel. Now comes HOME, a deeply affecting novel that takes place in the same period and same...

A New York Times Book Review Editors' Choice A New York Times Bestseller A New York Magazine Best Book of the Year An Economist Best Book of the Year Pulitzer Prize-Winning Author of Gilead Marilynne Robinson has built a sterling...

WINNER OF THE NATIONAL BOOK CRITICS CIRCLE AWARDLila, homeless and alone after years of roaming the countryside, steps inside a small-town Iowa church - the only available shelter from the rain - and ignites a romance and a debate that...

A NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER . OPRAH'S BOOK CLUB PICK . A NEW YORK TIMES NOTABLE BOOK OF THE YEAR NAMED A BEST OF THE YEAR BY: NPR, TIME, ESQUIRE, THE GUARDIAN, LIT HUB, ELECTRIC LITERATURE, THE FINANCIAL TIMES, THE NEW YORK PUBLIC...

In The Givenness of Things, the incomparable Marilynne Robinson delivers an impassioned critique of our contemporary society. Through seventeen essays of remarkable depth and insight, Robinson explores the dilemmas of our modern...

New essays on theological, political, and contemporary themes, by the Pulitzer Prize winnerMarilynne Robinson has plumbed the human spirit in her renowned novels, including Lila, winner of the National Book Critics Circle Award, and...

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This selection of the writings of John Calvin (1509—1564) is the first for general readers to appear in many years. It showcases his powerful legacy, which has had far-reaching consequences for the development of religion and culture in...