John McPhee has a new book out. Well, not exactly a new book. “Silk Parachute” is actually a treasure chest of essays — both short and long — that McPhee wrote over a number of years, most of which ...

Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The Christian Science Church, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The Church publishes the Monitor ...

The opening essay in this disarmingly personal collection by New Yorker magazine writer John McPhee is a tender reminiscence about the author’s mother, 99 years old at the time it was written. McPhee ...

So, pastor Richard Nelson Bolles self-published a book in 1970 to help other ministers looking for work. He paid the first-class postage to mail his 162-sheet, spiral-bound, job manual. His California ...