Through photography and personal vignettes, this title introduces the world to some of Lockerbie's most engaging personalities and places: the last milk delivery man; its boy racers; the cheese factor
Despite being a general and war hero during the Revolution, serving eight terms as governor of New York, and twice being vice president of the U.S., George Clinton is little remembered by anyone excep
Hazo, National Book Award finalist and former State Poet of Pennsylvania, transports the reader with poems of both lament and celebration in his new collection. Like a Man Gone Mad features much of t
Born and raised on the windswept prairies of northwest Wyoming, Alan Swallow (1915-1966) developed a passion for literature and poetry at an early age. Quickly realizing he was not suited to a life o
Though a Bostonian by birth and upbringing, Winslow Homer lived and maintained his studio in New York City for twentyfive years, establishing himself as a leading figure in New York's art world. In 18
"A unique book that is smart, visually stunning and beautifully written....I know of no other book that covers the wide array of roles that animals play in our lives in a manner that is as intellectua
The Republic of Letters examines how in recent years, working class people, particularly women and black people, have begun to develop new forms of writing, new modes of local, collective publishing,
A reprint of the Doubleday edition (1980) with a new preface by Szasz (psychiatry, SUNY Health Sci. Center, Syracuse). Annotation copyright Book News, Inc. Portland, Or.
A fresh reading of Gilman's fiction and a biographical exploration of her life yield a vision of how the feminist author developed her capacity to imagine a full-blown utopia for women. Much of Gilman
In Shadows of the Future Wells's assumption of the prophet's role is related to his championship of the modern scientific outlook, and to the theory and practice of science fiction and utopian literat
Individual fables by Yiddish poet and writer Shtaynbarg (1880-1932) have appeared in various English anthologies, and there is a thriving critique of his work in Yiddish, but Leviant (Hebrew and Yiddi
Hamdi Abu Golayyel offers a portrait of a marginalized Egyptian community, bringing to life the absurd and tragic characters who occupy the margins of society while paying tribute to a historical Cair
Cultural critic George Steiner fled from the Nazis as a child in 1940 and became a naturalized US citizen in 1944. Through his writing, he has played a major role in introducing the works of prominent
