Leaving Yuba City, is a deeply affecting collection that explores images about India and the Indian experience in America - from the adventures of going to a convent school in India run by Irish nuns
Why is glass transparent? Why do cats purr? Why do men have nipples? These are but a handful of the thousands of questions that over the years have been asked and answered in The New York Times "Scien
In And This Too Shall Pass, Harris takes us into the locker rooms and newsrooms of Chicago, where four lives are about to intersect in romance and scandal. At the heart of the novel is the celibate Z
History is recorded in many ways. According to??author James Deetz, the past can be seen most fully??by studying the small things so often forgotten.??Objects such as doorways, gravestones, musical??i
From Homeboy to Latin Lover, America entertains a host of images about Latino men, yet all are variations on the Macho Man, virile and brash, full of passion and testosterone. From today's best-known
With the acclaim won by her first two novels, Hanan al-Shaykh established herself as the Arab world's foremost woman writer. Beirut Blues, published to similar acclaim, further confirms her place in A
The questions, discussion topics and author biography that follow are designed to enhance your group's reading of Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni's novels Sister of My Heart and The Mistress of Spices , as
In Silicon Snake Oil, Clifford Stoll, the best-selling author of The Cuckoo's Egg and one of the pioneers of the Internet, turns his attention to the much-heralded information highway, revealing that
This guide is organized to help readers understand and reflect on Anne Frank's diary. Background information, time lines, and the glossary provide historical context for the years of Anne's life and a
We normally think of history as one catastrophe after another, war followed by war, outrage by outrage--almost as if history were nothing more than all the narratives of human pain, assembled in seque
Analyzes history to determine why there are wars, whether there are underlying laws that explain why one nation challenges another, and whether there are forces working for the preservation of peace
An anthology of essays by up-and-coming feminist and gay writers reevaluates the objectives and philosophy of the feminist movement, calling for more emphasis on liberating women than guarding their s
Beyond Einstein takes readers on an exciting excursion into the discoveries that have led scientists to the brightest new prospect in theoretical physics today -- superstring theory. What is superstri
The folk flavor of her storytelling has earned her??constant comparison to Langston Hughes and Zora??Neale Hurston, but through four collections of??short stories and two novels, J. California Cooper?
A NEW YORK TIMES NOTABLE BOOK OF THE YEAR The classic account of the hurdles facing adolescent girls in America--now reissued with a new Foreword, to coincide with the award-winning author's new book
Is there a higher power in the universe? What happens to us when we die? Leading physicist Frank J. Tipler tackles these questions and more in an astonishing and profoundly important book that scienti
From the Pulitzer Prize-winning culture critic??for Time magazine comes the??tremendously controversial, yet highly persuasive,??argument that our devotion to the largely??unexamined myth of egalitari
Displaying a remarkable ability to convey complex ideas in an entertaining and illuminating way, geneticist Steve Jones takes the reader on a fascinating tour of the world of human genetics, explainin
"Tell me about plumbing, fine. Tell me about??carpentry, terrace gardening, the timer on VCRs. Go??ahead and explain cellophane. Tell me about all of??these things, but don't try to tell me about golf
For more than four hundred years, the personal??essay has been one of the richest and most vibrant??of all literary forms. Distinguished from the??detached formal essay by its friendly, conversational
In Bulletproof Diva, Lisa??Jones brings the wit and candor of her infamous??Village Voice column, "Skin Trade,"??to a much larger audience. Chock full of the??"fierce black girl humor" that has made h
In three linked novels-- Invisible Life , Just As I Am , and Abide With Me --E. Lynn Harris opens the door to a world rarely depicted in popular literature, the gay and bisexual black community. Writt
The Culture Of Disbelief has??been the subject of an enormous amount of media??attention from the first moment it was published.??Hugely successful in hardcover, the Anchor paperback??is sure to find
The sequel to the classic, Things Fall Apart, tells of a troubled young African whose formal education separates him from his roots and makes him part of a corrupt ruling elite he despises. Reprint.
Anna Deavere Smith's stunning new work of "documentary theater" in which she uses verbatim the words of people who experienced the Los Angeles riots to expose and explore the devasta
A courageous, humane, and provocative examination of how differences in color and features among African Americans have played and continue to play a role in their professional lives, friendships,
Russian playwright and historian Radzinsky mines??sources never before available to create a??fascinating portrait of the monarch, and a??minute-by-minute account of his terrifying last days.??Updated
Like Passages, this??groundbreaking book uses the poignant, powerful voices of??adoptees and adoptive parents to explore the??experience of adoption and its lifelong effects. A major??work, filled wit
A compelling and unprecedented look at life on the other side of the border.??Despite the numbers of people crossing over to the U.S., hundreds more remain behind in abject poverty.??Urrea worked clos
In her acclaimed novels and short stories, J. California Cooper portrays the lives of African Americans, bringing to light the impact of history, social and economic hardship, and enduring cultural st
A blend of case history, anecdote, history, and spiritual quest, this intimate and fascinating look at the world's oldest and most reclusive monastic order provides a rare understanding of day-to-day
A detailed film-by-film analysis of the British-born director's work, from 1935's "Thirty-nine Steps" to 1976's "Family Plot," examining his technique and recurring concerns and assessing his achievem
A national bestseller with more than 370,000 copies in print, this is "the first book that anyone who wants to learn about Hitler or the war in Europe must read... a marvel of fact."
In her acclaimed novels and short stories, J. California Cooper portrays the lives of African Americans, bringing to light the impact of history, social and economic hardship, and enduring cultural st
In direct opposition to the Freudian drive??theory, the author of the best-selling The Drama??Of The Gifted Child believes that??children, at birth, are inherently good, and she??traces all forms of c
This important contribution to the sociology of religion provides an analysis that clarifies the often ironic interaction between religion and society.??Berger is noted for his concise and lucid style
This volume includes the major works of the British Empiricists, philosophers who sought to derive all knowledge from experience. All essays are complete except that of Locke, which Professor Richard
Nearly three decades offer its first publication, A Different Drummer remains one of the most trenchant, imaginative, and hard-hitting works of fiction to come out of the bitter struggle for African-A
Villarreal illuminates here the world of "pochos," Americans whose parents come to the United States from Mexico. Set in Depression-era California, the novel focuses on Richard, a yo
Recounts the many broken U.S. treaties with the Cherokees, describes how they were forced to leave their lands in Tennessee, Georgia, and North Carolina, and looks at the hardships they faced on the t
