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 Battle Cry Of Freedom,??James M. McPherson presented a fascinating, concise??general history of the defining American conflict.??With What They Fought For, he??focuses his considerable talents on w
Winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1988,??Naguib Mahfouz is perhaps the best-known living??Arab writer. His books have had great success in??this country, particularly The Cairo??Trilogy. Fan
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 first book-length exploration of the most exciting development in modern physics, the theory of 10-dimensional space. The theory of hyperspace, which Michio Kaku pioneered, may be the leading candidate for the Theory of Everything that Einstein spent the remaining years of his life searching for.
In this beautifully crafted, Rashomon-like novel, Maryse Conde has written a gripping story imbued with all the nuances and traditions of Caribbean culture. Francis Sancher--a handsome outsider, loved
In this brilliantly researched and insightful book, psychologist Eva Fogelman presents compelling stories of rescuers of Jews during the Holocaust--and offers a revealing analysis of their motivat
With more than 21,000 copies in print of??Women Of Sand And Myrrh, and more than??15,000 copies of The Story Of??Zahra, Hanan al-Shaykh is the best known and most??admired woman writer of the Arab wor
Call them transcripts of dreams or deadly accurate maps of the tremor zones of the psyche, the seven stories in this collection engage and implicate us in the most fearful ways imaginable. A two-timin
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.
This is Chinua Achebe's classic novel, with more than two million copies sold since its first U.S. publication in 1969. Combining a richly African story with the author's keen awareness of the qualiti
Bringing together fourteen African-American women, Marita Golden has compiled saucy and spicy essays that serve as an exploration into the contemporary black female psyche. Ranging in style from Audre
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
The re-issue of a remarkable first novel by a young, gay, black author who has fashioned a deeply moving and compelling coming of age story out of the highly controversial issues of bisexuality and AI
In Sapogonia, edited and revised for its Anchor publication, Ana Castillo confronts the complex issues of race and identity facing those of mixed heritage through the struggles of Máximo Madri
A stunning novel by the widest-read Arab writer currently published in the U.S. The age of Nasser has ushered in enormous social change, and most of the middle-aged and middle-class sons and daughters
In this tour de force of psychological unease--now a major motion picture starring Charlotte Gainsbourg and Sinead Cusack--McEwan excavates the ruins of childhood and uncovers things that most adults
Ian McEwan's Somerset Maugham Award-winning collection First Love, Last Rites brought him instant recognition as one of the most influential voices writing in England today. Taut, brooding, and densel
The author recalls her years as a leader in the Black Panther Party, including her complicated relationship with fellow Panther Huey Newton, her own struggles with racism and sexism, and what ultimate
There are nineteen works of fiction currently available in paperback from Anchor.??Because of the many universal themes of Mahfouz's work, and the variety of titles from which one can choose, this gui
Derived from interviews with a wide range of people who experienced or observed New York's 1991 Crown Heights racial riots, Fires In The Mirror is as distinguished a work of commentary on current
The history of African-American life and thought presented in this anthology represents a far-reaching written and oral tradition, which is thought-provoking, inspiring, and impressive in its breadth.
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
In the decade since it won the Booker Prize, Ben Okri's Famished Road has become a classic. Like Salman Rushdie's Midnight's Children or Gabriel Garcia Marquez's One Hundred Years of Solitude , it com
Chock full of the wit and wisdom that has become??the Foxfire trademark, this entirely new volume in??the acclaimed, 6-million-copy best-selling??Foxfire series is on oral history of??Appalachian live
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 collective work of art whose time has come. Of lasting value for all lovers of literature and the erotic, this is a glorious, groundbreaking celebration of black sensuality, including works by Alice
First there was downtown. Then there were suburbs. Then there were malls. Then Americans launched the most sweeping change in 100 years in how they live, work, and play. The Edge City.
The "unwritten" final chapter of Anne Frank: The Diary of a Young Girl tells the story of the time between Anne Frank's arrest and her death through the testimony of six Jewish women
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 long-time companion of Picasso describes the artistic and personal friendship between two giants of twentieth-century art, capturing the affection, rivalry, and creative interaction of the two geniu
In this wise, beguiling, beautiful novel set in the era of the Civil War, an award-winning playwright and author paints a haunting portrait of a woman named Always, born a slave, and four generations
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
