When Bertrand Russell discovered an unresolvable contradiction in Gottlob Frege’s (1848-1925) logical system, the effect was calamitous, embittering Frege and overshadowing his important work in analy
In the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, dramatic social, political and artistic changes swept across Italy. These changes found expression in some of the most remarkable sculpture ever made.
A posthumous collection of literary essays explores the "afterlife" of the writing community, defined as a legacy experienced in the minds and hearts of their readers; in a volume that includes introd
Australian award-winning journalist Mark Mordue invites you on his world trip that ranges from a Rolling Stones concert in Istanbul to talking with mullahs and junkies in Tehran, and from a cricket ma
Katya Vogt is an old woman living in North America, but her rich past is in a Mennonite community in the Russian steppes, where her family's religion, their traditions, and her father's position as fa
P. D. Ouspensky's classic work In Search of the Miraculous was the first to disseminate the ideas of G. I. Gurdjieff, the mysterious master of esoteric thought in the early twentieth century who still
In an eloquent testament to the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, its animals, and its people, the author journeys from Yaak Valley in Montana to Alaska to witness one of the remaining landscapes on Ea
The authors assemble a selection of writing from the last fifty years of The Texas Observer, a renowned left-leaning newspaper in Austin Texas, showcasing the counterweight to mainstream politics in t
Born into a moderate Muslim family in the San Francisco Bay area, Raouf, a young Arab American in the midst of a spiritual crisis, becomes involved with an Islamic fundamentalist group and becomes emb
Marc leaves London in search of a new life on an island off the coast of India where he falls in love with Uva, an eco-warrior who has been targeted by kidnappers. Reprint.
Miller grew up in a cabin in the woods of Colorado and the experience of the silence, darkness and depth that grows from being raised in near solitude is evident throughout his stories, laced with the
A serial killer is removing victims' hands in a Venice shackled by winter.A woman at the end of her tether finds a terrible release on holiday in the fens of East Anglia.A man is haunted by graffiti,
When Orlie Breton shows up in June of 1979 to work as a paramedic in New York City’s 911 system, she finds herself plunged into a violent and magical world, populated by medics who are not terribly di
A collection of essays by the critically acclaimed author of Woodcuts of Women explores what it means to be a Mexican-American artist in the literary world at large in his own native Texas borderland,
In a first collection to be published in the United States, a cafeteria cook confronts her Polish pen pal, a divorced mother gains insight from a parking meter, a thin celebrity gives in to the lure o
Wells (emeritus, German, U. of London) is primarily concerned with how a tradition in the earliest Christian writings is transmuted in later writings into something very different. Some changes are to
In 1988, at the age of 20, Souha Bechara attempted to assassinate General Lahad, chief of militia in charge of Israeli-occupied Southern Lebanon. In Resistante, she details her further involvement as
Final Girl ? the last girl left alive in the syntax of the "slasher"? traces the history of the femme fatale in a sequence of poems and stories that display the verve and wit readers have come to expe
Sir Roy Strong calls Little Sparta 'the only really original garden made in this country since 1945'. Ian Hamilton Finlay's unique creation in the Pentland Hills south of Edinburgh is a garden compose
A candid and passionate consideration of citizenship viewed through the feminine, O Cidadan examines borders in language and in the body, to explore ways in which we might rethink nation and community
In Joyfully Together, Thich Nhat Hanh explores the spiritual, emotional, and practical aspects of developing a community for life. He stresses the importance of communication in all our relationships
"In these lyric poems technique, emotional pitch, and intellect combine in sublime balance. Exhilarating in its range, the work of Adam Sol is gentle and mournful, attuned to physical surroundings, an
We live in an age dominated by the cult of efficiency. Efficiency in the raging debate about public goods is often used as a code word to advance political agendas. When it is used correctly, efficien
Linda Ojeda has long maintained that menopause is a natural stage in a woman’s life, not a pathology that must be ?medicalized.” In Menopause Without Medicine, she takes a sympathetic, science-based a
A debut collection of short fiction explores the diverse faces and implications of loss--of love, healthy, family, or life--in a group of female characters in various stages of life, in such works as
In this book, Anthony Rudd flouts convention in his approach to the problem of skepticism. He brings Wittgensteinian and analytic philosophy into dialogue with Heidegger's work and the continental tra
In Psychedelics, Peter Stafford offers a framework for understanding the enormous amount of information available on psychoactive substances. In addition to the photographs, illustrations, charts, and
John Hick is one of the most influential philosophers of religion in the English-speaking world. Born in Yorkshire, England, and raised within the Christian faith, he trained for the Presbyterian Mini
In this prizewinning poet's wry and exhilarating coming-of-age story, Thad Ziolkowski's On a Wave poignantly looks back at adolescence in a memoir of his surfing years. As a disenchanted, unemployed E
Henry Bunks lives in crowded Miami in the 1950s. A nearby canal -- an entrance to what will become the Florida Everglades -- provides respite from his chaotic life in an uncaring family. Henry meets a
Emanuel di Pasquale was born in Sicily in 1943 and grew up there. When he was a baby, his father died, and later he had to drop out of school and work in a bakery to help feed his family. At 13 he cam
In the title work, the Oscar nominated screenplay for Women in Love, Kramer intersperses his memories and reflections on the movie's making, as he does for the writing of the plays included here: Siss
In a novel of life in post-Mao China, an idealistic reporter discovers the abuses and corruption of rival gangs while encountering revolutionaries, bureaucrats, farmers, and artists in the new China.
A trauma surgeon describes his life as a field doctor in various locales around the world as he reveals the devastation he has encountered in some of the zones of conflict in which he has worked and t
This book maintains that the source of the terror that we condemn is definitely not from a divine religion, and that there is no room for terrorism in Islam. This is made clear in the Qur'an, the main
A best-seller, this in-depth study of conformation examines each part of the horse in photographs and text, showing both good and bad points and illustrating differences of breed and type.
Lawrence Norfolk's In the Shape of a Boar is a juggernaut of a novel, an epic tour de force of love and betrayal, ancient myths and modern horrors. The story begins in the ancient world of mythic Gree
This absorbing, informative book opens with the author’s personal story of a powerful and disturbing dream that sparked her interest in metaphysical and parapsychological phenomena, UFOs in particular
Though Broch's (1886-1951) novels are as well known in English as in the German he wrote in, says Hargraves (Connecticut College), his essays are almost completely unknown, partly because only one has
