Classes was first published 1985 and constituted the most systematic and coherent statement yet of Wright's recasting of class theory. Classes inspired praise and provoked controversy in equal measure
Beliefs and Blasphemies exhibits the same qualities--accessibility, deep feeling, wisdom, humor, and technical brilliance--that made Virginia Hamilton Adair's first collection of poems, Ants on the Me
Twenty years ago, Claire Maloney was the willful, pampered, tomboyish daughter of the town's most respected family, but that didn't stop her from befriending Roan Sullivan, a fierce, motherless boy wh
New York Times bestselling author Barbara Hambly returns to the Star Wars(r) universe to tell a breathtaking tale of a mysterious world where the battle between the New Republic and the Empire takes a
When two children make a grisly discovery on Sconset beach, Detective Meredith Folger finds herself with a perplexing case on her hands. The crime lab can tell her only that the newly unearthed skelet
The open road.??The wind whipping in your face.??For both serious riders and the wanna-bes called RUBs--Rich Urban Bikers--riding a Harley is only part of the thrill.??Putting on leather and acting ou
An ex-cop's habits die hard.... Savvy, streetwise former cop Mali Anderson left the NYPD with a lawsuit and a lot of bitterness. Now she's on her way to a master's in sociology, living with her jazz m
More than 28 million Americans grew up in alcoholic families.??They bear a painful legacy of confusion, fear, anger and hurt--and they are at shockingly high risk of marrying an alcoholic or becoming
A veteran trail driver, who has survived thundering stampedes and Comanche raids, discovers there's nothing so dangerous as courting a beautiful woman.... A brutally beaten homesteader crawls off to
Charlotte Arkendale knew all there was to know about men. After all, she'd made a career out of steering marriage-minded women away from untrustworthy members of the opposite sex.Yet nothing could hav
Iain M. Banks is a true original, an author whose brilliant speculative fiction has transported us into worlds of unbounded imagination and inimitable revelatory power. Now he takes us on the ultimate
They are the galaxy's most elite fighting force. And as the battle against the Empire rages, the X-wing fighters risk life and machine to protect the Rebel Alliance. Now they must go on a daring under
Someone--or something--is slaying innocent persons on the night streets in the royal city of Memphis. Frightened citizens believe it is the gruesome work of the Devourer, the eater of souls, one of th
In the tiny town of Patience, California, newcomer Dr. Abby Dolan has noticed a frightening syndrome among her emergency room patients.??It begins with a baffling, seemingly minor set of symptoms, but
In Faces of Nationalism Tom Nairn argues that nation-building movements from 1750 to 1990 have saved the world from imperial barbarism. Contrary to many gloomy prognoses following the Soviet and Yugos
An effective, medically sound diet that lets you eat bacon, eggs, steak, even cheese?It's true! Lose fat. Feel fit. Stop craving. Without counting fat grams and without giving up the foods you lov
Tom Willock’s first book, Green River Rising, earned the kind of reviews that are rarely accorded to most so-called literary thrillers. This remarkable debut was hailed for its rich, powerful writing
In a pricey bachelor pad, a tormented man loses the battle for his soul...and dies a terrible death, apparently by his own hand....In a huge hospital complex, an ex-nurse steals through the halls, hid
Walter Benjamin (1892-1940) is now generally recognized as one of the most original and influential thinkers of this century. In Britain and the United States, in particular, he has acquired a status
She wanted to save lives.??The killer wanted to end hers.The first warning was triggered hundreds of miles away.??The second warning exploded only yards from where she and her son stood.??Now Kate Den
A catastrophic, unexplainable plane crash leaves three hundred and thirty dead -- no survivors. Among the victims are the wife and two daughters of Joe Carpenter, a Los Angeles Post crime reporter.A y
The annual steeplechase races at Montpelier, once the home of James and Dolley Madison, are the high point in the social calendar of the horse-mad Virginians of cozy Crozet. The race meet offers a cra
From the one and only Sandra Brown comes a searing novel of romantic suspense. . . as a beautiful young mother falls victim to a brazen crime. . . and a seductive captor. . . .When her divorce was fin
Featuring seventy-seven totally new recipes and revisions of others that reduce their fat and calories, a revised and updated edition of the standard guide to the slow-cooker method ranges from soups
It is estimated that three to five percent of the adult male population of the United States feels the need, at least occasionally, to dress in women's clothing. Judging from enrollment at her academy
The famed newspaper columnist continues his humorous memoirs, recounting his army service in postwar Paris, where he landed his first job in journalism and married. Reprint. NYT.
To thine own wish be true. Do not follow the moth to the star.So says the message in an exquisite green bottle. Is it a wish? A warning? A spell to cast over a lover? In these six charming love storie
Featuring over 1200 recipes--600 of them brand new--the Better Homes and Gardens New Cook Book has been newly revised and updated, making American's favorite cookbook even more indispensable than ever
From the master of the novel of international intrigue comes a riveting new book as timely and unsettling as tomorrow's headlines.It is summer 1999 in Russia, a country on the threshold of anarchy.??A
Joanna Flynn was lucky to be alive. Twice in a matter of minutes she almost died on a patch of oil-slicked highway. But when the doctors told her that she would suffer no lasting effects, they were w
Is a suspected child abductor laughing in the faces of the police and the victims’ families? For years, little girls have been disappearing from the streets of the San Francisco Bay Area. Their bodi
From Joseph Papp, American's foremost theater??producer, and writer Elizabeth Kirkland: a??captivating tour through the world of William Shakespeare.??Discover the London of Shakespeare's time, a??fas
In Buffalo Palace, the young Titus Bass sights, and then sets out into, the vast Rocky Mountain country, where he has his initial experiences with trapping beaver, surviving the freezing winter, fight
For years the United States has treated the United Nations as an extension of its own foreign policy, while other member states--especially smaller, less influential countries--have looked to the Unit
Millions of Americans know of the extraordinary benefits of Yoga--physically, mentally and spiritually. But many have been discouraged from trying Yoga because they believe that years of devotion and
Escaping a brutal blood feud in the fertile Ohio Valley, brothers Clay and Jefferson Holt strike out for new territories, unaware that a shadowy killer is following their every move. Original.
In the tradition of the #1 best-seller??SeinLanguage, Bantam Books proudly presents the first book??by Paul Reiser, television's sharpest, funniest??observer of love, marriage and other mysteries of??
A wave of fundamentalism is sweeping across the globe as the millennium approaches, and a power-hungry??presidential candidate sees his ticket to success in making an example out of a teenage girl who
