Linda is convinced that her troubled boyfriend Lenny--despite dropping out of school--is back on the right track, until she discovers that he is gambling
The story of the rise to prominence of America's most influential black leader. Join Jesse on his extraordinary journey across the American political landscape -- from his days as a young civil rights
The People's President depicts the life and times of one of America's best-loved presidents. Listen to his radio addresses--the famed "fireside chats"--and see how he showed the American people just h
Assesses the implications of an aging population on American society, addressing social, financial, political, medical, economic, educational, and personal factors
Findley exposes the sharp changes in the traditional institutions of love andmarriage and family through a vivid terrain of images and insightful stories.10,000 print.
This illuminating historical and theological argument is an essential work for anyone wishing to understand the major changes that are inexorably altering the face of modern world religions.
Autobiography of the Scots woman who moved to Bali, became the friend of Prince Anak Agung Nura, adopted Balinese life style, and during the war was captured, imprisoned, and tortured by the Japanese
The author of Your Child's Self Esteem and Celebrate Yourself addresses the changes that everyone must face in life--including death, aging, retirement, and separations from people and places.
Greeley, one of today's most widely read Catholic authors, shares wisdom and insight garnered from scriptural themes to console readers beset by the often overwhelming tensions and conflicts of contem
A companion to the original Vulnerable Populations, the second volume focuses on treatment initiatives that address therapy and reeducation for both abusers and the victims of sexual abuse.Composed of
Translated by Hillel Halkin, this is a remarkably diverse and immensely entertaining gathering of Jewish legends and the first worldwide anthology of Jewish folktales.??It draws from both traditional
Over twenty-five years and through five editions, Walter I. Trattner's From Poor Law to Welfare State has served as the standard text on the history of welfare policy in the United States. The only co
A year in the life of fourteen-year-old Jared McCaverty of Terre Haute, Indiana. Jared, comes from a wealthy family, is a bright and attractive young boy, but is overweight, socially awkward, and gay.
Spend a year meditating on the gospel call, as lived out in Mother Teresa of Calcutta. This devotional guide is arranged under fifty-two themes of love and charity, incorporating relevant scriptural p
"Cambodia: A Book For People Who Find Television Too Slow" is a ferociously brilliant book that challenges its readers to see the world with new eyes, in a new light. Through an arresting division of
'Perhaps the most penetrating study of executive power ever written....Mansfield's argument leads to a reassessment not only of executive power in general, but of the character of modern republicanism
Award-winning writer James Trefil takes readers on a tantalizing journey to the outer reaches of the universe.??Along the way he discusses scientific questions such as; How did the universe begin and
A psychologist defines and explains ethical therapy, contrasts it with value-free therapy and other forms of traditional therapy, and leads readers through a series of specific examples that illustrat
Parents are offered techniques for developing their child's own way of learning and are helped to uncover hidden talents which teachers may overlook. The Clarks provide a fun, innovative, and effectiv
The life and times of America's most famous champion of liberty, a man of peace whose fate was to lead a nation at war with itself. Join young Lincoln in the Kentucky wilderness and see how his thirst
The life and times of one of the world's greatest navigators. Join Columbus on his famous voyage as he struggles against muddled maps, mutiny, his sailors' fear of sea monsters, and the common belief
This ambitious, wide-ranging, exhaustively researched book is a compelling attempt to grasp the very nature of war. It takes us through the soldier's experience in its entirety - from the humiliation
Here is an extraordinarily lucid and intelligent self-help book, inspired by the Abhidamma, an ethical-psychological teaching presented in the body of ancient Buddhist scriptures of the same name. Bas
Relates an American businessman's investigation into the phenomenal experiences of a young woman who under hypnosis recalls the events of an earlier existence in nineteenth-century Ireland
This unique biography explores the inner journey of a woman whose outer life was a thrilling story of passion and adventure. Alexandra David-Neel (1868?1969), born in Paris to a socially prominent fam
Setting sail for Canada with his wife, Celeste, after the murder of his best friend, Frenchman Gabriel Dublanche comes face to face with a dark, dangerous land, primitive people, and an evil he ca
This book offers a totally new, holistic approach to career development, involving the wisdom of the unconscious—expressed in dreams, symbols, personal myths, intuitions, and memories—as well as the a
On the world called Hyperion, beyond the law of the Hegemony of Man, there waits the creature called the Shrike.??There are those who worship it.??There are those who fear it.??And there are those who
In this arresting chronicle of one tumultuous year in China's love-hate relationship with the West, Orville Schell brings us a revealing analysis of the Chinese reform movement.
An in-depth account of the isolation of endorphins chronicles the struggles of the four scientists whose research led to the discovery of these natural painkillers, their conflict with the world's gre
Straight talk for men … and the women who love themWhen it comes to the health of their sex organs, even educated, intelligent men become embarrassed and irrational, preferring to ignore a problem in
Recounts the life and career of the flamboyant, outspoken, and controversial black pitcher, tracing his sometimes outrageous way from Los Angeles childhood, through eight seasons with Pittsburgh, to h
"All Around Me Peaceful" celebrates but never sentimentalizes the men and women who choose to live in this land of plenty, whose stunning beauty and abundance is matched only by the mysteries lurking
A collection of four fantasy novellas includes Why the Nightingale Sings at Night, Great Work of Time, In Blue, and Novelty--all of which ponder travel, time, and other world mysteries
Established in 1918 as a memorial to O. Henry, this annual literary traditionpresents stories selected from a wide range of publications, large and small, representative of the very best of contempora
Explains what kinds of fears are normal for every age of childhood and adolescence, discusses specific fears--death, strangers, animals, burglers--and shows how to handle children's fears before they
From the best-selling author of??Rubyfruit Jungle and??Bingo, here is a writers' manual as provocative,??frank, and funny as her fiction. Unlike most??writers' guides, this one had as much to do with
