In Martin Luther King's now legendary "I Have a Dream" speech, he hoped for a time when "little children... will not be judged by the color of their skin, but by the content of their character." It is
A Grand Wizard of the Ku Klux Klan, a Wall Street broker, a survivor of Auschwitz, college students, scientists, and others are only a few of the individuals interviewed for this this oral history of
A guide to the essential competitive business strategies for everyone, at any level of the corporate ladder, is illustrated with savvy advice and personal anecdotes
Social Darwinism in American Thought portrays the overall influence of Darwin on American social theory and the notable battle waged among thinkers over the implications of evolutionary theory for soc
The best-selling author of Adult Children of Alcoholics offers advice for parents who survived emotional or physical abuse as children and discusses the impact of the past on current behavior. Simulta
Sati--the burning of a widow on her husband's funeral pyre--has for centuries been one of the few ways in which women of India could achieve renown, respect, and even deification. This eye-opening wor
"Julie Smith not only firmly establishes her claim to the New Orleans crime scene, but she explores an intriguing new franchise for the serial killer."Sue GraftonFor detective Skip Langdon, the murder
A doctor argues that human vital organs should remain fit for 120 years, that most age-related ailments are preventable, and that long life can be achieved through proper diet, exercise, and rest
A unique, authoritative collection of rituals, spells, and meditations for attracting and enhancing love relationships--from the authors of Power of the Witch. This entertaining and enlightening book
Take a discarded walnut shell and make a boat. Create a balloon barometer. Go on a backyard scavenger hunt. Test common foods for starch or vitamin C. Sew a mini-backpack. Make a safe and easy costume
A CLEAR, STEP-BY-STEP SYSTEM FOR WRITING A BUSINESS PLAN THAT WILL ATTRACT THE FINANCING YOU NEED Joseph R. Mancuso offers key guidelines and valuable tips on how to gear your business plan to the pe
An indispensable political handbook for evaluating candidates' "green quotient" in the 1992 elections. The book includes a list of the most important legislation that has been introduced in the past f
Traces the life of the Polish union organizer who was instrumental in gaining government recognition for Solidarity, and won the Nobel Prize, and in 1990 became Poland's first democratically elected p
Established in 1918 as a memorial to O. Henry, this annual literary tradition has presented a remarkable sampling of stories over its 72-year history. Now Abrahams, editor of the collection for the la
For Tommy Carver, a short-tempered Okie sharecropper penned up in a sweltering cabin with a brutal father and a stepmother whose affection is anything but maternal, the question isn't when he'll explo
Prentis, the narrator of this nightmarish novel, catalogs "dead crimes" for a branch of the London Police Department and suspects that he is going crazy. His files keep vanishing. His boss subjects hi
For Grace, the ardent yet puzzled heroine of Andrea Barrett’s third novel, this trip has been planned as a three-week stay: she’s to play dutiful wife to Walter, her prominent scientist husband, at th
For some time now, writer-actor-performance artist Spalding Gray has been carrying around with him a monster: a manuscript of a novel called Impossible Vacation, a book that at last sighting weighed i
Here is welcome news for the millions of people who suffer from allergies--and for the many more whose ailments have a hidden allergic cause.Recent medical discoveries reveal that a number of common i
???The Communist bloc has collapsed. Factional strife is on the rise. The West faces an uncertain future. What is the message of Mary, the Mother of Jesus, for these times????To find an answer, Dudley
Drawing on Edward VIII's diaries and love letters and on the private papers of Chamberlain, Churchill, and Baldwin, this biography reveals the man who gave up a throne for love
"A warm, wise, wonderful book!....Sonya Friedman has done a superb job of writing a clear map for women's growth and empowerment."DR. SUSAN FORWARDDr. Sonya Friedman shows women that self-esteem must
Cat Dependency. What is it? Who suffers from it? And how can those afflicted free themselves from the tyranny of their tabbies? At last, there's a book that offers new hope to the millions who for yea
Demonstrates how one number--CSI, the cholesterol-saturated fat index--tracks and can help reduce the risk of heart disease by 40 percent, and also includes the CSI rating for hundreds of foods, as we
Presents information on the latest diagnostic tests and cures for headaches and discusses types of headaches, biofeedback, relaxation techniques, and diet and exercise
Two-time Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist (for The New York Times ) Wilford synthesizes myth, history, politics, and high technology in tracing man's relationship with Mars from antiquity to the pre
The bestselling author of Smart Women, Foolish Choices and Women Men Love, Women Men Leave now turns his keen insights toward the individual and the quest for fulfillment. Dr. Kinder says people must
With today's accelerated pace of life, preoccupation with careers, and family demands, there is little time for celebrating our humanity--and even less time for seeking God. So how does a twentieth-c
Offers a guided tour through supernatural America with descriptions of various haunted sites and houses, plus information on how to get there and what to look for
"How can we know any of this is true?" A.N. Wilson asks in this brilliant search for what is true in the Christian faith. "How much of the Christian religion, or what survives of it, is really ture? H
Reynolds Price's long and distinguished career has been remarkable both for his virtuosity and for the variety of forms he has embraced -- novels, stories, poems, essays, translations and plays. Now o
The third book in the award-winning series of speculative fiction anthologies, crowning a reputation for excellence with more that twenty new stories by both established and fledgling authors--all on
Jean Shepherd was one of America’s favorite humorists, his most notable achievement being the creation of the indefatigable Ralphie Parker and his quest for a BB gun in the holiday classic A Christmas
Are you worried that you and your family are consuming too much sugar? Do you want to prepare simple, healthful dishes that don’t take a lot of time? Then Sugar Free . . . Microwavery is the book for
Features twenty North American vacation spots for bird watchers and includes information on the birds of each area, hotels, campgrounds, and necessary equipment
