In this breakthrough book, Stephen Arroyo discusses the two subjects that people most often want to understand through astrology: Relationship Compatibility and the Cycles that Shape Our Lives. The sp
An edition of Hayward's 1630 history of events a mere century after they happened, when the dynasties involved were still around, and a bit touchy about certain subjects. The type is modern, but the s
Best known for his direction of the Hampton Institute Choir (1913-31), Dett (1882-1943) was also a pianist, composer, and arranger of Negro folk songs and spirituals. This account of Dett as a success
Siempre recuerda… Mama te ama y Papa te ama. Tu hermano te ama, y tu hermana te ama. Tu abuela te ama, y tu abuelo te ama. Tus tias y tus tios te aman, y tus primos te aman. Y tus amigos te
Although better than nine out of ten boats afloat today are made of fiberglass, a significant minority of boaters believe that a boat isn't a boat unless it's made of wood. Wooden boats have character
Carefully researched and written with extraordinary vitality, this biography of Reinhold Niebuhr reveals the man in all of his humanity, warmth and charm, as well as his intellectual prowess as a theo
"...Knight draws together several streams of recent scholarship to highlight the dynamic and relational nature of both grace and holiness in Wesley's theology...a very significant contribution to Wesl
Southern-style politics was one of those peculiar institutions that differentiated the South from other American regions. This system -- long referred to as the Solid South -- embodied a distinctive r
The Cynical Society is a study of the political despair and abdication of (individual) responsibility Goldfarb calls cynicism—a central but unexamined aspect of contemporary American political and soc
Are you tired of being tired?Do you find yourself dragging out of bed each morning and dragging yourself to work? Do you come home at night and collapse in front of the TV? Do you feel as though your
Kou Hong, a renowned Chinese master, was known by his pen name of Pau Po Tzu, the one who embraces the simple essence. He was a physician and a specialist in the art and science of refining medicines,
The incredible autobiography of an incredible man. Souchy fought in the Spanish Revolution;was a serious and knowledgeable student of Proudhon, Bakunin, Kropotkin and Gustav Landauer; a consistent war
The question of origins is inseparable from a web of hypotheses that both shape and explain us. Although origin invites examination, it always seems to elude our grasp. Notions have always been prod
Michael Peter Smith is distinguished research professor in Community Studies at the University of California, Davis. He is co-author of the award-winning book Citizenship across Borders, and is the se
A comprehensive and interpretative biography of Franz Kafka that is both a monumental work of scholarship and a vivid, lively evocation of Kafka's world.
Investigates the Western, a homegrown American literary genre, explaining the significance of its major elements: cattle, horses, desert landscapes, violence, death, and heroism, and contends that Wes
This abridgment of the Prices' acclaimed 1988 critical edition is based on Stedman's original, handwritten manuscript, which offers a portrait at considerable variance with the 1796 classic. The unexp
With a new Foreword from Robert Schmuhl In the second edition of Statecraft and Stagecraft, Robert Schmuhl includes a chapter on the Persian Gulf War and the 1992 presidential campaign to his provocat
Lisa Wilson traces the experiences of widows in a society that was developing a new ideology of proper female behavior. Using wills, court records, almshouse registers, correspondence, and diaries to
What famous essayist insisted that Shakespeare's play were unfit for performance?Which two plays center on the Hundred Years' War?In which scene of Romeo and Juliet does the nurse report--falsely--tha
Francis W. Peabody entered medical school in 1903 and almost at once was recognized as an extraordinary human being. After a varied and exciting indoctrination in his profession, including responsibi
Telling the story of the greatest sailor of them all, "Admiral of the Ocean Sea" is a vivid and definitive biography of Columbus that details all of his voyages that, for better or worse, ch
This important new book charts the economic and social rise and fall of a small, but intriguing part of the American South: Charleston and the surrounding South Carolina low country. Spanning 250 year
In this fascinating portrait of Jewish immigrant wage earners, Susan A. Glenn weaves together several strands of social history to show the emergence of an ethnic version of what early twentieth-centu
America’s antagonistic relations with the Soviet Union can be traced to the U.S. response to the Bolshevik Revolution. Within weeks of the revolution, the State Department was considering the militar
This book offers a major reassessment of the place of the propertied class in eighteenth-century England. The common view of politics in this period is one of aristocratic dominance coexisting with pl
After keeping school for six years at the forks of Troublesome Creek in the Kentucky hills, James Still moved to a century-old log house between the waters of Wolfpen Creek and Dead Mare Branch, on Li
