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"Oracular, almost biblical at times, and as deeply embedded in the particulars of nature as the superb later poetry."-John Ashbery

The nation's favorite literary farmer pays homage to the life of the senses.

"If you are planning or have ever planned to be a bride, this book will make you think and then make you cry."-Boston Globe

A Los Angeles Times Best Book of 2001 and a Washington Post Book World 2001 Rave.

Sometimes controversial, invariably fascinating, Lacan's psycholinguistic approach to analysis of the psychoses is seen here in virtually unmediated form.

A woman of captivating presence whose affairs scandalized Kenya, Beryl Markham became famous after her pioneering transatlantic solo flight in 1936.

This book, a companion to the authors' Escape from Babel, describes therapy with a number of patients who had defeated numerous clinicians and become "veterans" of the system. Using a flexible approach that emphasizes relationship, hope, and a plan for the future, the authors turn these cases around, setting the clients on a path of independence and health.

For those who have had it with the "Boys of Summer" playing "The Summer Game" on a "Field of Dreams", here is a blackly funny reality check--featuring a rogue's gallery of cheats, misers, sadists, racists, egomaniacs, substance abusers, gamblers, and criminals who have participated in America's favorite sport.

Born into a Georgia sharecropper family, Hosea Hudson moved to Birmingham, Alabama, to work in the steel mills in the turbulent 1930s and '40s and became a member of the Communist Party. This collaborative oral autobiography gives a vivid picture of the life and times of a black radical.

Lace up your boots, grab this guide, and explore the great outdoors!

The first-and still the best-guide to Oregon's wine country from well-connected local wine experts.

Cat Urbigkit journeys alone to spend a season on Wyoming's open range tending to a herd of domestic sheep as they give birth amid the challenges of nature - from severe weather to a wealth of predators. Her only companions are the livestock guardian animals (BIG dogs and a pair of burros named Bill and Hillary!) that repeatedly prove their worth in devotion to protecting the herd.

The Maine dogfish are gone-fished to the brink of extinction. Gone too is Linda Jane, and with her the love and the subjunctive Maine that they might have shared. And what of that fabled "Old Maine"? Is it gone for good?

The ultimate guidebook for extraordinary adventures.

The definitive, comprehensive guide to Virginia Beach, Richmond and surrounding areas, with hundreds of lodging, dining, and recreational recommendations.

The Connecticut is New England's longest and most significant river. Author Jim Bissland, moving from Long Island Sound to the New Hampshire hinterlands, explores the river's cities and towns, gathering colorful anecdotes along his serendipitous journey and bringing to life the river's dramatic history and people.

A fully-updated eighth edition to the guidebook that launched the Great Destinations series.

Recommended by The Boston Globe.

"Intelligent but accessible, and often poignant . . . [by] the biggest talents on the essay and blog beat." -Publishers Weekly (on Vol. 2)

This breakthrough volume by award-winning poet Kimiko Hahn is her most rigorously "female" work to date as she reclaims the female body and reinvents an ancient Chinese correspondence.

"A hilarious, sad . . . all too true novel about the rough underside of a college love affair."-John Knowles, author of A Separate Peace

"A tour de force encompassing biology, neurobiology, metaphysics, information theory, physics, and semiotics."-Publishers Weekly

Let this book be your guide from diagnosis toward a truly heart-healthy lifestyle.

"The very existence of this book is news, and its contents are exquisite literature."-Philadelphia Inquirer

"To be cherished."-Richard Howard

A fascinating collection of essays on creating, performing, and thinking about music in today's world.

The Soviet Union in the post-Brezhnev era confronts an economic disaster on a vast scale.