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"With quotable lines on every page, this is an important and affecting addition to the Thoreau shelf." -Booklist

"The compass's rocky evolution is charted with an enthusiast's passion...A fascinating adventure." -Bernadette Murphy, Los Angeles Times

A major refutation of the almighty status of genes in evolution and human behavior.

From strip clubs to the Academy Awards to the basketball court-a ride through the landscape of guyhood.

A stunningly illustrated book that celebrates the power of food throughout American history and in women's lives.

The truths about Iran; quite different truths from versions put forward by Washington, Tehran, and the media.

"Highsmith is no more a practitioner of the murder mystery genre...than are Doestoevsky, Faulkner and Camus."-Joan Smith, Los Angeles Times

Nine Salingeresque stories about New Yorkers and their marvelous eccentricities.

"Essential-and fascinating-reading for anyone interested in the dilemmas posed by nuclear power."-Mike Wallace, 60 Minutes

Lawrence Miller, English expatriate and professor of gender studies, tells the story of what appears to be an elaborate conspiracy to frame him for a series of brutal killings a world of subtly deceptive appearances where the most nightmarish acts occur.

An affecting, inspiring memoir, I Will Be Cleopatra serves as an indispensable guide for any reader who wishes to gain a clearer insight into Shakespearean theater, and will be one of the most vital books for actors and theater lovers for years to come.

"Savagely funny...Never was Jewish wit put to better or more urgent use."-Chicago Tribune, a Favorite Book of 2001

Ideas and the presidency flirt with each other, but can they really get along?

"Peterson writes of nature with an intimacy that tugs at the reader's deep memory."-Orion

Defending herself with despairing stubbornness against personal catastrophe, she is able to save her life and escape. "Enormously touching and wholly believable."-Washington Post Book World

A dark, twisted, existential manifesto posing as a book of daily inspiration.

Set in late fall when blizzards threaten, each novella is about people who have reached the age where everything is for keeps. A paroled con steals a car and attempts to outrun a violent past. An out-of-work logger finds love that sustains and destroys. A woman's journey by rail becomes a tale of discovery and hard-won redemption.

In July 1998, when Maxine Kumin's horse bolted at a carriage-driving clinic, she was not expected to live. Yet, less than a year later, her progress pronounced a miracle by her doctors, she was at work on this journal of her astonishing recovery. She tells of her time "inside the halo," the near-medieval device that kept her head immobile during weeks of intensive care and rehabilitation, of the lasting "rehab" friendships, and of the loving family who always believed she would heal. "[S]he resonates wisdom while announcing a triumph of body and soul."-Anne Roiphe, New York Times Book Review "Maxine Kumin brings the sensitivity and imagination of a poet to her extraordinary ordeal."-Richard Selzer, author of Mortal Lessons: Notes on the Art of Surgery "From a singular experience she has created a lesson that is universal, which, it seems to me, is the essence of being a poet."-Abraham Verghese, author of The Tennis Partner

Bring the magic of storytelling into your child's life using the everyday world around you.

A portrait of the Gloucester fishermen-made famous by The Perfect Storm-that takes you deep inside their world.

"Her gifts are limitless... Rosellen Brown can do anything with language."-Cynthia Ozick

A thought-provoking discussion of the public and political expression of America's diverse religious beliefs.

"One of the best books about the immigrant experience in America...unique and gracefully written."-San Francisco Chronicle

A landmark work by twelve leading critics and community leaders-essential reading for anyone interested in the history of American race relations.

Written originally as a series of entries in a travel diary and now considered one of the most important memoirs of our time, Sketches from a Life is George F. Kennan's peerless, impressionistic record of his experiences with twentieth-century history.

"What a pleasure! . . . Essential for understanding Faulkner, and a good read for everybody." -Noel Polk

Sloan's street-smart plot follows New York City homicide detective Lenny Bliss as he races to find the dangerously angry young woman who has stolen his gun, while at the same time he investigates the puzzling death of an off-Broadway actor.

"A remarkable book-part historical tract, part political manifesto-that examines one of the most bitter issues of contemporary life."-Boston Globe

In this collection, Murray observes the character of the last century and some of the lives that were part of it.

To "fight for your rights," or anyone else's, is not just to debate principles but to haggle over budgets.