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Greed for money, power, sex, and love is the theme of this volume of dramatic monologues by the poet the New York Times Book Review has called "one of the most singular voices of her generation."

"John E. Schwarz and Thomas J. Volgy have joined forces to produce an incisive analysis of the nation's economic problems, illustrated their book with real people, and linked their material to the political process. This is a major contribution to the most important debate taking place in America. -Thomas B. Edsall

The death of Emperor Hirohito in 1989 ended Japan's Showa era (1926-1989) and provided the occasion for the Japanese to confront their past and the roots of their present success.

"Makes us appreciate something of what it felt like for Germans East and West as the world ended." -Anthony Bailey, New York Times Book Review

"Ms. Prospere's alchemy manages to turn diverse elements into gold. These poems are startling and transformational: an extraordinary debut."-New York Times Book Review

"Joy Hay is one of our very best essayists on the natural world, and The Bird of Light is a fine example of his work."-Peter Matthiessen

As more women over 30 are having children, amniocentesis is becoming a routine part of prenatal care. Here, Rothman draws on the experiences of over 120 women to show how this simple procedure can alter the way we think about childbirth and parenthood and force us to confront difficult dilemmas.

"If one has the art, then a piece of celery or salted cabbage can be made into a marvelous delicacy; whereas if one has not the art, not all the greatest delicacies and rarities of land, sea, or sky are of any avail." -a Beijing cook, nineteenth century from Chinese Roundabout

"A great book. . . . [An] easy to understand vision of how people and businesses can make money and a wonderful world at the same time." -Ben Cohen, CEO, Ben & Jerry's Homemade Inc.

"For the many Americans who have never set foot on a real farm, this book is required reading. . . . An engaging blend of agricultural history, geography, travel, and interviews with farmers [that] provides an unsentimental, realistic look at American farm life." -Library Journal

"More hilarity from the folks who brought us Disorderly Conduct ... It's better to laugh than to cry when contemplating the court system." -Booklist

"In Out of Canaan, her stunning first book of poems, Hammond evokes the poignant history of four generations of her Southern family. The reader is immediately attracted by the sheer sparkle and vitality of the language."-Library Journal

Unlike the brief, specific-solution oriented therapies that many people demand today, the goal of depth therapy is life change. James Bugental has been practicing, teaching and writing about depth therapy for 40 years, and in this book, he shares his experiences as a psychotherapist.

Under the Safety Net is a searing call to action for every citizen. America is not America unless we work together to do what it takes to end the worsening crisis of homelessness in our affluent society. -Senator Edward Kennedy

"Remarkable...Fang discourses with passion, insight, conviction, and humor on politics, religion, and the scientist's role in today's world...A wonderful book." -San Francisco Chronicle

"[His] way with the familiar essay-that flexible, forgiving genre in which anything goes except charmlessness and anonymity-has much in common with that of Messrs, Beerbohm, Liebling, and Mencken. Each piece is exquisitely sustained, moving from point to point with the relaxed economy of a pro." -Wall Street Journal

"Boldly playful, gymnastic and surreal."-Leslie Ullman, Kenyon Review

A study of a small American colonial outpost which, between 1665-1715, came under attack 30 times, culminating in a massacre which claimed the lives of over half of the town's population. The book is also a social history, portraying the lives of the first Puritan settlers.

Biting and bawdy, smart and smutty, lofty and low, Gargantua and Pantagruel is fantasy on the grandest of scales, told with an unquenchable thirst for all of human experience.

The Imaginary West, the Real West, the New West, and the Old West converge in this celebration of that fascinating landscape. Selected from over 100 periodicals, 16 contemporary stories by both established writers and relative newcomers tell of the contradictions of a landscape where cowboys may wear tennis shoes and limos park near pickups, but it's still a long way between towns.

Every day some species of plant or animal on our planet becomes extinct. In Mama Poc, the bestselling author of Woodswoman and Beyond Black Bear Lake relates her own attempts to halt the decline of a single species of bird found only in Guatemala. The giant grebe, a flightless bird living on mile-deep Lake Atitlan, came to LaBastille's attention in 1964. Her population count revealed that a mere eighty-two birds remained. Over the course of twenty-five years, Anne LaBastille made the cause of the giant grebe her own. This is the story of her life in Guatemala, observing the birds and working to reclaim their habitat and-against odds that turned out to be overwhelming-give them a future.

The definitive collection of a major American poet's work.

"Audacious, courageous, poignant, wry-Robin Morgan's collection of poems is all this and more. A large audience will welcome them. So will historians in the future who need to know what the poetry of this time and place was like."-Catharine R. Stimpson

Poems deal with love, family, immigrant America, nature, childhood, and death.

This book presents the lectures Karen Horney gave her class on psychoanalytic technique during the last year of her life.

Written as a notebook, My Secret Boat is a collage of stories, poems, dreams, and sketches. Among Burkard's subjects are childhood, the sea, family, alcoholism, love.

"As intimate a portrait of Soviet politics, culture, and economics as we are likely to see."-Kirkus Reviews

From the master folklorist and sly wit, Jan Brunvand, comes a collection of all-new urban legends.

"An entertaining and readable account of what life is like, not only for baboons, but those who watch them...Fascinating and compelling reading." -New York Times

"A compelling, highly personal account of both the excitement of discovery and the frustration of dealing with misguided policies. Murray remains an optimist, proposing productive initiatives for the American space program that should be must reading for those shaping U.S. space policy." -John M. Logsdon, director, Space Policy Institute