Ruth Benedict A recognized classic of cultural anthropology, this book explores the political, religious, and economic life of Japan from the seventh century through the mid-twentieth, as well as personal...

Nina Bawden The main character is a reputable copier of old master paintings whose sharp, charming wife leaves him. They have a tragic schizophrenic son, and perhaps because of this...

Yoram Kaniuk Part Jewish and part Arab, Yosef Rosenzweig/Shehara is torn by the conflict between two peoples, and he comes to realize now much political events shape one's life, regardless...

Robert Beckman The author analyzes the great financial crashes of modern times, ranging from the South Sea Bubble to Wall Street, in an attempt to prove that recent crises in...

Adrian Room A revised and enlarged combination of Adrian Room's previous dictionaries of Confusibles and Distinguishables. This dictionary deals with around 3000 words, sorting out those annoying words that so...

James Salter This short-story collection won the 1989 PEN/Faulkner Award for James Salter, author of Solo Faces and A Sport and A Pastime. Here, Salter's themes are memory and loss,...

Jay Mathews Chronicles the remarkable life and work of man who, himself and immigrant, coached and inspired underpriviledged Hispanic students thought to be "hopeless" to excel to unprecedented standards in...

Greg Bear Multiple Nebula and Hugo Award-winner Greg Bear returns to the Earth of his acclaimed novel Eon - a world devastated by nuclear war. The crew of the asteroid-starship Thistledown has thwarted an...

Katherine S Newman Examines the decreasing likelihood of achieving the American dream, as shifting social and economic conditions force a middle-class loss of earnings and self-respect June 27, 1988 by...

Constance Penley First published in 1988. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company. September 23, 1988 by Routledge

Gershom Scholem Among the great innovators in Jewish thought in the twentieth century, Gershom Scholem stands on the highest level.  After fifty years of scholarship, he offers a memoir that...

Happy Birthday, Samantha!: A Springtime Story(American Girl: Samantha #4)Valerie TrippSamantha's birthday party is nearly ruined when Eddie Ryland plays a mean trick. Then Agnes and Agatha, Cornelia's ten-year-old twin sisters,...