A fusion of east and west, high culture, popular culture, and ancient Chinese history mark this distinguished collection.
Fifty years after Isaac's Storm, a riveting story of the first Hurricane Hunters, and the one crew who paid the ultimate price.
The first three books of one of our best poets, including her National Book Award-winning volume Presentation Piece, plus Separations and Taking Notice.
Saddam Hussein is high on America's enemies list-but does an Iraq without him hold the seeds of the next Yugoslavia?
"An incomparable work, an unmatched achievement."-Anthony Hecht
"A reader-friendly guide to how people can build success out of the stress and adversity of divorce."-Michael Rutter, Institute of Psychiatry, London
This collection of shorter poems won the National Book Critics Circle Award in 1981.
"Marshall has a quiet, unobtrusive voice, and a sharp, observant eye ... [with] a flair for catching the familiar object in an unfamiliar light." -Christian Science Monitor
Where-to guides to outdoor adventure-indispensable for today's young urbanites who crave active outdoor sports and won't settle for less.
"Duane Schultz has crafted what is likely to be termed the best Civil War book of the year."-Civil War Times Illustrated
Walter LaFeber's timely analysis looks at the ways that triumphant capitalism, coupled with high-tech telecommunications, is conquering the nations of the world, one mind-one pair of feet-at a time.
A fascinating account of the early days of Antarctic exploration from an expert storyteller.
A new collection of poetry from Charlie Smith, whose work Lorrie Moore has called "appallingly brilliant."
A careful consideration of the place of families in our national fabric.
"Perkins' style is engaging-not for eggheads only-and the brainteasers are entertaining and surprisingly fresh."-Chicago Tribune
Winner of the Bobbitt National Prize for Poetry from the Library of Congress, chosen by the Los Angeles Times as one of the Best Books of 2001, and as a finalist for the Los Angeles Times Book Award.
The story of the talented American engineers and adventurers who labored to conquer gravity in a flying machine.
An early collection by the winner of the National Book Critics Circle Award.
The Created Self takes readers to as-yet-unexplored regions in the modern psyche's preoccupation with self-invention.
An eye-opening look at how America's social policy has been hijacked by a rhetoric of extremes.
Breaking a seven-year silence, the prize-winning poet writes of the stark isolation of confronting love's aftermath, its losses, and its undeniable betrayals.
"Patricia Limerick is simply one of the best writers alive."-Garry Wills
"A good story and first-rate social science."-New York Times Book Review
"[Poems] of intense intimacy, beauty, and authority." -W. S. Merwin
Introducing a unique series of international sport/travel guides: your favorite sports, Outside's top picks of the greatest places on earth to pursue them. Each guide is an invitation to take your first steps toward an active vacation of exploration.
Outside Books introduces a unique series of international sport/travel guides: your favorite adventure sports, our top picks-worldwide-of where to pursue them.
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