In this "intelligent", "stunning", and "honest" book, Charlotte Pierce-Baker weaves together the accounts of black women who have been raped and who have felt that they had to remain silent in order to protect themselves and their race.
"A fascinating tale of America's industrial comeback-how it happened, where it happened, and what must be done to make it last." -Jeffrey E. Garten, dean of the Yale School of Management
"Experiencing Infertility provides comfort and insight into the emotional, medial, and financial ordeal couples face when they endure infertility." -Perry-Lynn Moffitt, coauthor of A Silent Sorrow: Pregnancy Loss
"You read with a rising sense of despair and outrage, and you finish it as if awakening from a nightmare only Kafka could have conceived."--Christopher Lehmann-Haupt, New York Times
"A remarkable new book. . . . Marcelle Clements's The Improvised Woman has that exhilarating Eureka! quality. . . . In its modest, quizzical way, The Improvised Woman is a visionary work." -Mirabella
The first guide to this exciting, fast-paced, demanding sport by and for women.
This bold, sensual collection by the winner of the Grolier Prize and a PEN Discovery Award explores the ever-shifting ground between men and women.
Winner of the l996 National Poetry Series, judged and selected by William Matthews.
The popular psychoanalyst examines the continuing tension in our lives between the possibilities that freedom offers and the various limitations imposed upon us by our particular fate or destiny.
Gathered from nine collections representing three decades of work, these poems-newly available here in a rich and varied volume-celebrate the growth of a major artist.
"A collection of important, eloquent, and often mesmerizing writings by American Indian Women. . . . A profoundly moving statement of resilience and renewal."-San Francisco Chronicle
Every language has a basic vocabulary of similar words and expressions.
"[Glazner] manages to locate a redemptive grace in this world while writing from the very thick of it."-Santa Fe New Mexican
A psychiatrist and world-famous authority on suicide offers a persuasive argument against legalizing assisted suicide in the United States.
"[An] extraordinary memoir of [the author's] giving up for adoption the baby she bore at 16... beautifully written, psychologically nuanced and sociologically informed."-Nation
Passionate observers across the political/intellectual spectrum confront the downward spiral of American life, art, and thought.
Three prominent and highly visible writers confront the threats posed by current challenges to the American Constitution.
"Sarton's 'art of making exquisite distinctions' and her vulnerability as a human being are her timeless gifts to her readers." -Library Journal
A detailed, authoritative portrait of a commanding figure in twentieth-century music.
"Extraordinarily creative . . . an important and engrossing contribution to a complex and elusive subject."-Newsweek
The author of the popular Gimmick series offers a basic teaching tool for people who need to learn the rudiments of French in a hurry.
A comprehensive accompaniment and resource for students and educators.
Smart, instructive, and beautifully designed, every book in the Trailside Guide series contains the essential information readers need to master outdoor activities and have fun in the process.
Dostoevsky's short novel is told in the first person by a young man, Alexei, who is addicted to gambling.
"For over two decades, no one has equaled Stern's compassionate, surreal parables about the burden of and the exaltation at being alive."-Library Journal
"A remarkable documentary and the first in-depth record of many black women, slave and free."--Dorothy B. Porter, curator emeritus, Moorland-Spingarn Research Center, Howard University
How did the debate on health reform turn into the most concerted attack on government in recent American history?
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