"One of the most moving and compelling human stories to emerge out of the graphic story medium."-Alan Moore
With a roster of acclaimed fiction writers, Mixed shatters expectations of what it means to be multiracial.
A revised and expanded edition of Quammen's first book of nonfiction, including the best of his recent work.
This may be the best and most readable book ever written about professional football. It is chiefly about Vince Lombardi.
From the earliest Spanish explorations in the late 1500s through the present, California's history and growth have been both tumultuous and phenomenal. All the historical facts are here: the missions and the Indians, the struggles between the Mexicans and the Americans, the fabulous gold rushes, statehood in 1850, railroad wars, furious labor upheavals, the disastrous scandals and bankruptcies of the 1920s, and the recent gigantic tamperings with nature. David Lavender tells, with unusual clarity and grace, the story of a beautiful state's rise to giganticism. In an afterword to this Bison Book edition, he looks at California today.
After Cancer offers a complete look at the medical, practical, and psychosocial issues people must cope with during cancer recovery. Presented in a clear, question-and-answer format, the book covers such important topics as cancer prevention after treatment, understanding reevaluation and follow-up, common physical and social aftereffects, and more.
This is a personal memoir of Dean Acheson, written by his son, who, in writing the book, wished readers to see the personal side of the statesman. The memoir shows us Dean Acheson at home with his wife, Alice, his friends and children, before and after his tenure as President Truman's Secretary of State.
Written with a truly original fiction voice, John Dufresne's powerful debut collection of stories is filled with quirky characters in hours of crisis and flashes of humor in moments of dark despair.
"David B. Cohen has a lively, enjoyable style, a fund of delightful examples, and a real gift for conveying material in an understandable way." -David T. Lykken, University of Minnesota
The fourth of Ellen Bryant Voigt's collections of poems. Within the structure of the volume are three sets of musical "variations", each illuminating some aspect of the longer poems and fusing with the studies of beauty, art and the instability of perception.
"Jonnie Fisk has that rare gift of taking an engaging personality-inquisitive, observant, sympathetic, humorous, and above all indomitable-and conveying in intact into print. Within the first few pages of her books the reader feels that he has made a new and valuable friend." -Robert Finch
"A delightful memoir, a book that brings the reader right up close to the sights, sounds, smells, and scenery of an Arizona winter, and even closer into the equally fascinating mind and heart of a remarkable woman." -Russell W. Peterson
"If one wishes to read only a single book on antislavery politics before the Civil War, this is the book to read." J.M. McPherson, Political Science Quarterly
Ortega traces the course of Western civilization backward, searching out what makes a civilization rise or fall and offering a way of looking at our own time. Based on a series of lectures on A. J. Toynbee's A Study of History.
"A massive and most important study. . . . All teachers of young children should know the general outline of the work." -Evelyn Lawrence, British Journal of Educational Studies
Professor Piaget discusses a set of investigations he and a team of co-workers carried out on the genesis of the notion of number in the child's mind.
George Gafner's Handbook of Hypnotic Inductions provided clinicians with inductions ready-made for practice. Here, in response to the overwhelming success of that book, he provides more brand-new inductions for the beginning and advanced hypnotherapist.
Michael White, one of the founders of narrative therapy, is back with his first major publication since the seminal Narrative Means to Therapeutic Ends, which Norton published in 1990.
Therapists no less than parents face a dilemma when trying to reach out to teenagers, who are violent, addicted or have other behavioural or social problems. How can one show understanding for their plight? This work aims to demonstrate how to be tough, compassionate and effective in helping teenagers turn their lives around.
This is the essential resource for professionals seeking sex-positive approaches for their clients.
At long last, the truth about The Bay of Pigs invasion of Cuba.
"The best book on sisters, very important and beautifully written."-Carol Gilligan, author of In a Different Voice
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