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"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

Lyric poems that tell stories in metered lines and stanzas.

"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.

Winner of the Bancroft Prize.

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?

"This is an absolutely wonderful book about work, our blessing and our curse. What makes it so exhilarating is that it was written, not by a cool and detached scholar, but by a working man. Eloquent and witty, it may become something of a classic."--Studs Terkel

As both poet and novelist, Charlie Smith has been hailed as "prodigiously talented" by the New York Times, and Madison Smartt Bell describes him as "a spectacular stylist" and "a visionary."

"Dionisio Martinez is one of the most exciting new voices in American poetry. His poems are mysterious and intellectually provocative. . . . They are the poems of a survivor."-Stephen Dunn

Seven years in the making, Altered Fates chronicles the saga of gene therapy, a medical revolution unparalleled in human history.