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"Palma's wonderfully readable translation comes close to perfection. I'm tempted to call it a miracle."-X. J. Kennedy

In Maria, Wollstonecraft pursues in fictional form themes set forth in 'A Vindication of the Rights of Woman.'

In this book, Dr. Horney discusses the possibilities of self-analysis-to what extent individuals can use the techniques of psychoanalysis on their own to solve problems.

Social upheaval in early 20th-century Europe is the historical setting for this study by Spanish philosopher, Jose Ortega y Gasset. In print since 1932, Ortega's vision of Western culture is of society sinking to its lowest common denominator and drifting toward chaos.

Rilke's timeless letters about poetry, sensitive observation, and the complicated workings of the human heart.

Milton H. Erickson, M.D. is generally acknowledged to have been the world's leading practitioner of medical hypnosis. His "strategic therapy," using hypnotic techniques with or without actually inducing trance, allows him to get directly to the core of a problem and prescribe a course of action that can lead to rapid recovery.

Calling upon metaphors, vignettes, jokes, innuendos, and certain other "right-hemispheric" language games, Paul Watzlawick shows how we can (and do) make everyday life miserable.

"Reads like a murder mystery...[Desowitz] writes with uncommon lucidity and verse, leaving the reader with a vivid understanding of malaria and other tropical diseases, and the ways in which culture, climate and politics have affected their spread and containment." -New York Times

"To my mind, the most significant single scholarly contribution made to date, anywhere, to the history of Soviet power."-George F. Kennan

A Words Without Borders Anthology "Remarkable . . . a triumph . . . connects us at the level of our humanity, no matter where we may be from."-Los Angeles Times

Japan: A Modern History provides a comprehensive narrative that integrates the political, social, cultural, and economic history of modern Japan from the investiture of Tokugawa Ieyasu in 1603 to the present.

BPD presents with so many clinical permutations that clinicians are often at a loss when trying to address the unique and varied needs of their clients. Neither clinician nor client is in a position to establish the control the client so desperately needs.

This text argues that incestuous behaviour can only be fully understood with reference to its "ecology."

How people around the world grapple with the great questions posed by Socrates.

Hours of recreational reckoning.

"Essential... Schlesinger & Willoughby are unfussy cooks who go for big, knock-you-down flavors."-New York Times Book Review

"A guilty pleasure....The Victorian-era courtroom antics alone are worth the price of admission."-Publishers Weekly

Increase your skill and understanding of chess with the tactics that have produced unparalleled Russian grandmasters.

"An astute military historian's appraisal of what separates the sheep from the wolves in the great game of War." -Kirkus Reviews

"An overwhelmingly eloquent book of the purest and most simple writing on Vietnam."-David Halberstam

The closest most of us will ever come to being inside the Oval Office at a moment of crisis.

"An irresistible book about Grub Street, authorship and the literary marketplace."-Washington Post Book World

This informative volume offers 27 photographs and drawings, select bibliographies, a chronology of Puccini's life and works, a dramatis personae of the countless individuals who played a role in Puccini's career, a list of first performances, and plot summaries of all the operas.

Rosalind Franklin's research was central to the discovery of the double-helix structure of DNA. She never received the credit she was due during her lifetime.

"Riveting... A thoughtful biography." -New York Times Book Review

"We are in the presence here of a major American poet whose voice at mid-century in her own life is increasingly marked by moral passion."-New York Times Book Review

The scientist in the kitchen tells us more about what makes our foods tick.

"[R]eads like a novel, filled with strongly drawn characters and a wealth of lively detail.... The book offers as much insight into the creative process as it does into this crucial period of our history."-Lee Smith

In the six essays contained in this text the author reflects on the ethical implications of psychoanalytical insight.

The Second Edition of the Norton Critical Edition of Robinson Crusoe is based on the Shakespeare Head Press reprint of the first edition copy in the British Museum, with the "errata" listed by Defoe's publisher, William Taylor, incorporated into the text.