"Ru'ya" (dream, vision) is the first word of the collection and it sets the tone for what follows. Henri Zoghaib explores the possibilities of the imagination in one hundred short lyrics. Translation
This field guide not only provides detailed descriptions and color photographs of flowers of the northeast, it also teaches users how to systematically identify unfamiliar flora. The book divides wild
Sugarman traveled as a journalist and illustrator with a group of northern students to Mississippi in the summer of 1964 to help register blacks to vote, and recounted his experience in Stranger at th
Katchen (history of education, U. of California at Santa Barbara) has written this biography of track-and-field legend Abel Kiviat that contrasts his athletic achievements with American social history
On February 4th, 1999, 23-year-old Guinean immigrant Amadou Diallo was returning home from work to his Bronx apartment when four officers of New York City's Street Crimes Unit, after confusing him for
Dr. Szasz (emeritus, State U. of New York Upstate Medical U. in Syracuse, NY) has been a gadfly to both the mainstream psychiatric community and the anti-psychiatry movement ever since the launching o
In this powerful story of life, love, and the demands of marriage and motherhood, Fariba Vafi gives readers a portrait of one woman's struggle to adapt to the complexity of life in modern Iran. The n
In this provocative collection, Kim Jensen gives voice to the struggle ofthose who seek love in a world saturated with brutality and aggression. Theconcise lyrics in Bread Alone condemn the violence i
Earl Lloyd was the first African American to play in a National Basketball Association game (it was in 1950) and also worked in the sport as an NBA coach and scout. Here Lloyd, with assistance from aw
Despite the revival of interest in Beat Generation writers of the past decade or so, the innovative work of Seymour Krim has, until now, been largely forgotten. This book corrects that situation, coll
Life is a series of experiences. We learn from everything that we do, and everything that we do becomes part of what we are. In his fifty five years of teaching biology and fifty two years of marriage
"The author brought Melville A. Clark out of the shadows and into his rightful place as an innovator, a businessman/entrepreneur, a community leader, and [as] a fascinating combination of genuine musi
As a blizzard blankets the northeast, burying residents and shutting down airports, the Farrah family eagerly awaits the arrival of Eva, a cousin visiting from Lebanon after a long absence. Over the c
Phillips (English, U. of Wisconsin-Eau Claire) provides beginning scriptwriters, film-makers, and videomakers with guidance in writing film and video scripts of fewer than 30 pages. Includes three or
The second edition of Esposito's text provides current coverage of the laws that govern Muslim women around the world. One of the merits of this book is its attention to the diverse interpretations o
Noting that the Holocaust has become a metaphor as well as paradigm for modern tragedy, Doneson (Holocaust and film, Washington U., St. Louis) examines how anti-Semitism and Nazi persecution have been
Experts in ethnic studies, communications, and media studies offer essays analyzing representations of family, gender, class, race, and ethnicity in the American situation comedies since 1940. The ess
Having examined a number of works written during the period, and studied the social environment in which they were produced, Hanna (Arabic studies, American U. of Cairo) discovered a category of peopl
Shaw (chancellor emeritus, Syracuse University) describes the conflict resolution, motivational, communication, and decision-making skills he believes are necessary for becoming a successful leader. H
Much of the writing about Anishinaabe (Ojibwe or Chippewa) botanical knowledge by non-Anishnaabe authors comes in the form of "colonized texts," according to Geniusz (American Indian studies, U. of Wi
