Given all the syndromes, diseases and disorders out there, how long will it be before everyone in America will be considered nuts? Szasz (psychiatry emeritus, State U. of New York), a leading opponent
In this story, author Frances Khirallah Noble presents a tale that is at once sublimely comic and surprisingly erudite in the subjects it tackles. Its hero, Kahlil Gibran Hourani, is an ordinary, rat
The evocation of memory is fraught with emotional and historical significance in this distinctive Holocaust memoir. With lyrical prose and remarkable candor, Helena Ganor narrates her story through a
Sugarman, a nationally known illustrator, has documented the triumphs and contradictions of the American experience in pencil, ink, and paints. Here he collects images depicting historical, cultural,
The year 1919 in Jerusalem marked the conclusion of hundreds of years of Ottoman rule and the beginning of British occupation, a period of great change that would transform the city. Felicity Ashbee'
Scharnhorst (English, U. of New Mexico) offers a biography of American journalist Kate Field (1838-1896), who is not nearly as well-known in the present day as she was in the nineteenth century. Addre
Nature writer John Burroughs (1837-1921) was one of the most widely read authors of his time. Originally published in 1886, Signs and Seasons collected in one volume his essays on such topics as the p
This memoir recounts the story of Shrayer, who immigrated to the US from Moscow in 1987, focusing on the period he and his family spent in Vienna and Italy on the way to the US, as well as his romanti
Central New York, including Rochester and Syracuse, played an important role in the development of film and cinema, and this book outlines the inventions and innovations that occurred in this region.
Since the middle of the twentieth century, Turkish playwriting hasbeen notable for its verve and versatility. This two-volume anthology isthe first major collection of plays in English of modern Turki
While much has been written about black triumphs in boxing, baseball, and other sports, little has been said of similar accomplishments in tennis. In this final volume of his ambitious and thorough ex
Russian painter Grisha Bruskin was born in Moscow in 1945, where he grew up in a Jewish family under the Stalinist and post-Stalinist state. Since emigrating to New York in 1988, his work has been exh
The first anthology of its kind in the West, Contemporary Iraqi Fiction gathers work from sixteen Iraqi writers, all translated from Arabic. Shedding a bright light on the rich diversity of Iraqi exp
Terrie (American culture studies, English and environmental studies emeritus, Bowling Green State U.) closely describes the interaction between landscape and humans, from the first to live amongst its
This volume brings together the journals of abstract expressionist Grace Hartigan, in which she documents her struggles with aspects of her painting, her creative process, and descriptions of the arti
Whether set in Maxim Shrayer’s native Russia or in North America andWestern Europe, the eight stories in this collection explore emotionallyintricate relationships that cross traditional boundaries of
"It was Saturday. I remember. And while he was standing on a step ladder in the hall, changing a light bulb in the faint light coming through the window, I decided to love him." So begins this novel
Popular Turkish Love Lyrics and Folk Legends is the first illustrated anthologyof Turkish folk poetry and legends published in the United States. Talat Halman’seloquent, fluid telling of these engagin
Like the author of this remarkable collection of thirteen linked stories,the protagonist, Nadia, was born and raised in Egypt, educated in England,and immigrated to the United States. Samia Serageldin
