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In his many novels, poetry, histories, editorials, plays, and letters, W. E. B.

Literary Savannah was among the first in a series of literary travel anthologies published by Hill Street Press when the company was fo

A memoir about growing up in a wacky, food-obsessed, multi-cultural family

Each piece in this dynamic poetic biography uses the voices of iconic figures past and present in a bold exploration of such hot topics as gender, race, and spirituality.

Henry Jermyn (1605-1684) was a young Stuart courtier who, largely due to his skill in speaking French, became the confidant and life-long friend of Henrietta Maria de Bourbon, the

In the winter of 1939, five-year-old Andrew Bienkowski was banished to Siberia with his family.

A brief personal memoir from my birth through the publication of my second novek, SKIRTS. At the time of writing it I was living in a tiny cottage in Berkeley; I have since

For a world of devoted readers, a much-awaited new volume of absorbing stories and inspirational wisdom from one of our best-loved writers.

From childhood, acclaimed novelist

They say the Army makes a man out of you—but for 18-year-old SPC Michael Anthony, that fabled rite of passage proved a very dark journey.

May you live in interesting times, says the toast.

As the Western world struggles to comprehend the paradoxes of modern Turkey, a country both European and Asian, forward-looking yet rooted in ancient empire, a new nonfiction anthology promises to

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Poet Kim Barnes grew up in Northern Idaho, in the isolated camps where her father worked as a logger and her mother made a home for her husband and two children.

Chipeta was the wife, confidant, and advisor to Chief Ouray of the Tabeguache band of Ute Indians who lived in the mountain regions of Colorado.

The collaborative effort of Cynthia S. Becker and P.

Did you know Thomas Jefferson’s grandson was an ax murderer? Don’t you delight in knowing some dinosaurs were teeny tiny as hens?

A broad range of black family life is offered in this collection of essays, some reprinted and others original, from a variety of writers and poets, including Gwendolyn Brooks, Alice Walker, Edwige Da

When his father had a near-fatal heart attack and gave up the will to live, Matthew Biberman panicked.

Blumenthal, a poet and director of Harvard's creative writing program, has written the touching story of his search for his true identity.

In the late 1950s the Soviet Union shocked the world by placing a small satellite—Sputnik—in orbit around the earth.

From his key role in adopting the Australian ballot system in Indiana to his ultimately failed attempt at enacting a new state constitution, Jacob Piatt Dunn, Jr.

Psychoanalysis ia a clumsy tool, not the scalpel Freud envisioned.

Louis Breger approaches Dostoevsky psychoanalytically, not as a "patient" to be analyzed, bu

Blood Strangers is a captivating, multigenerational story of an alternative family. In her memoir, Katherine A.

One memoir, about eight years I spent as a journalist in Poland 1966-1974.

The surprisingly hopeful story of how a straight, nonpromiscuous, everyday girl contracted HIV and how she manages to stay upbeat, inspired, and more positive about life than ever befo

Mother Shock is the state in which many new parents exist during those first confusing, chaotic and often comical ye

New in Paperback! August 4, 2009 release of the critically acclaimed memoir THE GEOGRAPHY OF LOVE.

"These are the stories from the boots that have been there, those who have walked the flight line those who have locked and loaded a thirty-round magazine and lifted the bodies of the dead.

Like A Year of Magical Thinking, this powerful and touching book is both an inspirational read and a comfort to those who are looking for help in overcoming loss.

To camp or not to camp? Sociologists turn the other way, this question is not for you.

Leaving my three young sons at home with their dad, I accompany my teenage sister to an underground rave in San Francisco to find out what I'm missing out on now that I'm a mother.

Growing up Catholic, in a family where the reforms of Vatican II are seen as the work of Satan.

"The hardest part of being the Grateful Dead's publicist was convincing the media that Dead Heads were diverse, thoughtful, and not infrequently accomplished.  If I'd just had a copy of Peter

A seventy-something Grandma barely survives her career-driven daughter’s quest for children and discovers a heart-warming new definition of family.CRYO KID: DRAWING A NEW M

"Life's Spices From Seasoned Sistahs" A Collection of Life Stories From Mature Women of Color These are true stories and poems from the voices of women of color.

Chicken Soup for the Adopted Soul will touch your heart with stories of finding and creating families.

Chauffeur. Chef. Referee. Confidante. Provider. As a single mother, you balance these roles and dozens more every day-so take a break with A Cup of Comfort for Single Mothers.

You know much joy your furry friend adds to your life and in this stunning new collection you'll find fifty more cats that will steal your heart-one meow at a time.

Having a spouse, sibling, or parent with Alzheimer’s affects a family in every way possible—and can leave people feeling like they have nowhere to turn.

Divorce in the twenty-first century should come with an instruction manual, a release valve, and a support system.

It takes a loving and caring couple to bring an adopted child into their home. And every year, thousands of couples make room in their homes—and their hearts—for these special children.

This book provides support during an emotional but exciting time for parents -- sending their children off to college, new homes, or careers.

Is your family a little weird? Do you have a couple of "dysfunctional" family members? You're not alone! Chicken Soup for the Soul presents YOUR FAMILY!

    This is the hardest book I shall ever write. In fact, if I'd had my way it would never have been written. ...

In April 20, 1999, Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold left an indelible stamp on the American psyche.

"Erma Bombeck with an edge." --U.S.A. Today

A collection of first person narrative *performance* poems, a precursor to "madness like morning glories."

When Patricia, the Italian-American, marries Gregori, the “gorgeous” Greek, she spends almost two decades in a sometimes tragic, sometimes uproarious pursuit of ‘Happily-Ever-After’.

One man has chosen to document his personal attempts to achieve the top of the homosexual heap.

Joel Derfner is gayer than you.

An evocative, gritty memoir by the leading woman writer of the Beat Generation.

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Novelist Tananarive is noted for works like The Black Rose; her mother, Patricia, was a civil rights activist with CORE.

A rare glimpse into the fascinating, sometimes terrifying, sometimes hilarious world of a modern ceremonial magician.

Robert Earle presents the first historical account of the strategic process that sought to reverse the negative consequences of the U.S.-led occupation of Iraq.

Ask any woman whose mother has died and she will tell you that she is irrevocably altered, as profoundly changed by her mother's death as she was by her mother's life.

When Hope Edelman, author of the New York Times bestseller Motherless Daughters, became a parent, she found herself revisiting the loss of her mother in ways she had never anticipate

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When Hurricane Katrina struck New Orleans, Abdulrahman Zeitoun, a prosperous Syrian-American and father of four, chose to stay through the storm to protect his house and contracting business.

More than an autobiography of an extraordinary woman, it is also the story of a century of French history as lived through the experiences and fates of three generations, the tumultuous history of the

Maria Finn's husband was cheating. First she threw him out. Then she cried. Then she signed up for tango lessons. ...

       "After reader Tiny Dancer, one cannot help but be in awe of the human spirit.  And it is a story of profound transformation, not merely physical, but that of the heart. ...

Gram Parons lived hard and died young, and left behind a musical legacy that has influenced generations of rock and country legends.

Vicki Forman gave birth to Evan and Ellie, weighing just a pound at birth, at twenty-three weeks’ gestation. ...

My essay "A Closing Circle: Musings on the Ioway Indians in Iowa" is in The Worlds Between Two Rivers: Perspectives on American Indians in Iowa (An Expanded Edition), Edited by Gretchen

The University of Alabama Press says about the book: "

Co-translation (with Brother Anthony of Taizé and Prof Young-moo Kim) of 165 selections from first ten volumes of magnum-opus work-in-progress by  celebrated Korean author Ko Un.  Extending now

Memoir of Jeanette Feldman, who overcame poverty and family struggles in the South Bronx during the Great Depression to become a fine artist, enjoy a loving family, and travel the world.

Gilman's stories tell of struggling to get a life and a clue.

A riveting modern heart of darkness full of Communist operatives, backpackers, and pancakes.

The landscape of American literature was fundamentally changed when Flannery O''Connor stepped onto the scene with her first published boo

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A young reader's (middle school/high school) biography of Linus Pauling, the great American chemist and only winner of two unshared Nobel Prizes.

A mosaic sketch of the twentieth century's leading chemist, and the only person to win two unshared Nobel Prizes, comprised of excerpts from his writings and original commentary.

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When Melissa's mother, Maggie, comes out, she packs up her three kids and leaves the safety of the only life she's ever known.

Elizabeth Hawes’s passionate pursuit of Camus began with her college thesis.

Charlotte Greenwood never intended to become a comedienne, but she was unfashionably tall at 5’ 10" and her early aspirations to become a great dramatic actress eventually led her to the field

Daughter of a Manchu aristocrat, granddaughter of a Boston merchant, educated like a boy in the Confucian classics, a baptized Catholic blessed by the hand of Pope Leo XIII, a woman who donned chic We

"In almost 80 movies," wrote Hollywood biographer Donald Spoto, "she was a pixie with a canny charm.

Paula Hendricks' collection of poems, short fiction, essays, and photographs, "September in Corrales," was written during her years in Santa Fe and Corrales, New Mexico.

In Shtetl (Yiddish for "small town"), critically-acclaimed author Eva Hoffman brings the lost world of Eastern European Jews back to vivid life, depicting its complex institutions a

This remarkable book is Eva Hoffman's personal story of her experiences as an emigre who loses and remakes her identity in a new land and translates her sense of self into a new culture and a diffe

Hoffman here proves herself a first-rate guide to Eastern Europe, offering vivid snapshots of conditions in the former Soviet satellites.

How fast can a person's life change?  Have you ever thought about how one event in a person's life can alter the path of not only that person, but the lives of those they encounter?  Have you rea

"The Lost Night is enthralling, a skillfully narrated story that begins as a tale of detection but becomes something more." —The New York Times ...