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Jose Antonia Burciaga, Mimi Reisel Gladstein, Daniel Chacon
An anthology of José Antonio Burciaga’s work that preserves the humor, art, and cultural force of his Chicano writing.
サンドロ・ヴェロネージ, 黒井 博美, 大谷 敏子
A novel in which a chance encounter with a stranger begins to unravel the secrets buried in a man's family and past. A single revelation shakes the foundations of fatherhood, marriage, and memory.
サミュエル R.ディレイニー, 岡部 宏之
A science-fiction novel of codebreaking, conspiracy, and the power of language to reshape thought and identity.
Leonard Susskind
What happens when something is sucked into a black hole? Does it disappear? Three decades ago, a young physicist named Stephen Hawking claimed it did, and in doing so put at risk everything we know about physics and the fundamental laws of the universe. Most scientists didn't recognize the import of Hawking's claims, but Leonard Susskind and Gerard t'Hooft realized the threat, and responded with a counterattack that changed the course of physics. The Black Hole War is the thrilling story of their united effort to reconcile Hawking's revolutionary theories of black holes with their own sense of reality -- effort that would eventually result in Hawking admitting he was wrong, paying up, and Susskind and t'Hooft realizing that our world is a hologram projected from the outer boundaries of space. A brilliant book about modern physics, quantum mechanics, the fate of stars and the deep mysteries of black holes, Leonard Susskind's account of the Black Hole War is mind-bending and exhilarating reading.
Anita Notaro
A popular contemporary novel about relationships and self-renewal. Written with humour and warmth, it follows characters through difficulty and hope, and it has found a wide readership.
G. M. Malliet
A book that follows its subject through conflict, memory, or discovery, with a strong emphasis on character and atmosphere.
Zoë Ferraris
Zoë Ferraris’s electrifying debut of taut psychological suspense offers an unprecedented window into Saudi Arabia and the lives of men and women there. When sixteen-year-old Nouf goes missing, along with a truck and her favorite camel, her prominent family calls on Nayir al-Sharqi, a desert guide, to lead a search party. Ten days later, just as Nayir is about to give up in frustration, her body is discovered by anonymous desert travelers. But when the coroner’s office determines that Nouf died not of dehydration but from drowning, and her family seems suspiciously uninterested in getting at the truth, Nayir takes it upon himself to find out what really happened to her. This mission will push gentle, hulking, pious Nayir, a Palestinian orphan raised by his bachelor uncle, to delve into the secret life of a rich, protected teenage girl—in one of the most rigidly gender-segregated of Middle Eastern societies. Initially horrified at the idea of a woman bold enough to bare her face and to work in public, Nayir soon realizes that if he wants to gain access to the hidden world of women, he will have to join forces with Katya Hijazi, a lab worker at the coroner’s office. Their partnership challenges Nayir, bringing him face to face with his desire for female companionship and the limitations imposed by his beliefs. It also ultimately leads them both to surprising revelations. Fast-paced and utterly transporting, Finding Nouf offers an intimate glimpse inside a closed society and a riveting literary mystery.
Karin Kallmaker
CJ lives on guard, carrying secrets she cannot fully relax around. When she meets Karita, her longing for friendship, roots, and someone who knows her real name surfaces, and the two women are pulled between a kiss meant for tonight and feelings that reach further.
Mabel L Robinson, Lynd Ward
""Runner of the Mountain Tops: The Life of Louis Agassiz"" is a biography written by Mabel L. Robinson that tells the story of Louis Agassiz, a renowned Swiss-American naturalist and geologist who lived in the 19th century. The book follows Agassiz's life from his early years in Switzerland, where he developed a fascination for natural history, to his move to the United States, where he became a professor at Harvard University and a leading figure in the scientific community.The book explores Agassiz's many achievements, including his groundbreaking work in the field of glaciology, his contributions to the study of fossils and marine biology, and his efforts to promote scientific education and research. It also delves into his personal life, including his marriage to fellow scientist Elizabeth Cary Agassiz and his relationships with other notable figures of his time, such as Charles Darwin.Throughout the book, Robinson provides a vivid and engaging portrait of Agassiz, drawing on a wealth of primary sources, including letters, diaries, and scientific papers. She also offers insights into the broader cultural and intellectual context in which Agassiz lived and worked, shedding light on the scientific and social issues of the day.Overall, ""Runner of the Mountain Tops: The Life of Louis Agassiz"" is a comprehensive and compelling biography that offers a fascinating glimpse into the life and work of one of the most important scientific figures of the 19th century.This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the old original and may contain some imperfections such as library marks and notations. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions, that are true to their original work.
George Eaton Simpson, J. Milton Yinger
An academic study that organizes prejudice and discrimination against racial and cultural minorities as a problem that cuts across social structures. It analyzes how bias develops and persists across institutions such as the economy, politics, religion, and education.
Raja Shehadeh
Raja Shehadeh is a passionate hill walker. He enjoys nothing more than heading out into the countryside that surrounds his home. But in recent years, his hikes have become less than bucolic and sometimes downright dangerous. That is because his home is Ramallah, on the Palestinian West Bank, and the landscape he traverses is now the site of a tense standoff between his fellow Palestinians and settlers newly arrived from Israel. In this original and evocative book, we accompany Raja on six walks taken between 1978 and 2006. The earlier forays are peaceful affairs, allowing our guide to meditate at length on the character of his native land, a terrain of olive trees on terraced hillsides, luxuriant valleys carved by sacred springs, carpets of wild iris and hyacinth and ancient monasteries built more than a thousand years ago. Shehadeh's love for this magical place saturates his renderings of its history and topography. But latterly, as seemingly endless concrete is poured to build settlements and their surrounding walls, he finds the old trails are now impassable and the countryside he once traversed freely has become contested ground. He is harassed by Israeli border patrols, watches in terror as a young hiking companion picks up an unexploded missile and even, on one occasion when accompanied by his wife, comes under prolonged gunfire. Amid the many and varied tragedies of the Middle East, the loss of a simple pleasure such as the ability to roam the countryside at will may seem a minor matter. But in Palestinian Walks, Raja Shehadeh's elegy for his lost footpaths becomes a heartbreaking metaphor for the deprivations of an entire people estranged from their land.
Robert Creeley, Penelope Creeley
A large collected volume of Robert Creeley’s poems from 1975 to 2005. Through the fragmentary precision of his late work, the book shows the shape of a long poetic career.