Frederick Busch has built a reputation as a master storyteller, a magician with words, and a writer who deserves to be a household name. In his new novel, Girls, he once again treats readers to the "ice-clear, dagger-sharp" (Seattle Times) writing he's become known for and a story that's deeply affecting, terrifying, and tragic. Jack is a security officer at an upstate New York college. When 14-year-old Janice Tanner vanishes from a neighboring town, he reluctantly becomes involved in the search as a favor to a friend of the girl's parents. A suicidal young woman, a teenage runaway, and two more missing girls make it impossible for Jack to drive resurfacing memories of his own daughter's death from his mind. In the course of the investigation, as he comes to confront Janice's murderer, Jack comes to realize just how dangerous it is to be a girl: "I wondered if girls had been kidnapped, murdered, preyed upon for years. Maybe it was the times, and therefore everything human and otherwise from when we began might not be at fault." Girls is a novel that is both a thriller and a stylistic wonder, and, like its protagonist, is tender and tough at the same time.

The Scientific Attitude presents a systematic account of the cognitive and social features of science. Written by an experimental biologist actively engaged in research, the work is unique in its attempt to understand science in terms of day-to-day practice. The book goes beyond the traditional description of science that focuses on method and logic to characterize the scientific attitude as a way of looking at the world.

A stunning new collection from the "beguiling and magisterial" poet ( The New York Times Book Review ) "Something is going on. Something is wrong." Frederick Seidel—the "ghoul" ( Chicago Review ), the "triumphant outsider" ( Contemporary Poetry Review )—returns with a dangerous new collection of poems. Nice Weather presents the sexual and political themes that have long preoccupied Seidel—and thrilled and offended his readers. Lyrical, grotesque, elegiac, this book adds new music and menace to his masterful body of work.

Who are we? Neither officers nor functionaries of the Worker-Student Action Committees; neither presidents nor secretaries of the movement; neither spokesmen nor representatives of the revolutionaries. We’re two militants who met at the barricades and in Censier; who shared a project with each other as with thousands of other militants active in Paris in May and June 1968. Why are we writing this account of the May-June events? Not in order to describe a spectacle, nor a history which is to “enlighten” future generations. Our goal is to make transparent, to ourselves and to those who are engaged in the same project, our shortcomings, our lack of foresight, our lack of action. Our aim is to clarify the extent to which our concrete actions furthered the revolutionary project

This is a posthumous collection of essays in political philosophy by G.A. Cohen. Part I asks what egalitarians have most reason to equalize. Part II considers the relationship between freedom and property. Part III reflects upon ideal theory and political practice

"this book fills a gap in psychological literature. It gives both the professional and the psychologically minded layman a welcome set of bearings in territory which-at any rate to begin with-most people find rather hard of access....I would like to recommend this book most cordially to the reading C G. Jung May 1949

Americans have always defined themselves in terms of their freedoms--of speech, of religion, of political dissent. How we interpret our history of slavery--the ultimate denial of these freedoms--deeply affects how we understand the very fabric of our democracy. This extraordinary collection of essays by some of America's top historians focuses on how African Americans resisted slavery and how they responded when finally free. Ira Berlin sets the stage by stressing the relationship between how we understand slavery and how we discuss race today. The remaining essays offer a richly textured examination of all aspects of slavery in America. John Hope Franklin and Loren Schweninger recount actual cases of runaway slaves, their motivations for escape and the strains this widespread phenomenon put on white slave-owners. Scott Hancock explores how free black Northerners created a proud African American identity out of the oral history of slavery in the south. Edward L. Ayers, William G. Thomas III, and Anne Sarah Rubin draw upon their remarkable Valley of the Shadow website to describe the wartime experiences of African Americans living on both borders of the Mason-Dixon line. Noah Andre Trudeau turns our attention to the war itself, examining the military experience of the only all-black division in the Army of the Potomac. And Eric Foner gives us a new look at how black leaders performed during the Reconstruction, revealing that they were far more successful than is commonly acknowledged--indeed, they represented, for a time, the fulfillment of the American ideal that all people could aspire to political office. Wide-ranging, authoritative, and filled with invaluable historical insight, Slavery, Resistance, Freedom brings a host of powerful voices to America's evolving conversation about race.

"Stimulated by Darwin's relatively uninformed but obviously intelligent questions, Dover takes the father of evolution on an exhilarating roller-coaster ride through recent genetic discoveries. In recounting stories from the treasure trove of modern biology, Dover exposes the naively deterministic view of selfish genes and their supposed lonely pursuits of self-replication and self-immortalization. He reveals a world of evolution far more intricate and subtle than can be expected from the notion of natural selection acting alone - a world in which genes are born to cooperate, as a consequences of newly discovered genetic processes."--BOOK JACKET.Title Summary field provided by Blackwell North America, Inc. All Rights Reserved

Another Century of War? is a candid and critical look at America's "new wars" by a brilliant and provocative analyst of its old ones. Gabriel Kolko's masterly studies of conflict have redefined our views of modern warfare and its effects; in this urgent and timely treatise, he turns his attention to our current crisis and the dark future it portends. Another Century of War? insists that the roots of terrorism lie in America's own cynical policies in the Middle East and Afghanistan, a half-century of realpolitik justified by crusades for oil and against communism. The latter threat has disappeared, but America has become even more ambitious in its imperialist adventures and, as the recent crisis proves, even less secure. America, Kolko contends, reacts to the complexity of world affairs with its advanced technology and superior firepower, not with realistic political response and negotiation. He offers a critical and well-informed assessment of whether such a policy offers any hope of attaining greater security for America. Raising the same hard-hitting questions that made his Century of War a "crucial" ( Globe and Mail ) assessment of our age of conflict, Kolko asks whether the wars of the future will end differently from those in our past.

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The triumph of the forward-looking Impressionists over the deadwood of the French Academy is a familiar story to art lovers. Now this challenging book adds a new dimension to that period, showing that at the same time the Naturalists were shaping a different view of painting.

French philosopher and Talmudic commentator Emmanuel Levinas (1906-1995) is best known for his two major, highly original works on ethics, Totality and Infinity (1961) and Otherwise Than Being or Beyond Essence (1974). Among his lesser known works is a short but remarkable essay published in 1934, "Refections on the Philosophy of Hitlerism," in which he considers German conservatism and the Nazi movement, and reflects on Western philosophy's capacity to insure itself against 'elemental evil.' Difficult Justice uses this essay as an introduction to a collection of papers on Levinas's ethical and political thought. In this volume editors Asher and Gad Horowitz bring together contributors from a variety of disciplines and backgrounds to explore how Levinas's work relates to a broad range of contemporary philosophical and political questions. In particular, they examine Levinas's challenge to liberalism 'to find another kinship for man ... absolutely opposed to oppression,' and his movement beyond liberalism to embrace 'the claim of the Other.' This thought-provoking collection will not only be invaluable to Levinas scholars, it will also be of interest to those working in the areas of Jewish studies, women's studies, and political theory. Contributors: Keith Anderson Shannon Bell Robert Bernasconi Mielle Chandler Tina Chanter Marinos Diamantides Rosalyn Diprose Enrique Dussel Oona Eisenstadt Robert Gibbs Asher Horowitz Gad Horowitz Ze'ev Levy Joseph Rosen Brian Schroeder Victoria Tahmasebi

Blonde Poison is based on the true story of a Jewish woman during World War II who betrayed up to 3,000 fellow Jews. Gail Louw's powerful play examines the motivation of evil. Stella Goldschlag was living illegally in war-torn Berlin when she herself was betrayed and tortured. When offered the chance of saving herself and her parents from the death camps, she agreed to be a 'Greifer' for the Gestapo and inform on Jews in hiding. She was extraordinarily successful in this and her activities increased after her parents had finally been deported. The vast dimensions of Stella's character range from tortured victim to cruel killer, from loving daughter to betrayer of friends, from gentle lover to depraved promiscuity. She was given the name 'Blonde Poison' by the Gestapo who revelled in her treachery. Decades after the war Stella agrees to be interviewed by a well-respected journalist – her last chance for redemption. Can she ever be released from her past? Winner of an Argus Angel Award for artistic excellence (Brighton Festival 2012). Winner of the San Francisco Best Fringe Award 2016.

A volume of poetry by 50 writers from antiquity to present. It includes: translations of biblical and rabbinic literature; poems from the medieval period; Sarah Horowitz's intimate lyric poems woven into communal prayers from the early modern period; and contemporary poetry.

First Edition, 1966.Sewn binding in cloth cover with slight bumping at binding edge. DC has age wear and back has slight tear. Page edges have some staining and poxing. es25

This book presents a comprehensive, balanced, well-researched, yet candid overview of one of the saddest and most unsavory topics of our time. Sad is the tale, because it sets out the enormity of a blight that is damaging or destroying the lives of increasing numbers of young persons. Unsavory it has become, because it necessarily implicates either the neglect or willful greed of trainers, managers, owners, university powers, and media purveyors who have exploited sports for their own small gains with little or no regard for the well-being or fulfillment of the athletes. Chemical shortcuts designed to enhance the athletic prowness, dissolve the tensions, or sharpen the ecstasy of the performer probably have seduced athletes for as long as peaceful physical competition has existed. Today, the drugs have become harder and exert commensurately more devastating permanent effects on the players as the epidemic enlarges and the wide-range of available drugs assume an increasing capacity to enslave- even to kill- their takers. This book describes in detail the scope of the problem, the affected number of athletes, the many substances abused, and the difficulties in treating what has become an international scandal. -- from Foreword.

Intended mainly for readers tracing their family roots and seeking information on the fate of their relatives during the Holocaust. Proposes a search technique and describes resources available to conduct Holocaust research (archives, Jewish societies, Yizkor Books, international tracing service, etc.). Dwells on the main facilities with large collections of Holocaust materials: Yad Vashem, YIVO, the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum, the Leo Baeck Institute, and some others. Pp. 109-187 contain appendices: lists of towns with published Yizkor Books, libraries with large collections of Yizkor Books, towns described in the Soviet Extraordinary State Commission documentation, Holocaust resource centers throughout the world, and Jewish genealogical societies. Pp. 181-187 contain the results of Mokotoff's research on the fate of his family (Mokotow), most of whose members were murdered in the Holocaust.