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A National Book Award Finalist for FictionSet in the Texas/Mexico border country in the years from 1944 to the present, The River Beyond the World is the story of two women on the edge of sexual, moral, political, and spiritual divides. Luisa Cantú is a girl from a Sierra Madre mountain village. After being impregnated in a fertility ritual of ancient origin, she leaves Mexico to work in the Rio Grande Valley of Texas as a housemaid for Mrs. E...

With a compact, convenient format readers love, this book features 75 easy, enjoyable crosswords--all the fun of puzzling without the headache.

Ever since Betty Edwards wrote Drawing on the Right Side of the Brain (now over a million copies in print), Americans have discovered the advantages of tapping into right-brain thinking. Now, the team of Keith Harary and Pamela Weintraub present the first absolutely accessible guide to the wonders of right-brain learning that produce results in less than a month. Charts.

Something exciting has been happening in modern SF. After decades of confusion, many of the field's best writers have been returning to the subgenre called, roughly, "hard SF"-science fiction focused on science and technology, often with strong adventure plots. Now, World Fantasy Award-winning editors David G. Hartwell and Kathryn Cramer present an immense, authoritative anthology that maps the development and modern-day resurgence of this for...

Despite their enormous underground success in America, Phish were, until recently, the world's biggest unknown rock'n'roll band. Gibbon navigates the wild, fascinating Phish subculture with verve and a keen eye.

In this witty, innovative novel of a modern relationship, de Botton explores the progress of a love affair from first meeting to breaking up, intercut with musings on the nature of art and love. "A cross between Milan Kundera and Erich Segal, with some Vonnegut thrown in for spice".--Kirkus Reviews.

Safeguard your family with the first easy and practical guide to dealing withprivacy issues and identity theft in the age of the World Wide Web.

From the steaming jungles of the Amazon, to the arid mountains of Syria, from the herbal markets of China to the high Peruvian plateau, Chris Kilham, an ethnobiologist has searched for natural supplements to enhance libido, improve sexual function, and increase sexual pleasure. These natural agents of desire include maca, yohimbe, catuaba, mucuna puriens, cordyceps, ashwagandha, cacao, horny goat weed, zallou root, and the legendary Tzepau San...

Advance Praise for "Seven Blessings" "Arranged marriages will never look the same. Ruchama King transforms the life of Orthodox Jerusalem into the universal terms of love and courtship---and yes, real intimacy and self-fulfillment. A perceptive and charming book."--- Risa Miller, author of "Welcome to Heavenly Heights" "Ruchama King is herself a great matchmaker---between the sensual and the ethereal, between subtle storytelling and startling ...

Dr. Jane Greer, a classically trained therapist, began with the belief that the bond that exists between the living and the dead is not purely a psychological one, but is, in fact, much more dynamic and empowering. In the shattering aftermath of her own mother's death, Dr. Greer learned---and shows us as well---that transcommunication is not simply a "hello from heaven" but a powerful therapeutic tool that is available to any of us. Through th...

The last place that Chief of Police Susan Wren expects to find herself is in the middle of a real-life soap opera. But when a Hollywood film crew comes to the small town of Hampstead, Kansas, there seems to be more drama off the stage than on it. On a film shoot one day, a fatal accident befalls stunt-double Kay Bender. A dead-ringer for the stunning screen star Laura Edwards, Kay may have been the unfortunate victim of a murderous plot to get...

Reporter Maxey Burnell is co-owner - along with her attractive, infuriatingly irresponsible ex-husband, Reece - of an alternative weekly newspaper in Boulder, Colorado. Driving home late one night Maxey is nearly sideswiped by a runaway van - victim of a teenager's prank, according to the police. But soon after, her landlady, Mrs. Waterford, is killed in a similar accident, and distraught Timothy Waterford asks Maxey to look into his grandmoth...

Celebrating the misguided antics, bizarre statements, and baffling lifestyles of the world's most famous musical "talents", this fun, authoritative book presents a wealth of jaw-dropping facts and anecdotes about such icons of rock music as Madonna, The Grateful Dead, The Rolling Stones, Spice Girls, Courtney Love, and others. 45 photos.

Simple Suburban Murder is the book that started it all--the debut novel of Lambda Literary Award winner Mark Richard Zubro.When a gay high school teacher starts investigating a colleague's murder, he finds beneath the calm veneer of his Midwestern suburb a seamy underbelly of gambling, prostitution, and child abuse.

Now in paperback, today's most celebrated writers explore literature and the literary life in an inspirational collection of original essays.

Drawn from the Pulitzer Prize-winning "New York Times" series on race relations, these are "powerful, troubling essays on the most urgent and significant of subjects" ("Kirkus Reviews"). 15 photos.

Essays discuss feminism, reform, lesbianism, education, the media, and the status of women around the world.

This controversial account of Albert Einstein's scandalous personal life challenges the image of this genius, painting a shocking portrait that exposes him as "an adulterous, egomaniacal misogynist who may have even beaten his first wife"(The New York Times Sunday Magazine). Photos.

A groundbreaking collection of essays and stories by, about, and selected by gay American Indians from over twenty North American tribes. From the preface by Randy Burns (Northern Paiute):Gay American Indians are active members of both the American Indian and gay communities. But our voices have not been heard. To end this silence, GAI is publishing Living the Spirit: A Gay American Indian Anthology.Living the Spirit honors the past and presen...

In September 1991, over 4, 000 U.S. Navy and Marine Corps aviation officers met in Las Vegas for the 35th Annual Tailhook Symposium, a long-standing professional convention of naval aviators. Over the weekend, the parties and drunken behavior raged out of control and resulted in widespread damage to the hotel, 90 identified victims of indecent assault, 140 officers referred for possible court-martial or disciplinary action, and the demotion, t...