Voices From the Past

Reducere. DescriptionOur past does not simply disappear. The painful history of our ancestors and their rich cultural wisdom intertwine within us to create t...

Reducere. Recipient of the 2002 Bruce Catton Prize for Lifetime Achievement in Historical Writing. In this "stunning collection of documents" (Washington Pos...

Discover powerful quotes and stories from courageous American women past and present in Bravely, a beautiful collection from the team behind Quotab...

Reducere. When Jesus told His followers, "I will not leave you as orphans. I will come to you." (John 14: 18), He was referring to an ongoing relationship wi...

Reducere. On the verge of losing her laboratory, her savings, and all respect for herself, Pandora (Penny) Yee lands her first contract as scientific consult...

Reducere. Notes from a Divided Country, Kim's first collection of poetry, confronts a number of difficult subjects - colonialism, the Korean War, emigration,...

Reducere. From one of Spain's most celebrated writers, an extraordinary, inspired book--at once fiction, history, and memoir--that draws on the Sephardic dia...

History has rarely been told from a woman's point of view. Good Girls Don't Make History is an important graphic novel that amplifies the voices of...

Reducere. The Voice of a People: Speeches from Black America (2021) is a collection of speeches from some of the leading African American intellectuals, arti...

Reducere. Penguin's landmark poetry anthology Rita Dove, Pulitzer Prize winner and former Poet Laureate of the United States, introduces readers to the most ...

Reducere. A collection of 36 extraordinary stories originally told on stage, featuring work by writers, entertainers, thinkers, and community leaders. Spanni...

Reducere. A New York Times Book Review Editors' Choice Flying Couch, Amy Kurzweil's debut, tells the stories of three unforgettable women. Amy weaves her own...

Reducere. DescriptionCemeteries have stories to tell, voices to unearth--and lessons from the past that we can draw upon to better shape the future. If These...

Reducere. Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, was once synonymous with steel. But after the factories closed, the city bet its future on a new industry: casino gambling...

DescriptionPoetry. Spanning across continents and generations, Jason Eng Hun Lee's ambitious first collection maps the poet's formative childhood e...

The next generation of Parisian interior designers curated by the editors of French Architectural Digest. From Vincent Darre and Joseph Dirand to I...

A life well lived comes from listening to the advice of others. But with so many competing voices, where do you look? When a student wants to remem...

Reducere. " A]n excellent book..." --The Economist Financial Times Asia editor David Pilling presents a fresh vision of Japan, drawing on his own deep experi...

C. P. Cavafy is one of the most singular and poignant voices of twentieth-century European poetry, conjuring a magical interior world through lyric...

Reducere. Contributor(s): Author: Nikki GiovanniWhen Nikki Giovanni's poems first emerged from the Black Rights Movement in the late 1960s, she immediately t...

DescriptionA spellbinding novel about transience and mortality, by one of the most original voices in American literatureThe Silk Road begins on a ...

Reducere. Jewish Feminism: What Have We Accomplished? What Is Still to Be Done? "When you are in the middle of the revolution you can't really plan the next ...

Reducere. DescriptionThe latest addition to the acclaimed series showcasing the best sports writing from the past year For over twenty-five years, The Best A...

From Miss Lou to Bob Marley and Usain Bolt to Kamala Harris, Jamaica has had an outsized reach in global mainstream culture. Yet many of its most i...

Reducere. Wendy swore she would return . . . But Peter isn't willing to wait. After marooning himself on Neverland to ensure his crew's return home, Peter is...

Reducere. Pariahs is a book full of wild flames, of tigers, of tigers, burning bright, in the forests of the night. The construction of this book may at firs...

Reducere. Explorers like Amelia Earhart and Chris Hadfield. Pioneers like Marie Curie and Margaret E. Knight. Modern icons like John Green and the Dalai Lama...

The Shambhala Anthology of Women's Spiritual Poetry celebrates the unique spiritual life of women through a rich selection of poetry written over t...

No state has been so frequently mocked, maligned, or misunderstood as New Jersey. Yet the state is filled with amazing places and people who rarely...

Reducere. Manfred, the lord of the castle of Otranto, has long lived in dread of an ancient prophecy: it's foretold that when his family line ends, the true ...

Ten years ago, The Great New Wilderness Debate began a cross-disciplinary conversation about the varied constructions of "wilderness" and the contr...

Reducere. As Cole Swensen argues in the introduction to this comprehensive new anthology, the long-acknowledged "fundamental division" between experimental a...

Reducere. Contributor(s): Author: Piri ThomasIn this collection of short stories, Piri Thomas (author of the bestselling autobiography, Down These Mean Stree...

Reducere. A woman diagnosed with dissociative identity disorder reveals her harrowing journey from abuse to recovery in this #1 New York Times bestselling au...

Reducere. A beautiful series of full-color portraits of LGBTQ people over the age of fifty Even with the extraordinary strides the LGBTQ movement has made in...

Reducere. A triumphant, genre-bending breakout novel from one of the boldest new voices in contemporary fiction Vern--seven months pregnant and desperate to ...

Reducere. Astonishingly relevant portraits of the lives of seven women mystics Known to more than a million readers as the coauthor of the classic vegetarian...

Reducere. London has the greatest literary tradition of any city in the world. Its roll call of storytellers includes cultural giants like Shakespeare, Defoe...

Reducere. How to Move Mountains The extraordinary mystic Neville Goddard (1905-1972) is one of today's most influential metaphysical voices--and spiritual wr...

Reducere. Is there life after death? This is a question that has intrigued mankind since the beginning of history. Now Colin Wilson, author of The Outsider a...

Reducere. Sometimes the voices that speak most clearly in the present are those that echo from the past. So it is in this Christian classic by the late pasto...

Reducere. Confucius, the Buddha, Jesus, and Muhammad are among the most thoughtful and influential people in history. By their words and examples, they have ...

When Baker received a MakeWork grant to write about Chattanooga's unheard voices, Sybil Baker had no idea that her project would take her from the ...

Reducere. From New York Times bestselling author Karen Robards, whom Newsweek magazine calls "one of the most popular voices in women's fiction, " comes a th...

Reducere. In a book that will touch hearts and minds, acclaimed cultural historian Marilyn Yalom presents firsthand accounts of six witnesses to war, each of...

Reducere. Like Rachel, stepmoms and moms can turn their cries into song by finding their voices and healing the past with spiritual tools, speaking their tru...

Reducere. The latest addition to the acclaimed series showcasing the best sports writing from the past year. For over twenty-five years, The Best American Sp...

Reducere. A groundbreaking collection of essays and stories by, about, and selected by gay American Indians from over twenty North American tribes. From the ...

"In this remarkable new cookbook, Bergo provides stories, photographs and inventive recipes."--Star Tribune With a passion for bringing a taste of ...

Reducere. DescriptionThis Reader from the Uncovering the Past series provides a comprehensive introduction to American Indianhistory. Over 60 primary documen...

Reducere. After years of occupying a vexed position in the American academy, Philippine studies has come into its own, emerging as a trenchant and dynamic sp...

Reducere. One of the most powerful novels about the experience of war, first published in 1985Captured by Hirohito's soldiers at the fall of Hong Kong and tr...

Reducere. Named for the anarchist utopia in Ursula K. Le Guin's science fiction classic The Dispossessed, Dispatches from Anarres embodies the anarchic spiri...

A dazzling anthology of essays by some of the best writers of the past quarter century--from Barry Lopez and Margo Jefferson to David Sedaris and S...

Reducere. More than 1.5 million North Carolinians today live in poverty. More than one in five are children. Behind these sobering statistics are the faces o...

Reducere. One of the first steps in our spiritual journey is the relationship with Egun. We setup an ancestor alter and faithfully make offerings and discuss...

Contributor(s): Author: Dan RussellAuthor: Craig BorlaseFor twenty-one years Dan Russell trained for four to six hours a day, six days a week in pu...

DescriptionThis lively and compelling book by Paul Murray OP names and celebrates aspects of the Dominican tradition which are at the very core of ...

Reducere. Recipes from a very small kitchen by a man with a very large talent. Nobody better embodies the present-day mantra "Eat real food in season" than D...

Reducere. Vanderhaeghe is] the best all-round novelist at work in Canada today. . . A Good Man is the kind of impeccably crafted, Dickensian charmer we have ...

Reducere. FBI agent Genna Snow's successful career cannot fully erase the heartache of a shattered childhood. After breaking the silence surrounding the abus...

"...a gripping saga backed by historical precedent and individual lives alike." -Midwest Book ReviewTwo distinct voices emerge: one, a jaded ex-cop...

Reducere. The hottest young voices in urban literature and New York Times best-selling authors of The Cartel series, Ashley & JaQuavis bring you the first in...

Reducere. Music and loud voices echo through the woods surrounding her. Wiping her tears, she hears the rustle of leaves close by. Footsteps. She has no time...

Reducere. Told through the voices of a mother-daughter writing team, Addicted Like Me offers a detailed personal account of addiction and how it affects the ...

Bestselling novelist Karen Witemeyer joins award-winning authors Regina Jennings, Amanda Dykes, and Nicole Deese for this Texas-sized romance novel...

Contributor(s): Author: Arlette FargeForeword by: Natalie Zemon DavisTranslator: Thomas Scott-RailtonAn exquisite appreciation of the distinctive r...

DescriptionShortlisted for the T. S. Eliot PrizeFinalist for the Forward Prize for Best CollectionThe extraordinary new poetry collection by Tracy ...

A memoir of gay life in 1970s Long Island by one of the leading proponents of the New Narrative movement.Fascination brings together an early memoi...

This volume examines the legacy of the East-West divide since the implosion of the communist regimes in Europe. The ideals of 1989 have largely bee...