This novel, like the author’s most famous book, Ordinary People, examines the sadness and loss that lurk just beneath the surface of family life. Sheriff Hugh DeWitt and his wife lost their infant son to Sudden Infant Death Syndrome.... Read More

Like the switchback mountains, lush valleys, and rushing waters of its setting, this account will capture readers with deceptively simple descriptions of life in Latin America. Only gradually, through the author’s depiction of a... Read More

Judging from recent economic history, charity won’t soon be rendered obsolete. Too many people who’ve made the United States their home suffer from hunger, disease, loneliness, or neglect. Some are lucky enough to cross paths with... Read More

The issue of raising student achievement is a concern across the country. Christine Nandi takes up the torch prescribing a set of “shoulds” and “musts” for students parents and teachers that she claims will “upsurge student... Read More

German police investigator Thomas Freiderich has family scattered all over the world. When he learns that his nephew Jusef may be involved in a planned terrorist attack against the United States he feels compelled to locate the youth and... Read More

Joseph Pilarski paints a frightening picture of the future: the world is caught in the grips of a power struggle as Iranian operatives make a bid for copper the last component they need to complete nuclear missiles. Determined to win the... Read More

The legendary Koropokkurs are a race of shy small and helpful people who appear repeatedly in Japanese folklore. Although the details of their disappearance differ from story to story most tales agree that they left our world after some... Read More

The contemporary revitalization of shamanism as well as the incorporation of shamanic elements into many New Age movements makes it high time for a new comprehensive assessment of the tradition. In Introduction to Shamanism University of... Read More