"Racial Castration", the first book to bring together the fields of Asian American studies and psychoanalytic theory, explores the role of sexuality in racial formation and the place of race in sexual identity. David L. Eng examines images - literary, visual, and filmic - that configure past as well[...]

Great works and authors of the world are introduced and reviewed artistically, intellectually, and theologically. Persons discussed include Plato, Milton, Dickens, Shakespeare, Charlotte Bronte, Mark Twain, and C.S. Lewis.[...]

A new edition of the 1974 classic. A list of questions for discussion makes this an idea book for study groups as well as for individual contemplation.[...]

Finding a book on the chemical elements that is neither an advanced, graduate-level text nor a simplistic overview for children is virtually impossible. Now, with "Exploring Chemical Elements and Their Compounds, " David L. Heiserman provides the perfect guide for anyone who needs a good solid intro[...]

"It requires but little if any, stretch of the imagination to regard Omaha as a cesspool of iniquity, for it is given up to lawlessness and is overrun with a horde of fugitives from justice and dangerous men of all kinds who carry things with a high hand and a loose rein...If you want to find a rogu[...]

Some media investigations sway public opinion and serve as the impetus for government reforms, while others, seemingly of equal importance, just die. This volume--the first systematic study of investigative reporting in the post-Watergate era--explores how and why this happens. Based on a decade-lon[...]

Brings together traditional solid state physics and contemporary condensed matter physics, providing an up-to-date, concise introduction for undergraduate students.[...]

Of all the Bible's personalities, David is the most profoundly human. Courageous, cunning, and complex, he lives life to the hilt. Whatever he does, he does with all his might, exuding both vitality and vulnerability. No wonder it has been said that Israel revered Moses yet loved David. But what do [...]

A sensitive and realistic look at the spiritual life and practices of the AmishThis second book by the authors of the award-winning "Amish Grace" sheds further light on the Amish, this time on their faith, spirituality, and spiritual practices. They interpret the distinctive practices of the Amish w[...]