Bøker utgitt av W. W. Norton & Company

By the late fall of 1630, the Black Plague had descended upon northern Italy. The prentice Magistry of Public Health, centered in Florence, took steps to contain and combat the scourge. In this essay, Carlo Cipolla recreates the daily struggle of plague-stricken Monte Lupo, a rustic Tuscan village, revealing in the vivid terms of actual events and personalities a central drama of Western civilization - the conflict between faith and reason, Church and state.

The Dodoth-a tall, handsome people of the northern tip of Uganda-are a tribe in transition. They are proud, often cruel, warrior herdsmen whose oldest members live just as they did hundreds of years ago, but whose younger members sometimes learn to read and write and have brushed against the modern world. Elizabeth Marshall Thomas accompanied three anthropological expeditions to Africa and lived among the Dodoth. She displays a remarkable ability to communicate with the tribespeople and describe their lives and customs.

Ars Poetica: a PolemicI am I.I am personal.I am subjective, intimate, private,particular,confessional.All that happens,happens to me.The landscape I describeis myself. . . .If you're interestedin birds, trees, rivers,try reference books.Don't read my poems.I'm no indexed bird,tree or river,just a registered Self.

On April 30, 1980, Geneviève Jurgensen found herself facing that question when she lost her four- and seven-year-old daughters to a drunk driver. Here she presents her search for an answer.