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From the recipe novel to the celebrity chef, renowned scholar Sandra Gilbert explores the poetics and politics of food.

A startling, paradigm-shifting exploration of the revolutionary part of the American Revolution: the ideas that changed the world for good.

One of the most powerful (though deceptively simple) of current ideas is Erik H. Erikson's insight into the nature of the interrelationships of the psychogenic development of an individual and the historical development of the times.

Ortega deals here with the roots and historical justification of philosophy, and the question of philosophy's essential unity.

This Norton Critical Edition of Milton's Selected Poetry and Prose includes "Lycidas"-widely considered the greatest short poem in English-the great tragedy Samson Agonistes, the masque Comus, the brief epic Paradise Regained, and eighteen sonnets as well as other poems. It also contains the complete text of five of Milton's major prose works, among them Areopagitica and The Doctrine of Discipline and Divorce. Each major work is accompanied by an individual introduction, and all works have ample explanatory annotations.The major biblical sources that inspired Milton's writing are reprinted, along with fourteen scholarly interpretations of the major texts. From the wealth of commentary on Milton's poetry and prose, the editor has chosen those works that can be studied and appreciated by the greatest number of readers, including essays that can easily be paired for discussion in the classroom. Contributors include Anthony Hecht, William Kerrigan, Mary Nyquist, Stanley Fish, Barbara K. Lewalski, John Carey, and Sharon Achinstein, among others.A Chronology and Selected Bibliography are also included.

"Excellent...Tucker's chronicle of the world of 17th-century science in London and Paris is fascinating." -The Economist

A Los Angeles Times Best Book of 2001 and a Washington Post Book World 2001 Rave.

Sometimes controversial, invariably fascinating, Lacan's psycholinguistic approach to analysis of the psychoses is seen here in virtually unmediated form.

This book, a companion to the authors' Escape from Babel, describes therapy with a number of patients who had defeated numerous clinicians and become "veterans" of the system. Using a flexible approach that emphasizes relationship, hope, and a plan for the future, the authors turn these cases around, setting the clients on a path of independence and health.

For those who have had it with the "Boys of Summer" playing "The Summer Game" on a "Field of Dreams", here is a blackly funny reality check--featuring a rogue's gallery of cheats, misers, sadists, racists, egomaniacs, substance abusers, gamblers, and criminals who have participated in America's favorite sport.

Born into a Georgia sharecropper family, Hosea Hudson moved to Birmingham, Alabama, to work in the steel mills in the turbulent 1930s and '40s and became a member of the Communist Party. This collaborative oral autobiography gives a vivid picture of the life and times of a black radical.

Hiking routes let you explore the same areas of MA, NH, and ME that Thoreau explored.

Grow more veggies-in less space and with less work-than you ever thought possible!

A terrific guide to the history of Eastern Pennsylvania and its environs.

Lace up your boots, grab this guide, and explore the great outdoors!

The most delicious recipes of the past recast for today's home cook.

The help you need identifying the dormant but visible vestiges of spring and summer wildflowers and other plants.

Easy access to cascades, cataracts, and more.

Lace up your boots, grab this guide, and explore the great outdoors!

The story of how land can blossom-literally-with proper management.

The first-and still the best-guide to Oregon's wine country from well-connected local wine experts.

To hike and explore the southwest canyon country is to experience a world unlike any other, and award-winning author Brian Lane places his nearly twenty years experience hiking throughout this area to good use in detailing day hikes and backpacking excursions.

Full of fun facts, myths, secrets, and cookie recipes apt to make you as famous as Amos among your family and friends, The Great American Chocolate Chip Cookie Book makes for great reading and great baking.

Thinking about hiking into the Grand Canyon? If so, this book is for you.

Paddle the Capital!

Gordon Sullivan, a Montana native and professional photographer, will guide you to the highlights of the state and shows you how to shoot those places most effectively and when to do so in terms of weather, light conditions etc. Further, Gordon's lifetime in the state will lead you to many backroad opportunities and access points not known to the occasional visitor.

Cat Urbigkit journeys alone to spend a season on Wyoming's open range tending to a herd of domestic sheep as they give birth amid the challenges of nature - from severe weather to a wealth of predators. Her only companions are the livestock guardian animals (BIG dogs and a pair of burros named Bill and Hillary!) that repeatedly prove their worth in devotion to protecting the herd.

Lace up your boots, grab this guide, and explore the great outdoors!

The Maine dogfish are gone-fished to the brink of extinction. Gone too is Linda Jane, and with her the love and the subjunctive Maine that they might have shared. And what of that fabled "Old Maine"? Is it gone for good?

From the Blue Ridge Mountains to the beach, in this book travelers and their dogs will find hotels and inns that offer canine-inspired Southern hospitality as well as a wide array of things to do with your best canine pal. Virginia truly is for dog lovers.