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A young male university graduate contracts an unusual marriage which results in a set of dizygotic twins and the ownership of an unusual home and life style.

Babcock and Laschever address the problem of why women don't ask for what they want, why they should, and how they can start.

These darkly humorous stories have a flourish of Nabokovian with that combines grandeur, kitsch, and the author's broad empathy with his characters.

Thirty years of seafood wisdom have been gathered into this cookbook and guide for cooks who want to know more than just how to bake or fry fish. Included are more than 160 original seafood recipes developed by the dedicated testers and tasters of the Seafood Lab kitchen in Carteret County, N.C.

Leading literary historian and eighteenth-century specialist Pat Rogers has long been recognized as an authority on Alexander Pope. This book addresses the many facets of the poet's world and work, presenting a substantial new essay on "Pope and the antiquarians" alongside considerably revised versions of essays published in journals, which together cover most of Pope's major writing. Essays on Pope gathers for the first time the best work on ...

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An account of the fierce repression and economic misery in wartime Spain 1936 45.

A compelling narrative relating the dramatic history of diamond making.

Hal Barron reconstructs the social and economic history of Chelsea, Vermont.

Michael Bensen, an ex-government operative, is asked by an old friend to help find his daughter, whom he last heard was in Tahiti. He reluctantly agrees to abandon his comfortable, carefree lifestyle to help his friend. How tough could it be to be paid to go to the beautiful Society Islands with his girlfriend, Diane and ask some questions? Michael encounters more than he bargained for when ancient customs meet modern day greed in the Eden of ...

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Lena, a young woman, leaves her job on the police force in the big city to get away from the corruption and politics. She heads for a remote town in the mountains to get some much needed rest and relaxation while deciding what she is going to do with her life and career. Little does Lena know that the trip she is about to take will change her life forever.On her vacation Lena makes some new friends but also gets caught up in the middle of the ...

It is difficult to ignore the fact that, even as the United States becomes much more racially and ethnically diverse, our neighborhoods remain largely segregated. The 1968 Fair Housing Act and 1977 Community Reinvestment Act promised to end discrimination, yet for millions of Americans housing options' remain far removed from the American Dream. Why do most neighborhoods in American cities continue to be racially divided? The problem, suggests...

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When Charles and Iola Medd left Thailand in June of 1957 they expected to return. For two years they had lived and worked together in the northeastern city of Nakhorn Rachisma for the United States Information Agency. Two for the price of one it was in those days! Prior to their leaving Thailand USIA Bangkok told Charles they wanted the Medds to return at the conclusion of their home leave. They were to be reassigned to Chiang Mai, a lovely ci...

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