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Poetry. Like the climatic force to which its title alludes, Michael Dowdy's collection of poetry has the equator at the core of their geographical, literary, and emotional sensibilities. Moving between Ecuador and Appalachia, and between cities and mountains, the poems' sensual textures and tight narratives in THE CORIOLIS EFFECT draw a world of cultures in contact, some rich and some poor, some beautiful and harsh simultaneously. Within this ...

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In this first in a series of stories about a young Oglala Sioux, a pony is stolen from the boy by Kiowas, he recovers it, and together he and the pony save their tribe from ambush.

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First published in 1926, Drusilla Dunjee Houston (a self-taught historian), describes the origin of civilization and establishes links among the ancient Black populations in Arabia, Persia, Babylonia, and India. In each case she concludes that the ancient Blacks who inhabited these areas were all culturally related.

A revealing picture of American attitudes toward teh judiciary and the developing court system.

Artist Ed Sibbett, Jr. is noted for his unique approach to stained glass. The wealth of his patterns featured in this volume makes it easy to achieve the exquisite beauty and fire of jewel-cut glass. One-of-a-kind patterns incorporate beveled and jeweled glass right into the design. Now crafters can create a dazzling array of stained glass projects based on Sibbett's designs. 83 designs with explanatory drawings..

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Ninja . . . that single word conjures up images of mystery and power. The ability to move swiftly and silently, to mesmerize one's victim, to strike infallibly, and then to disappear into the night--this is the legend of the ninja. These nearly sorcerous aspects of the ninja, as well as the exotic weapons they use, are the focus of The Mystic Arts of the Ninja. Its author, Shidoshi Stephen K. Hayes, is the sole American to be granted teaching ...

John Allman's Clio's Children is a book of twenty-three narrative poems that, taken together, form a compelling history of modern times, seen through the eyes of exceptional people at key moments of their lives--moments of "historical epiphany" that serve to define an era. Fyodor Dostoevsky, in 1849, standing helpless and hopeless before the firing squad of Tzar Nicholas I, J. Robert Oppenheimer at Alamogordo, New Mexico, in 1945, about to wit...

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Now back in print, this collection of Thulani Davis's poetry is a remarkable, galvanic experience reminiscent of the visionary beauty and fiery resolution of Sonia Sanchez or Ntozake Shange. These are poems of visceral impact, whether they speak of the shattering of a love, the violence of history or modern life, or the "whole body of God, weighing down on one nail." There are poems of passionate sensuality and stunning loss. This is the work,...

Part of two basic studies on Eastern Europe, focusing on Polish problems and developments, by an eminent student of Poland and Eastern European politicsand history.

Concilium has long been a household-name for cutting-edge critical and constructive theological thinking. Past contributors include leading Catholic scholars such as Hans Küng, Gregory Baum and Edward Schillebeeckx, and the editors of the review belong to the international "who's who" in the world of contemporary theology.

This volume discusses our present knowledge of the role of viruses in the causation of cancer, both in humans and in animal model systems. The fourteen chapters consider the molecular biology and the biology and epidemiology of those viruses which appear to have a role in human cancer, namely hepatitis B virus, Epstein-Barr virus, papillornaviruses, herpes viruses and the Human T-Cell leukaemia virus and discuss various aspects of other viruse...

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