Sait Faik may well be named "the Turkish Chekhov." In Turkey, critics and readers regard him as their finest short story writer. Since his death in 1954 at the age of forty-eight, his stature has grow
Rubin (political science, Borough of Manhattan Community College, City U. of New York) chronicles efforts of Fred Lebow to found and popularize the New York City Marathon. Rubin describes the politics
The Encyclopedia of New York State is one of the most complete works on the Empire State to be published in a half-century. In nearly 2,000 pages and 4,000 signed entries, this single volume captures
Alan Bessette (biology, Utica College) and mycologist and botanical photographer Arleen Bessette team up here to provide text and full-color illustrations. They begin with the basics of mushrooms, col
The Real Photo Postcard Guide is an informative, comprehensive, and practical treatment of this popular American phenomenon that dominated the United States photographic market during the first third
Religion, anthropology, sociology, psychology, law enforcement, and astrophysics are among the perspectives contributors bring to their exploration of relations between space aliens and earthlings. To
"While the fading autumn sun sped toward the horizon, the young boys headed home¬¬--they were not used to trying to see at night without the moon’s glow." So begins this unconventional, hauntingly myt
Gluck's life in Ravensbruck women's concentration camp was a world away from her life with her family in America and later with her Hungarian husband in Budapest before the nazis invaded. But those li
Born on the Tuscarora Indian Reservation near Niagara Falls, Williams (1930-2005) began healing with herbal remedies and hands and ceremony after he retired from day jobs in 1990. He was urged to join
Evelyn C. Shakir paints tales that are rich in history and background. She sets her stories in different eras, from the 1960s to the present, peopled with Lebanese women of different ages, sometimes w
Jabra tells his love story through alternate journal entries and with a complex layering of voices, showing how the affair of a famed (fictional) male novelist and the woman who desires him takes shap
Shaping College Football is the story of the intercollegiate gridiron sport in the years immediately after World War I when the game underwent monumental changes that transformed it into one of Ameri
Berg (1899-1966) became perhaps the first successful female producer and writer in radio and television. Smith (communication, Mississippi State U.) says that though some research has been done on her
It was the 1960s, and what she had done was unthinkable. She was taken to a home for unwed mothers, where she spent time with other miscreants wondering if they could become virgins again. She only ha
This memoir recounts the life of Lydia Chapin Kirk (1896-1984), who was married to US diplomat Alan Kirk. It begins with her childhood in Erie, Pennsylvania, and periods spent in Paris, Washington, an
Applauded for her purity of style, Merrill Joan Gerber-- in THE VICTORY GARDENS OF BROOKLYN-- plumbs the sorrows and triumphs of three generations of sisters from an American Jewish family. Rachel and
Following the dictum that biography is the ultimate history, Milani (Iranian studies, Stanford U.) profiles 150 people to recount the history of Iran from the outbreak of World War II to the Islamic R
A leading authority on the study of psychiatry, mental illness, and its treatment portrays of the integral role of deception in the history, diagnosis, and practice of psychiatry.
Masry was born in Mecca, Saudi Arabia, and educated in Egypt. She received a master's degree from California Lutheran U., and has taught government and history at a Los Angeles high school since 1999.
