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Incognito: Journey of a Secret Jew

by Maria Espinosa

This gripping novel of adventure, love, and religious persecution follows the life and flight of a Jew under the Spanish Inquisition.

Frieze

by Cecile Pineda

This poetic narrative discusses the creative life of a 9th century Indian stonecarver who is drafted at an early age to spend his entire life working on the thousands of statues that fill the niches of an Indonesian...

Fishlight: A Dream of Childhood

by Cecile Pineda

Told in the voice of a five-year-old girl who sees more than she understands, this novel chronicles her passage through sickness, the separation of her parents, and a maze of secret lives, all with the richness...

Bardo99

by Cecile Pineda

Depicting the 20th century as a character, this novel explores what happens when that character, dying, passes through a Bardo state—an intermediate state of the soul between death and rebirth.

Redoubt: A Mononovel

by Cecile Pineda

Structured like a jazz riff, this novel addresses questions of conception and birth, gender, war, and the slouch toward apocalypse.

Tamales, Comadres, and the Meaning of Civilization

by Ellen Riojas Riojas Clark & Carmen Tafolla

This culinary history unwraps the extensive culture surrounding the tamale, bringing together writers, artists, journalists, and Texas’ regional leaders to honor this traditional Latin American dish. It is...

The Love Queen of the Amazon

by Cecile Pineda

This hilarious novel is a feminist spoof on the mostly-male magical realists of the "Boom" generation.

Face

by Cecile Pineda

When a Brazilian man's face is disfigured, he attempts a grisly self-surgery in this novel of survival.

Street of the Seven Angels

by John Howard Howard Griffin

A social satire set in Paris, this previously unpublished novel is based in part on the U.S. Supreme Court's censorship trial regarding the author's first novel.

Available Light: Exile in Mexico

by John Howard Howard Griffin

Culled from previously unpublished material, this collection of writing and photography by John Howard Griffin was taken from the period during which he was writing and revising what would be his most famous...

Black Like Me: The Definitive Griffin Estate Edition

by John Howard Howard Griffin, Studs Terkel & Robert Bonazzi

This American classic has been corrected from the original manuscripts and indexed, featuring historic photographs and an extensive biographical afterword.

In These Latitudes: Ten Contemporary Poets

by Robert Bonazzi

A unique collection of diverse voices, this collection of 10 contemporary poets represents a wide swath of the American South—from Virginia to Texas. In this small anthology, each poet gives voice to the struggles...

Carta Marina: A Poem in Three Parts

by Ann Fisher-Wirth

A vivid, strange, and beautiful account of a year in Sweden, this poem represents the ways in which wildness and monstrousness, dream and terror, coexist forever with constructions of order. Inspired by a medieval...

Self-ligating Brackets in Orthodontics: Current Concepts and Techniques

by Bjoern Ludwig & Dirk Bister

Offering advantages in design, efficiency, treatment time, and retention, self-ligating brackets have become a major part of modern orthodontic practice. ...

The Pelvic Floor

by Beate Carriere & Cynthia Markel Feldt

The remarkably complex pelvic floor and its disorders comprise one of the most interesting -- and challenging -- areas of physical therapy. And recently, common ...

Imaging for Otolaryngologists

by Erwin Dunnebier

Imaging for Otolaryngologists distils the essentials of otolaryngologic imaging into a concise reference that concentrates on key topics that are of immediate ...

Mother Angelica's Private and Pithy Lessons from the Scriptures

by Raymond Arroyo

The Word is made fresh by the irrepressible Mother Angelica as she personally escorts you through the Scriptures, unearthing lessons for daily living--the perfect companion to the New York Times bestselling...

Confessions: The Philosophy of Transparency

by Prof. Thomas Docherty

This book explores what is at stake in our confessional culture.

Thomas Docherty examines confessional writings from Augustine to

Montaigne and from Sylvia Plath to Derrida, arguing that through all

this work...

When You Need a Lift: But Don't Want to Eat Chocolate, Pay a Shrink, or Drink a Bottle of Gin

by Joy Behar

Life is full of ups and downs. And while keeping your chin up may hide a double chin, it won’t improve your mood. Looking on the bright side will make you squint, which will lead to crow’s feet, and there...

Finance Essentials: The Practitioners' Guide

by Scott Moeller

Finance Essentials is aimed primarily at those serious about the importance of continuous education - from university through their entire careers. It is excellent background reading, and focuses on key knowledge...