In a family epic spanning five decades between the Great Depression and the Vietnam War, Stephen and Philip Tollman endeavor to shield their younger siblings from the vulnerability of financial ruin, Katherine wins the hearts of both brothers, and James struggles to understand Philip's deep-rooted anger. A first novel. Reprint. 20,000 first printing.

Product Description: For classrooms and discussion groups, Keeping Things Whole provides a way to understand the vital issues that inform the interdisciplinary field of environmental science. Twenty-one selections from key thinkers in the natural sciences, social sciences, literature, and philosophy...read more

Product Description: In The Vanishing Moon, Joseph Coulson writes with insight and beauty about the American working-class, about the strength and strain of family bonds, and about tragic incidents that haunt the human psyche over a lifetime. Set in Cleveland and Detroit, the novel chronicles two generations of the Tollman family, opening at the start of the Great Depression and moving forward through five decades to the Vietnam War...read more

An anthology of poems by American poets from the mid-nineteenth century to the present day. Includes brief biographies of the poets and guidelines for reading and discussing poetry.

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