"The language is lush and tactile . . . Beautifully told."-- Santa Fe ReporterFrom the acclaimed author of Superfolks and The Dreams of Ada comes this tale of the human struggle, of love and war, sorrow and joy, death and renewal, faith and doubt... all seen from the ferret's point of view.Ezra, a master of science facing his own mortality, meets Cleo, a ferret who understands him better than he understands himself... or is what is happening not quite what it seems?...

A droll comedy/drama about love and the gods, Confessions of a Rain God is set among the classic Mayas. They, of course, did not predict the end of the world. (It caught them by surprise.) The book is narrated by the Mayan rain god Chac -- long-nosed and elderly -- the most important god of the Mayas, who depend on his rain for their very lives. Chac has the misfortune to fall in love with a beautiful young Maya girl, Tika. But physical love between a god and a mortal is forbidden, causing...

This guide to negotiating is "mental judo, where you use the other guy's energy to win. It's mind-set. It's charisma" ( New York Times).The art of the argument. It's mysterious and powerful. It's the art of having things go your way. But it's also the art of getting out of your own way. It's having the Moves. But it's also about having the Touch. Welcome to the "new normal." It's a time and place where conversations are tougher, disagreements more frequent,...

Bob Mayer has built a stunning edifice, shaped by his own experiences as a builder, a banker, a businessman, a hotel and casino operator, and a world-class real estate entrepreneur. From his modest beginnings as a day laborer amid the post-war Southern California housing boom, to his years as the region’s largest developer of multi-family residential housing, WITHOUT RISK recounts a true American Dream come true. In colorful vignettes, Bob shares many of the amazing and outrageous anecdote...

The Long Walk of the Navajos continues in Sweet Salt, a novel of beauty and endurance by Robert Mayer.Monument Valley is home to Nina Yazzie, a Navajo girl becoming a Navajo woman. In throbbing rhythms live with her through a hectic ride to a hospital at Tuba City. Bear the pain of the child within her, struggling to be born prematurely; witness her father, Not-So-Fast, who carries within him the curse of a wolf girl; her grandfather, One-Blue-Eye, who speaks in riddles of the wisd...

Are you the parent of an argumentative teen or a teen with an argumentative parent? Are you anticipating an argument with your boss when you ask for a raise? Are you expecting trouble from a supplier, contractor, landlord, or subordinate? Or do you just ignore conflict situations hoping that they'll magically disappear or solve themselves? The art of argument. It's mysterious and powerful. It's the art of having things go your way. But also it's the art of getting out of your own way. It's...

Dr. Michael Lee, smart and literate, is the chairman of ophthalmology at a major California hospital. He may be up for a Nobel Prize. Without wanting to, he has fallen madly in love with a beautiful young Marine recruiter – who happens to be his son's girlfriend. Worst of all, for 40 years his life has been controlled by a deadly secret – a secret that even he has all wrong.Robert Mayer is the author of fourteen books. He has written for Vanity Fair, The New York Times, The Washing...

Walter Scott and Fame is a study of correspondences between Scott and socially and culturally diverse readers of his work in the English-speaking world in the early nineteenth century. Examining authorship, reading, and fame, the book is based on extensive archival research, especially in the collection of letters to Scott in the National Library of Scotland. Robert Mayer demonstrates that in Scott's literary correspondence constructions of authorship, reading strategies, and vers...

To a growing boy, life without baseball would be unimaginable, especially in the spring of 1947. History is being made at Ebbets Field. Jackie Robinson is about to break the color line and Brooklyn has a shot at the pennant.In the Bronx, eight-year-old Benjamin "Peewee" Brunig dreams of making the major leagues as the next Dodger shortstop; the heir apparent to Pee Wee Reese. But even as he fantasizes about the future, the people around him—his mother, his rabbi father, his grandmo...

Against the stark, sere landscape of New Mexico, acclaimed novelist Robert Mayer here creates a tantalizing thriller of suspense and surprise. Rivaling the best of John Le Carre and Graham Greene, THE SEARCH weaves an intricate web of twists and turns in a strangely chilling story of science, fate, and illusion—and one man's relentless pursuit of the inevitable but elusive truth.James Axel Rood, sometime photojournalist/sometime government snoop, is pondering the demise of his curr...

Today’s super negotiator has to be a versatile problem solver, seeking hard-bargain results with a soft touch. With punch and panache, Bob Mayer shows you how to make the grade, revealing powerful negotiating tools drawn from a unique blend of sources:— Recent advances in psychology, linguistics, trial advocacy, sales, and management communications—the cutting edge of the art of performance.— Tips, tricks, and techniques from 200 of the world’s masters—...

Is our life ruled by chance, and what about our afterlife? After a fall separates his body and spirit, Adam Glass finds himself drifting in a realm between life and death.While in a coma with little chance of survival, Adam is given the chance to live another life in another world. But there is only one problem: he doesn’t know who he is. Is he the lifeless body in the hospital or is he whatever form he finds himself in now? After Adam chooses to live another life so he can return ...