Is the past ever truly forgotten?Fiona Truscott has spent twenty years avoiding the truth about her family’s past. But when new evidence surfaces suggesting that her Great-Grandfather Finn Beckett was wrongfully accused of serious crimes in South Africa, she can no longer turn away. With her husband Karl by her side, she embarks on a perilous journey to the heart of Africa, determined to uncover the truth about her ancestors—and about her own parents’ mysterious deaths.Hunt...

Our Father is a compelling memoir by Bruce Smith chronicling his life as a fatherless boy growing up in segregated Texas and his rise to fame and fortune as a star professional football player and real estate mogul. As his story unfolds, ghosts from his past and the lingering effects of being raised without a stable father figure, haunt him. Throughout the book, Smith takes the reader on an emotional, sometimes funny, at times painful journey, illustrating how the power of personal redempt...

Are we moving inevitably into an irreversible era of postnationalism and globalism? In Political Philosophy and the Republican Future, Gregory Bruce Smith asks, if participation in self-government is not central to citizens’ vision of the political good, is despotism inevitable? Smith's study evolves around reconciling the early republican tradition in Greece and Rome as set out by authors such as Aristotle and Cicero, and a more recent tradition shaped by thinkers such as Machiav...

In todayÂs culture wars and the everyday struggle of individuals to make sense of the world around them, the question of how we can understand the world becomes a vital one. In order to make the best decisions in life, we need the best information. But how can we go about obtaining that?The Path of Reason begins with an examination of the two means that we use to understand the world  faith and reason. The author compares them and shows why they are often mutually exclus...

The definitive guide to exploring the North of England under paddle power, from the majestic Northumberland coastline to the spectacular landscapes of the Lake District.With countless beautiful lakes, rivers and coastlines, the North of England offers abundant opportunities for paddleboarders, canoeists and kayakers. Written by highly experienced paddleboard instructor Bruce Smith, this guide features 40 routes across the North East, North West, Yorkshire and the H...

Sign & Breath is a new critical anthology that takes a different approach to exploring these questions: What is poetry? What defines voice? Featuring a range of contemporary artists, many of whom work across different mediums and genres, Sign & Breath introduces the reader to one page that sings in any genre – prose, fiction, poetry, spoken word, hybrid forms, and song – across diverse traditions. Rather than define poetry as a genre with conventions, traditions, codes, a...

Winner of a 2023 IACP Cookbook Award and the Golden Poppy Book Award in the Glenn Goldman Cooking categorySix California Kitchens is the quintessential California cookbook, with farm-to-table recipes and stories from Sally Schmitt, the pioneering female chef and original founder of the French Laundry."Schmitt, the founder of California’s famed French Laundry restaurant, reflects on the food that defined her life, i...

A behind-the-scenes account of American foreign policymaking in the late twentieth centuryTom Hughes, assistant secretary of state for intelligence and research, made an ominous prediction in 1965. In a seminal but less well-known document of the Vietnam War, Hughes predicted that the Democratic Party and the national consensus underlying the nation's foreign policy would break apart if the war escalated.Hughes drafted the memo for his friend and fellow Minne...

Garson and Buddy are bound by the prophecy of looming peril foretold in an ancient legend. But a boy and a mountain goat's unlikely friendship and determination are not enough to halt the return of the Great Warming. In this fast-paced and inspiring final book of the Legend Keepers eco-adventure, each must overcome personal challenges and enlist the help of others to safeguard Buddy's home on Shining Mountain. Despite the odds, Garson and Buddy prove that no one is too small or or...

""How and how much should we seek R&D knowledge to pursue 21st century human and economic goals? The valid options are clearly presented here with incomparable diversity and depth of thought.""-Robert W. Galvin, Motorola, Inc.What are the links between technology and the economy? How much does research and development contribute to economic growth and productivity? In 1972, the National Science Foundation sponsored an historic colloquium on research and development and economic grow...

The importance of the financial system in economic development has been frequently neglected by analysts and poorly understood by policymakers. Are there policy reforms, or any particular sequence of reform measures, that will contribute to the successful functioning of the financial system and thus spur long-term economic growth? What kind of regulatory changes are appropriate as countries move toward financial liberalization and as government development banks decline in importance compa...

Jack Wheatcroft (1925-2016) had a transformative impact on five decades of Bucknell students (1952-1996). He served the institution with great generosity of a kind that was rare for a teacher so immersed in his writing. He founded the Bucknell Seminar for Undergraduate Poets, the Philip Roth Visiting Writers Residency, and the magnificent Stadler Center for Poetry. He over saw the restoration of Bucknell Hall for the Stadler Center and today it is one of the most beautiful and distinguishe...