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Police investigating the murder of a middle-aged office worker discover e-mail correspondence on the victim's computer that indicates he had been a regular participant in an Internet chat room, as

This is a pioneering work on "karayuki-san," impoverished Japanese women sent abroad to work as prostitutes from the 1860s to the 1920s.

In this book, a make-believe cocaine museum becomes a vantage point from which to assess the lives of Afro-Colombian gold miners drawn into the dangerous world of cocaine production in the rain for

This powerful study immerses the reader in the world of homelessness and drug addiction in the contemporary United States.

This book provides an introduction to Africa -- covering its physical attributes, history, social structure, and culture.

In our zeal to embrace the wonders of the electronic age, are we sacrificing our literary culture? Renowned critic Sven Birkerts believes the answer is an alarming yes.

According to the research of initiate Rudolf Steiner, humanity is in a continual process of transformation and evolution.

When a car accident leaves Casey Marshall in a comatose state, unable to see or communicate, she discovers that her friends aren't the people she thought them to be and that her accident might