After a woman who has lost all faith in herself meets an African heir whos been forced into exile, they both experience firsthand the power of love and faith that ultimately leads to a lasting family bond and redemption. Original.

This study examines Hart Crane's canonical ambitions in The Bridge and argues for a new species of epic, 'the modernist epic,' which also includes Pound's The Cantos, Eliot's The Waste Land, and Williams's Paterson. It offers a close reading of The Bridge as a hybrid of lyric and epic modes. Crane's sublime and history converge in a complex synthesis of form and ideas. The study reconceives Crane's achievement by locating him in an intertextual system of production while also recognizing his poetic making of self. Yet in this work Crane assumes a greater political presence than much commentary has entertained.

As the Pearl Harbor attack began, a U.S. cargo ship a thousand miles away in the middle of the vast Pacific Ocean mysteriously vanished along with her crew. What happened, and why? On December 7, 1941, even as Japanese carrier-launched aircraft flew toward Pearl Harbor, a small American cargo ship chartered by the Army reported that it was under attack by a submarine halfway between Seattle and Honolulu. After that one cryptic message, the humble lumber carrier Cynthia Olson and her crew vanished without a trace, their disappearance all but forgotten as the mighty warships of the U.S. Pacific Fleet burned. The story of the Cynthia Olson's mid-ocean encounter with the Japanese submarine I-26 is both a classic high-seas drama and one of the most enduring mysteries of World War II. Did I-26's commander, Minoru Yokota, sink the freighter before the attack on Pearl Harbor began? Did the cargo ship's 35-man crew survive in lifeboats that drifted away into the vast Pacific, or were they machine-gunned to death? Was the Cynthia Olson the first American casualty of the Pacific War, and could her SOS have changed the course of history? Based on years of research, Dawn of Infamy explores both the military and human aspects of the Cynthia Olson story, bringing to life a complex tale of courage, tenacity, hubris, and arrogance in the opening hours of America's war in the Pacific.

"Canonized for being insufficiently American although he took America as his subject, chastised for obscurity by readers who would not allow or would not read homosexual meanings, Crane embodies many understandings of America, and of the predicament of the gay writer."—Voice Literary Supplement "A brilliant critical model for understanding how textuality and sexuality can produce pervasive effects on each other in the writing of a figure like Crane."—Michael Moon, Duke University

Newly widowed Lydia Sellers discovers that through an unforeseen fluke, she is the sole recipient of her husband's fortune. But instead of granting her security, it only causes strife as her adult stepchildren battle to regain the inheritance for themselves. Lydia, longing to put the memories of her painful marriage behind her, determines to travel to Alaska to join her aunt. Lydia's arrival in Sitka, however, brings two things she didn't expect. One is the acquaintance of Kjell Bjorklund, the handsome owner of the sawmill. Second is the discovery that she is pregnant with her dead husband's child. What will this mean for her budding relationship with Kjell? And what lengths will her stepchildren go to reclaim their father's fortune? Lydia soon finds her life--and that of her child's--on the line.

This is an unusual and fascinating journey taken by Doctor Robert Schoenfeld to obtain his medical degree in the mid and latter part of the 1950s. In pursuit of his goals, he found himself facing difficult and seemingly impossible obstacles. The story follows Bob from his last year at College, through medical school in Europe and then to his return to Switzerland as Doctor Robert Schoenfeld, decades later. It describes in detail, all the ups and downs during his almost six years as a medical student. He has included many photographs of events and places that are described in the text, which gives the reader a better understanding of his adventures, as well as the magnificent and enthralling scenery that surrounded him during his exciting years abroad. As a college student, if Bob were asked if he could go to a foreign medical school, live in a land where the languages were unfamiliar, where the medical courses were given in either French or German, (which he could neither speak nor understand) and all examinations were oral and yet graduate on time with his doctorate, he would undoubtedly say, youre crazy, it cant be done! Take the trip with Doctor Schoenfeld, and read about the problems he encountered. Enjoy the laughs, and discover the drama, romance, and also the despair, that almost drove him to leave and to what actually made him stay and finally persevere. Go, Over There, and read this very colorful and captivating true human interest story. Doctor Schoenfeld founded and ran a successful group practice on Long Island for the past forty years, and has only recently been semi-retired. He maintains a strong interest in photography and has had two successful photographic exhibits in one of New York Citys most prestigious art galleries, The National Art Club, in Gramercy Park. He married Ursula his Swiss Miss and has three children and four grandchildren, and yes, it all began with a voyage to, Over There