The Hudson Review has always had an international focus. Travel and reports from abroad have figured prominently in the journal, including essays on exotic and picturesque locales, as well as accounts from war-torn areas and the experiences of exiles. Many of these are pilgrimages; others are harrowing memoirs. What unites even the most devastating of these accounts are intellectual curiosity and a spirit of adventure. Places Lost and Found is a treasury of distinctive and compelling essays selected from six decades of the Hudson Review. From a description of the gardens of Kyoto and a portrait of Syria just before its civil war to reflections on Veblen and the Mall of America, these essays explore an array of places that are deeply layered with history and meaning. The stunning cover photo of the Semper Opera House in Dresden encapsulates many of the themes of the book: war and its aftermath, the importance of the built environment in any discussion of "place," the endurance of civilization and resilience, and of course the romance of travel.

Hoping to make amends, Wong returns to Beijing to find the classmate she betrayed during the Cultural Revolution. As she traces her way from one former comrade to the next, Wong unearths not only the fate of the woman she is searching for but a web of fates that mirrors the dramatic journey of contemporary China.

Through the twists and turns of life, author Joana Okudzeto Biekro has been overwhelmed by the amazing grace of God. In Lost and Found, she offers her love story with God, a documentation of Gods goodness in the simple life of an African child from Ghana. Narrating a story of adversity and triumph, Joana shares the challenges she and her family faced including losing her father when she was just three years old. From near-death situations to dealing with a learning disability, she tells how the grace of God guided her and sent the right people into her life at the right times. She shares the story of how she became lost in her journey from Africa to the United States but found her way through her relationship with God. A wake-up call for the salvation of souls, Lost and Found unravels the amazing saving grace of Godfrom a place of death to one of life, from a place of being lost to a place of being found.

Are you ready to take on the Russian Mafia and assorted felons and rogues? How would you like to go adventuring to some far-off exotic land where not too many go? Would you like to meet some interesting people, maybe even a few beautiful young women? Do you like your yarns to be livened with a little humor here and there? If you do, you are bound to like Arthur Penobscot Smythe III, one of the main characters in this novel. And-----if you like this story, there is a sequel about ready to be out in print. Look for the mysterious, Madame O.

No one doubts we have quickly moved to what Charles Taylor called “a secular age.” How do Christian pastors, professors, seminary students, and others respond to the myriad issues now facing the Body of Christ? Following on a biblical and reformed understanding of public theology, Milton along with trusted theologians John Frame, George Grant, Peter Lillback (and a special contribution from noted Orthodox economist and theologian John Panagiotou) not only provide biblical responses to the issues of our time but in doing so give the Church a method, a way, to conduct faithful Gospel ministry in an increasingly hostile post-Christian world. A must for classes on ethics, sociology of religion, pastoral theology, and serious-minded Christians seeking insight that they might “Understand of the times” (1 Chr 12:32).