Measuring Race and Ethnicity

Racial and ethnic issues stand at the core of social, political, and economic concerns in an increasingly diverse America. Accordingly, how individuals from the various ethnic groups regard themselves—and others—is a salient focus of research studies across the disciplines. Measuring Race and Ethnicity gathers psychological measures of common phenomena such as racial identity, acculturation, and intra- and intergroup relations enabling researchers to compare concepts across groups and better evaluate differences and disparities. 

The Speed of Dark

The Speed of Dark is a near-future SF novel. The story is told from the first person viewpoint of an autistic process analyst. It won the Nebula Award for Best Novel in 2003, and was also an Arthur C. Clarke Award finalist.

"If I had not been what I am, what would I have been?" wonders Lou Arrendale, the autistic hero of Moon's compelling exploration of the concept of "normalcy" and what might happen when medical science attains the knowledge to "cure" adult autism. Arrendale narrates most of this book in a poignant earnestness that verges on the philosophical and showcases Moon's gift for characterization.

Hominids (Neanderthal Parallax Series #1)

Hominids first appeared as a serial in Analog Science Fiction, won the 2003 Hugo Award for Best Novel and was nominated for the John W. Campbell Award the same year; In this polished anthropological SF yarn, Neanderthals have developed a radically different civilization on a parallel Earth, as both sides discover when a Neanderthal physicist, Ponter Boddit, accidentally passes from his universe into a Canadian underground research facility. Fortunately, a team of human scientists, including expert paleoanthropologist Mary Vaughan, promptly identifies and warmly receives Ponter.

Raymond Carver: Comprehensive Research and Study Guide (Bloom's Major Short Story Writers)

Raymond Carver is viewed as a genius within the limits he imposed upon himself whose early work was heavily influenced by Earnest Hemingway. The work of this modern-day author who died at a young age is studied in this volume by some of the most respected critics on the subject. Examined works include "Where I'm Calling From," "Cathedral," "Fever," "The Bridle," and "What We Talk About When We Talk About Love."

A Fire Upon the Deep

This Hugo-winning 1991 SF novel gives us a wild new cosmology, a galaxy-spanning "Net of a Million Lies," some finely imagined aliens, and much nail-biting suspense.

Faster-than-light travel remains impossible near Earth, deep in the galaxy's Slow Zone - but physical laws relax in the surrounding Beyond. Outside that again is the Transcend, full of unguessable, godlike "Powers." When human meddling wakes an old Power, the Blight, this spreads like a wildfire mind virus that turns whole civilizations into its unthinking tools. And the half-mythical Countermeasure, if it exists, is lost with two human children on primitive Tines World.