Daniel Stern

All men are artists. After all, they have their lives. Wolf Walker is that noblest of creatures: the unrealized artist. He is also ethical advisor to the Lester & French Advertising Agency-a professional conscience. After reading an alarming entry in his wife's diary on his fortieth birthday, Wolf sets out to reclaim his sense of identity. His resulting midlife crisis is both surreal and hilarious, poignant and imaginative. The Rose Rabbi is a fable...

The private life behind the public face of a sex symbol After being crowned Miss America a decade ago, Cathy Forester has been in some glamorous settings-but she has little to show for it. She's endured a string of failed loves, a divorce, and the death of her parents. Restless by temperament, Cathy thinks she may have found a new life with a younger man, Peter Shaw. Peter is the son of a famous musician and is still battling to come into his own....

Winner of the International Prix du Souvenir Award: A theater director and Holocaust survivor is confronted by a figure from his past Behind the lights and glamour of Broadway, two men reckon with a shared past-one that hides a terrible secret. Jud Kramer is mounting his most painful and personal play while trying to enjoy life with his beautiful actress wife and baby daughter. Into his life comes Carl Walkowitz, a brooding, charismatic drifter who...

More sly and imaginative tributes to some of the greatest writing of the modern age, from author Daniel Stern In Twice Told Tales, Stern wonderfully reimagined classics of world literature-from Forster to Freud-in homage to their authors and the power of great writing. Twice Upon a Time continues the project, though this time Stern goes further, weaving stories around texts as diverse as Marx and Engels's The Communist Manifesto and the poetry...

After a tour of combat abroad, a young man determined to keep to himself is drawn into the dramas of his East Village neighbors World War II veteran Richard Stone is attempting to transition back into normal life. An aspiring writer, he's surviving off the GI Bill and the help of friends. Living free of attachments and responsibilities, he thinks, is the best way to defend himself from the world's pain, like his unhappy upbringing or his best friend's...

This is our seventh set of Happy, Healthy Pet titles. Like the others, they are books pet owners can turn to for the essential information they need to raise a healthy, happy pet. All books contain information on: • feeding • grooming • housing • health care • what to expect from the pet • basic training As our series expands and focuses on different kinds of pets, the emphasis remains on making the pet a companion. Owners of more unusual...

En la superficie de la Luna contemplamos nuestra historia. Los accidentes selenográficos constituyen un registro intacto de la formación de la zona del Sistema Solar más cercana a la Tierra. Su nomenclatura es el reflejo de los claroscuros de nuestra sociedad. De las 1564 personas honradas con un nombre de cráter, únicamente 31 son mujeres y en su mayoría pertenecen a Europa y EE. UU. Datos que evidencian que quienes han contribuido al avance...