When the balloon was born I was going to tell it exactly what I thought about it, how sick it made my mother and how it had ruined my life. Ruby's mum is having a baby, but why does she need one of those when's already got a Ruby?...

At the centre of this new poetry collection are three lively sequences that address the hard graft of spiritual negotiation. Before and after these sequences are some poems that are more directly reflective.

This memoir looks back at the author's extraordinary childhood filled with rich memories of her parents' lives, as well as the pain of long separations and their eventual divorce. It sheds light on their scientific achievements,...

What can industrial nations learn from the habits of other civilizations? Cultural anthropologist Wilton S. Dillon suggests that modern communities and alliances would be enhanced greatly if we understood how gift exchange and...