Steven Gregory: 30 books

In Black Corona, Steven Gregory examines political culture and activism in an African-American neighborhood in New York City. Using historical and ethnographic research, he challenges the view that black urban communities are "socially disorganized." Gregory demonstrates instead how working-class...

In The Devil behind the Mirror, Steven Gregory provides a compelling and intimate account of the impact that transnational processes associated with globalization are having on the lives and livelihoods of people in the Dominican Republic. Grounded in ethnographic fieldwork conducted in the adjacent...

It's a jungle out there...and in the cubicle. If you want to be a technical writer, or already are one, you have to learn how to survive in the field in order to move ahead. This work condenses 20 years of technical writing survival techniques and tips into an easy-to-read guide that will help...

Reaching our goals and achieving greatness is not a magical process reserved for the very few. We can all do it. The encouragement and steps to guide us to our achievements have always been there for us, hiding in plain sight. They are in the folk and fairy tales we have told for generations around...

“The Frog Prince” (originally titled “The Frog Prince; or, Iron Henry”) is a German fairy tale first recorded by the Brothers Grimm in 1812 and first translated into English in 1823 by Edgar Taylor. In this version of the tale, YOU are the Frog Prince. As you read through the story, you choose...

“Tortoise Triumphant,” also known as “The Tortoise and the Elephant” or “The Tortoise, The Elephant, and The Hippo,” is a traditional tale from Africa. It has been told perhaps for centuries. A variation of the tale exists in South America, and an evolution of the tale exists in the American...

"The Master Cat; or, Puss in Boots" is a 16th century Italian fairy tale made famous by Charles Perrault. In this version of the tale, YOU are the master cat. As you read through the story, you choose your tale by selecting the options at crucial decision points. If you make the right choices,...

We often go through life looking for answers and ways to find happiness today and in the future. These answers have been put in a form that is not only accessible but enjoyable: folk and fairy tales! The wisdom of the ages exists in the stories we have been raised on and told to our children for generations....

Slate, a recovering lawyer who lost his family to an accident, lives on a sailboat, owns a beach bar, and occasionally helps clients recover things they have lost.  Children, for example.  Kris Kramer, the nineteen-year-old daughter of a Birmingham lawyer, Don Kramer, has been missing for...

**NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • “The definitive biography for decades to come.”—Leo Jansen, curator, the Van Gogh Museum, and co-editor of Vincent van Gogh: The Complete Letters Steven Naifeh and Gregory White Smith, who galvanized readers with their Pulitzer Prize–winning biography...

This 3-book box set is a collection of three anthologies of Dark Stories: Hides the Dark Tower In a Cat's Eye Dark Luminous Wings Hides the Dark Tower Mysterious and looming, towers and tower-like structures pierce the skies and shadow the lands. Hides the Dark Tower includes over...

Por fin, el retrato completo del incomparable maestro. Vida, muerte y genialidad de la mano de dos ganadores del premio Pulitzer Van Gogh trabajó como marchante de arte con escaso éxito, intentó convertirse en predicador, hizo incursiones como ilustrador de revistas y, por último,...

"Die maßgebliche Biographie für Jahrzehnte."Leo Jansen, Kurator des Van-Gogh-Museums, AmsterdamDie große, bahnbrechende, opulent illustrierte Biographie Vincent van Goghs, die einen völlig neuen Blick auf das Malergenie ermöglicht. Sie vereint große erzählerische Kraft mit psychologischem...

In Knowing the Suffering of Others, legal scholar Austin Sarat brings together essays that address suffering as it relates to the law, highlighting the ways law imagines suffering and how pain and suffering become jurisprudential facts. From fetal imaging to end-of-life decisions, torts to...