Tamar, the narrator, is chosen to lead her community of Jewish/ American Indians as they struggle to keep their ancestral land. She resists the encroachment of settlers, a railroad, and the U. S. Army. She also copes with her impulsive husband, the relocation of some of her community, the birth of a child and the complications of an affair. The novel provides a vivid view of California during the late 19th century. Tamar is the last novel in the American Quartet. Reviews of the first three; Lost and Found, The Seed Apple, and The Lev Effect follow. What critics say about Lost and Found (Random House), "Greene is a born storyteller..." -Los Angeles Times (Critic's Commendation) "Immensely entertaining" -Dallas Morning News-Sunday "...sensitive, deeply felt, intuitively wise...telling us universal truths of fabulous implication... climax of rich human delight..." -Cleveland Plain Dealer "Delightful...This soothing, humorous story will appeal to a wide variety of readers..." -Library Journal
A Holocaust survivor chooses between life in a small Western Pennsylvania town and reparations in Israel. Gentle, funny, poignant, and magical, the book celebrates the small miracles of ordinary life. A rabbi discovers he can heal. Sterile people give birth. A mysterious bookstore burns. A cookbook divides the sisterhood. The Los Angeles Times Book Review gave it a Critics Commendation and said, Greene is a born storyteller.
Mirror symmetry began when theoretical physicists made some astonishing predictions about rational curves on quintic hypersurfaces in four-dimensional projective space. Understanding the mathematics behind these predictions has been a substantial challenge. This book is the first completely comprehensive monograph on mirror symmetry, covering the original observations by the physicists through the most recent progress made to date. Subjects discussed include toric varieties, Hodge theory, Kahler geometry, moduli of stable maps, Calabi-Yau manifolds, quantum cohomology, Gromov-Witten invariants, and the mirror theorem. This title features: numerous examples worked out in detail; an appendix on mathematical physics; an exposition of the algebraic theory of Gromov-Witten invariants and quantum cohomology; and, a proof of the mirror theorem for the quintic threefold.
Case managers provide an indispensable service, acting as both experts and liaisons to the wide variety of services, resources, and opportunities available to their clients. The authors use their extensive practice, classroom, and research experience to delineate clearly the steps of the case management process and to address the myriad roles case managers fill in different practice situations. By detailing the various processes and goals of case management and the different populations they help, the authors present a resource that is invaluable not only to social workers, but also to case managers in nursing centers, community mental health facilities, and criminal justice centers. The third edition of this book is updated to reflect the constantly changing nature of the helping professions. New and updated references provide readers with an array of options for pursuing specific aspects of case management. The book is attentive to the evolving needs of a variety of populations, and it now contains a new section on working with members of the military and their families. This edition also contains new information on case management within larger organizations that provide mental health services.
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