New Releases by Carol Ann

Anne Frank''s ''Diary of a Young Girl'' is the most widely read work of non-fiction after the bible. Yet, there has never been an in-depth biography of the teenage writer who perished in the concentration camp of Bergen-Belsen. Here, Carol Ann Lee vividly recreates Anne''s short life. Having exclusive access to a number of unpublished documents, she has captured Anne''s complex and evolving character.

Do the small amounts of herbs and spices we add to our food have any nutritional and medical benefits? The answer is yes, when they are used in the right way and in the correct concentration. From alfalfa to yeast, this text contains information on: the plant from which the herb or spice derives; the native habitats and properties of herbs and spices; the use of herbs and spices in cooking and their nutritional value; the medicinal benefits and possible adverse effects of each herb or spice; and the practical uses of herbs and spices around the house, as home remedies, cosmetics and in the control of insects.

This book, the first work in English on the history of disease in China, traces an epidemic of bubonic plague that began in Yunnan province in the late eighteenth century, spread throughout much of southern China in the nineteenth century, and eventually exploded on the world scene as a global pandemic at the end of the century. The author finds the origins of the pandemic in Qing economic expansion, which brought new populations into contact with plague-bearing animals along Chinau0092s southwestern frontier. She shows how the geographic diffusion of the disease closely followed the growth of interregional trading networks, particularly the domestic trade in opium, during the nineteenth century. A discussion of foreign interventions during plague outbreaks along Chinau0092s southern coast links the history of plague to the political impact of imperialism on China, and to the ways in which European cultural representations of the Chinese influenced the theory and practice of colonial medicine.

In the critically acclaimed best-seller, "Women''s Bible Commentary," an outstanding group of women scholars introduced and summarized each book of the Bible and commented on those sections of each book that have particular relevence to women, focusing on female charecters, symbols, life situations such as marriage and family, the legal status of women, and religious principles that affect relationships of women and men. Now, this expanded edition provides similar insights on the Apocrypha, presenting a significant view of the lives and religious experiences of women as well as attitudes toward women in the Second Temple period. This expanded edition sets a new standard for women''s and biblical studies.

Carol Ann Duffy''s third collection takes us to the other country'' - the places that we visit in fantasy, memory and imagination. What is admirable about Duffy'', commented Robert Nye in The Times'', is that she celebrates such places without sentimentalizing them, and wrings the last drop of meaning from each visit.'' Carol Ann Duffy was born in Glasgow in 1955. Her awards include first prize in the 1983 National Poetry Competition; three Scottish Arts Council Book Awards; Eric Gregory, Somerset Maugham and Dylan Thomas Awards in Britain and a 1995 Lannan Literary Award in the USA. In 1993 she received the Forward Poetry Prize and the Whitbread Poetry Award for her acclaimed fourth collection Mean Time''. The anthologies she has edited include Anvil New Poets 2'' and two for teenagers, I Wouldn''t Thank You for a Valentine'' and Stopping for Death''. Her Selected Poems'' is published by Penguin; her most recent collections The World''s Wife'' and Feminine Gospels'' are published by Picador.

"Over 300 food listings" in dictionary format, each entry including information on nutrition, allergic reactions, medical uses, drug interactions, preparation, buying, and storage.