New Releases by John Nichols

An aspiring writing adrift in New York finds love and community at a corner empanada stand in this novel by the author of The Milagro Beanfield War. It’s Greenwich Village in the early 1960s, when ex-patriots, artists, and colorful bums are kings. A tiny stand selling empanadas near the corner of Bleecker and MacDougal streets is the center of the action for the shy narrator, an aspiring writer just out of college. There, he falls in with a crowd of kooky outcasts from Argentina who introduce him to their raucous adventures, melodramatic dreams, and women—particularly a tough little flamenco dancer from Buenos Aires. Charming and insightful, this deceptively simple novel is a tale told by a master. It is a wise coming-of-age story, full of joy and touched by heartbreak, that captures a special time and place with extraordinary empathy and humor.

Presents the history, players, and accomplishments of the Boston Bruins.

A Wind Swept Over the Waters presents reflections on sixty well-known and beloved biblical passages. A work of meditation rather than scholarship, these passages speak to our daily lives, issues, and concerns. Ideal for anyone seeking a fresh approach to the Bible. This book includes passages from the Old and New Testaments: "A Wind from God Swept Over the Face of the Waters," Genesis 1:1-4 "O Sing to the Lord a New Song," Psalm 96:1-4 "The Assurance of Things Hoped For," Hebrews 10:32-36, 11:1-3 "I Do Not Do the Good I Want but the Evil I Do Not Want Is What I Do," Romans 7:15-19/ 20-24 "The Parable of the Good Samaritan," Luke 10:24-37 * A collection of verses from the Old and New Testaments that are familiar and inspiring. * Uses metaphorical understandings of scripture to connect these ancient words to our lives.

Traces the history of the team from its beginnings through 2003.

A dazzling, darkly comic novel by the author of "The Sterile Cuckoo, The Voice of the Butterfly" looks at chaotic relationships fraught with conservation efforts. Funny and touching, Nichols''s novel is a wild ride through the lunacies of the postmodern age.

Minutes before midnight on the evening of March 12, 1928, the St. Francis Dam collapsed. The dam''s 200-foot concrete wall crumpled, sending billions of gallons of raging flood waters down San Francisquito Canyon, sweeping 54 miles down the Santa Clara River to the sea, and claiming over 450 lives in the disaster. Captured here in over 200 images is a photographic record of the devastation caused by the flood, and the heroic efforts of residents and rescue workers. Built by the City of Los Angeles'' Bureau of Water Works and Supply, the failure of the St. Francis Dam on its first filling was the greatest American civil engineering failure of the 20th century. Beginning at dawn on the morning after the disaster, stunned local residents picked up their cameras to record the path of destruction, and professional photographers moved in to take images of the washed-out bridges, destroyed homes and buildings, Red Cross workers giving aid, and the massive clean-up that followed. The event was one of the worst disasters in California''s history, second only to the San Francisco Earthquake and Fire.

A color-illustrated overview of street luge that explains how the sport works and describes street luge safety, training, professionals, and competition. Also includes a "quick fact" section, a glossary, and lists of related resources.

Describes the history, equipment, competitions, and practice of climbing, both in climbing gyms and outdoors on rocks.

Traces the history of the team from its beginnings through 1999.

Traces the history of the team from its beginnings through 1999.

And so began - though few knew it at the time (least of all Joe) - the great Milagro beanfield war.

On back cover, strip out bar code and price. On copyright page, reset print line to P1.

Highlights the history of the Florida Marlins, the Major League Baseball expansion team that came to play in Miami in 1993.

At forty-eight, Bart Darling is about to perform a movie stunt that will in all likelihood kill him. Lorraine, his hillbilly girlfriend who is carrying his child, gives him an ultimatum: call it off or she''ll split. Bart summons his emotionally distant, twenty-nine-year-old son Marcel from New York to help him hold on to Lorraine. But Marcel finds himself falling for Lorraine, even as he sorts out his ambiguous feelings for Bart.

"John Nichols has remarkable insight into life''s crazy blend of comedy and tragedy. . . . Pure pleasure to read." —New York Times Book Review It''s World War II, and young Wendall Oler has been sent to stay will his father''s family in rural Stebbinsville, Vermont. Using this opportunity to act out his resentment for the death of his mother and his father''s leaving to fight in the war he does all he can to tyrannize his new family. Yet, thrown into the warmth of this country family, Wendall finds his resolve softening.