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THE SECRET OF FAMEby Gabriel ZaidTranslated by Natasha Wimmer$14.95 • Cloth • 195 pp. • 978-1-58988-038-2

Fame. Why do authors seek it? How does oneacquire it? What are the consequences of attainingit? In The Secret of Fame, Gabriel Zaid examines themethods and motivations, from ancient times to thepresent day. He shines a critical, yet humorous,light on today’s literary world, whose denizens findit “more interesting to talk about writers than toread them,” and he takes a serious look at the desirefor fame and the disillusionment and objectificationthat can accompany it. Along the way, Zaid pokesfun at literary and scholarly traditions, includingthe unwritten rules of quoting other authors,

the ascendancy of the footnote, and the practice of publishing “foolishly complete works.”

“The author can manage his literary name like a brand, with a whole lineof products: books published under his name (but not necessarily entirelywritten by him), with all their subsidiary rights; as well as a line of services. . . There’s no reason that toys, clothes, and many other things should bethe sole province of characters like Harry Potter and Mickey Mouse. Atthe Günter Grass Museum, established with the participation of the writer,Günter Grass t-shirts or Günter Grass tin drums could surely be sold.”

—from The Secret of Fame

Gabriel Zaid’s poetry, essays, social and cultural criticism, and businesswritings have been widely published throughout the Spanish-speakingworld. Zaid is the founder and manager of a consulting firm in MexicoCity that serves the publishing industry.

Natasha Wimmer recently translated The Savage Detectives by Roberto Bolano.

ALSO BY GABRIEL ZAID

SO MANY BOOKS

Reading and Publishing in an Age of Abundance

$9.95 • Paper • 144 pp. • 978-1-58988-003-0

So Many Books is not so much a book as it is a conversa-tion—about books, about reading, about the mad business of how a book is born every thirty seconds. A conversation filled with proposals and arguments and debate about books, from the age of Socrates to our own. Join the conversation!

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LITERARY GENIUS25 Classic Writers Who Define

English & American Literature

Edited by Joseph EpsteinWood engravings by Barry Moser$34.95 • Cloth • 246 pp.978-1-58988-039-9 $18.95 • Paper • 246 pp. 978-1-58988-035-1 59 wood engravings

“Genius is one of those words uponwhich the world has agreed to formno clear consensus,” Joseph Epsteintells us in his introduction. How then shall we define “literary genius”? In this collection, twenty-five cotem-porary authors endeavor to answerthat question by considering twenty-five classic writers and their enduringworks.

We learn that, more important than mere originality or creativity, it is theability to make us experience the world in new ways that sets these writersapart. “My task,” Joseph Conrad wrote, “is by the power of the writtenword to make you hear, to make you feel—it is above all to make you see.That—and no more, and it is everything.”

Wood-engraved portraits and illustrations by renowned artist Barry Moseraccompany each essay.

Joseph Epstein is the author of nineteen books, most recent among themIn a Cardboard Belt!: Essays Personal, Literary, and Savage. For more thantwenty years he was editor of the American Scholar. He also taught formany years in the English Department at Northwestern University.

Barry Moser is an illustrator, author, and designer whose work appears inmuseums and libraries around the world. He has published nearly threehundred titles, including Lewis Carroll’s Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland,which won the American Book Award.

THE LOGIC OF DESIREAn Introduction to

Hegel’s Phenomenology of Spirit

by Peter Kalkavage$35.00 • Paper • 500 pp. • 978-1-58988-037-5

Peter Kalkavage’s The Logic of Desire is the best intro-duction for the general reader to Georg WilhelmFriedrich Hegel’s Phenomenology of Spirit. In his pref-ace, Kalkavage explains why he thinks readers shouldtackle the Phenomenology:

“There is much to commend the study of Hegel: hisattentiveness to the deepest, most fundamental questions of philosophy, his uncompromising pursuitoftruth, his amazing gift for characterization and critique,his appreciation for the grand sweep of things and thelarge view, his profound admiration for all that is

heroic, especially for the ancient Greeks, those heroes of thought in whomthe philosophic spirit first dawned, his penetrating gaze into modernity inall its forms, the enormous breadth of his interests, and the sheer audacityof his claim to have captured absolute knowing in the form of a thoroughlyrational account.”

Peter Kalkavage has taught for thirty years at St. John’s College inAnnapolis, Maryland.

OTHER BOOKS ON PHILOSOPHY*

THE ADVANCEMENT OF LEARNING

by Francis Bacon$17.95 • Paper • 263 pp. • 978-0-9664913-6-4

“Bacon was the first to address the issues that have againbecome so pressing in our time: Why should we pursuescientific progress? What are the implications of modernscience for religion and morality? Does technologyenhance or disfigure the human soul? . . . It is thereforehard to imagine a book more attuned to our times.”

—from the Introduction by Jerry Weinberger

THE REPUBLIC

The Odyssey of Philosophy

by Jacob Howland$14.95 • Paper • 187 pp. • 978-1-58988-015-3

“Jacob Howland’s book is an engaging, readable, and extremelysuggestive addition to the literature on Plato’s magnum opus.”

—Ancient Philosophy

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INFINITYBeyond the Beyond the Beyond

by Lillian R. LieberIllustrations by Hugh Gray LieberForeword by Barry Mazur$14.95 • Paper • 359 pp. 978-1-58988-036-826 line drawings

“Infinity.” It sounds simple, but it’s not.Lillian Lieber presents an entertaining, yetthorough, explanation of the concept—accessible to non-mathematicians—and cleverly connects mathematical reasoning tolarger issues in society. The new foreword byHarvard professor Barry Mazur is a tributeto the Liebers’ influence on generations of mathematicians.

“Another excellent book for the lay reader ofmathematics.” —Library Journal

“The interpolations tying mathematics into human life and thought arebrilliantly clear.” —Booklist

Lillian R. Lieber wrote a series of lighthearted (and well-respected) mathbooks in the 1930s, 40s, and 50s. Paul Dry Books is pleased to introducethese books to a new generation of readers.

Barry Mazur is the Gerhard Gade University Professor of Mathematics atHarvard University and is the author of Imagining Numbers.

ALSO BY LILLIAN R. LIEBER

THE EDUCATION OF T. C. MITS

What Modern Mathematics Means to You

Illustrations by Hugh Gray LieberForeword by Barry Mazur$11.95 • Paper • 229 pp. 978-1-58988-033-753 line drawings

Do you know that two times two is not alwaysfour; that the sum of the angles in a triangle doesnot always equal 180º; that sometimes it is possi-ble to draw two parallel lines through the samepoint? In The Education of T. C. MITS, LillianLieber opens the door to the wonder of mathemat-ical thinking and its application to everyday life.

“A delightful book.” —New York Times

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THE ENVISIONED LIFEEssays in Honor of Eva Brann

Edited by Peter Kalkavage and Eric Salem$39.95 • Cloth • 383 pp. 978-1-58988-040-5 $24.95 • Paper • 383 pp.978-1-58988-041-2

To mark Eva Brann’s fiftieth yearon the faculty of St. John’s Collegein Annapolis, Maryland, twenty-three of her colleagues, friends, andformer students have contributedessays, poems, and art to TheEnvisioned Life. They celebrate Eva’s“passion for learning and her deeplove of books, her breadth ofknowledge and interests, herboundless energy, her mastery ofthe spoken and of the written word,her virtues of leadership, and herbright and generous spirit.”

“Eva Brann is more than a prolificauthor and a beloved teacher. Sheis also a muse. For half a century,

she has inspired her fellow tutors, her many friends, and generations ofstudents to stretch their powers of thinking and imagining. . . To this Eva,then, teacher and learner, friend and colleague; woman of many ways,traveler in the world of spirit and the world at large; wily, resourceful, andcircumspect; lover of books and words and wide-open spaces; light-bearer,cookie-bearer, sailor, and flute-player; multiplex and Yodaform—to thisEva, who has united so gracefully the examined and the envisioned life, we dedicate this feast of words and works.” —from the Dedication

NEW/FORTHCOMING April 2008

HOMERIC MOMENTSClues to Delight in Reading the Odyssey and the Iliad$35.00 • Cloth • 326 pp. • 978-0-9679675-6-1$19.95 • Paper • 326 pp. • 978-0-9679675-7-8

In forty-eight brief chapters, Eva Brann delves beneath the captivating surface of the Odyssey and the Iliad to explore the inner connections andlayers of meaning that have made these intricately constructed works “the marvel of the ages.”

“Written with wit and clarity, this book will be of value to those readingthe Odyssey and the Iliad for the first time and to those teaching it tobeginners.” —Library Journal

OPEN SECRETS / INWARD PROSPECTSReflections on World and Soul$24.95 • Cloth • 435 pp. • 978-1-58988-019-1

In Open Secrets / Inward Prospects, Eva Brann collects observations andmaxims written over a thirty-year span. The book divides in a rough butready way into two sorts: observations about our external world wellknown to all but not always openly told, and sightings of internal vistasand omens wherein the author looks at herself as a sample soul.

THE MUSIC OF THE REPUBLICEssays on Socrates’ Conversations and Plato’s Writings$24.95 • Cloth • 378 pp. • 978-1-58988-008-5

In this collection of essays, Eva Brann shows how Plato’s dialogues and thetimeless matters they address remain important to us today.

“The title essay of this collection is a miniature masterpiece, one of themost seminal writings of our time on Plato’s Republic.”

—John Sallis, Pennsylvania State University

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ROCKY STORIESTales of Love, Hope, and Happiness

at America’s Most Famous Steps

by Michael VitezPhotographs by Tom GralishForeword by Sylvester Stallone$22.95 • Paper • 129 pp. • 978-1-58988-029-0100 color photographs

Pulitzer Prize-winners Michael Vitez and TomGralish of the Philadelphia Inquirer spent ayear visiting the Philadelphia Museum of Artto capture the stories of “Rocky runners,” who come from all over the world to run upAmerica’s most famous steps—just as SylvesterStallone did in Rocky. People make the pilgrimage to mark a new beginning, to seekinspiration, to celebrate an accomplishment,to find the perfect backdrop for romance, orsimply because they love the movie. As one

runner says, “It gives you the feeling that anything is possible.”

“A charming photo essay of people who retraced Rocky’s steps and felttheir own exhilaration doing it.” —San Francisco Chronicle

“Stallone created a classic piece of Americana with the Rocky saga. AndMichael Vitez and Tom Gralish have done the same with this soulfulbook.” —Capital Times

THE PLANNING OF CENTER CITYPHILADELPHIAFrom William Penn to the Present

by John Andrew Gallery $17.95 • Paper • 96 pp. • 978-0-9793787-0-6Photographs and illustrations throughout

When William Penn founded the colony ofPennsylvania in 1682, he created a visionary planfor Philadelphia. Over the past 325 years Penn’splan has been modified by many individuals toreflect an evolving vision of a city both beautifuland practical. The Planning of Center CityPhiladelphia traces these three centuries of planning history and includes five walking toursthat highlight the city’s beautiful architecture. The tours contain easily readable maps as well as photographs and descriptions of the most significant architectural landmarks in each area.

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STYLE: AN ANTI-TEXTBOOKSecond Edition, Revised

by Richard A. Lanham$14.95 • Paper • 212 pp. • 978-1-58988-032-0

Why do so many writing courses, with their earnesthandbooks and narrow focus on “clarity,” bore studentsand fail to teach them how to write well? RichardLanham provides answers, and an antidote, in the sevenwitty and provocative chapters of Style: An Anti-Textbook.

1. THE PROSE PROBLEM AND “THE BOOKS” 2. THE USES

OF OBSCURITY • 3. THE OPAQUE STYLE • 4. THE DELIGHTS

OF JARGON • 5. POETIC PROSE • 6. ESSENTIAL

HYPOCRACIES • 7. THE ULTIMATE MORALITY OF MIND

A new program, one that emphasizes writing as “pleasure rather thanduty” and allows “words to escape from the penalty box and get backto skating” is Lanham’s goal with this updated and expanded editionof his classic. The Anti-Textbook is back!

“Imperative reading for all teachers and students of writing.” —Choice

“Lanham’s own style is notable for its audacity, liveliness, and grace.” —Times Literary Supplement

THE FICTION EDITOR, THE NOVEL, AND THENOVELISTA Book for Writers, Teachers, Publishers, and Anyone

Else Devoted to Fiction

Second Edition, Revised

by Thomas McCormack$14.95 • Paper • 167 pp. • 978-1-58988-030-6

Drawing upon twenty-eight years of experience as the CEOand Editorial Director of St. Martin’s Press, ThomasMcCormack gives practical guidance about how to plan,write, and revise a novel. A standard reference for editorssince its first publication in 1988, The Fiction Editor has alsobecome popular with writers because McCormack’s advice is

constructive at every step of the creative process: from individual wordchoice, right up to the overarching effect of the work as a whole. He detailshow to structure the novel, choose the characters, drive the story, diagnosenarrative ailments, and find and apply specific remedies.

“Required reading for all those who care about good fiction.”—Kirkus Reviews

“Writers will actually learn things here.” —Los Angeles Times

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THE CHESS SET IN THE MIRRORby Massimo BontempelliIllustrations by STOTranslated by Estelle Gilson$9.95 • Paper • 114 pp. • 978-1-58988-031-3Drawings throughout

Alone in a room with nothing but an oldmirror and a chess set, a young boy antici-pates a boring afternoon. But like Alice—justbefore she fell down the rabbit hole andwound up in Wonderland—this boy is aboutto embark on a marvellous adventure. Gazingat the mirror, he discovers that the chesspieces (the reflections, not the real ones) arealive! When the White King invites him into the world on the other side, the excitement begins.

“This whimsical Italian fantasy, originally published in 1922, belongs onthe shelf next to The Little Prince and Alice in Wonderland. Simple language by translator Gilson gives the novel a poetic tone, while STO’scharming black-and-white illustrations add humor.” —VOYA

“The narrator’s dry wit, reminiscent of P. G. Wodehouse, makes for anappealing journey and, coupled with the whimsical pen-and-ink draw-ings, a charming package with a timeless air.” —Publishers Weekly

“A story told in a voice that’s charmingly direct, sweetly self-referential(‘So there you have it—right away, in the second chapter—the reason forthe title of this story’) and more than a little trippy . . . Like all goodbooks for children, it also has unusual insights into childhood itself: ‘. . . when you’re ten years old, standing or sitting are exactly the same.’”

—Philadelphia Inquirer

Massimo Bontempelli was a prolific writer of poetry, plays, and novels whocoined the term “magical realism.” His writings have been translated intomany languages. STO, aka Sergio Tofano, was an Italian actor, director,playwright, scene designer, and illustrator.

ONE IS ONEby Barbara Leonie Picard$9.95 • Paper • 285 pp. • 978-1-58988-027-6

In 14th-century England, Stephen de Beauvilledreams of becoming a knight—not the mostpromising ambition for a contemplative boywith a talent for drawing. In a twist of fortune,he becomes squire to a singularly wise knightand then attains knighthood himself. Thedeath of his own young squire causes the 26-year-old Stephen to re-examine his aspirations,and to make an important discovery aboutwhere his ultimate happiness lies.

“Her literary fairy tales are lushly romantic,with poetic language and an almost other-worldly knowledge thatinforms and enriches them.” —Janice M. Del Negro

Barbara Leonie Picard lives in Sussex, England. Her works include five historical novels for young adults, many retellings of myths and epics—including the Odyssey and the Iliad, the story of King Arthur, and legendsof the Norse gods—and collections of fairy tales. Several of her books,including One Is One, have been shortlisted for the Carnegie Medal, theoldest children’s book award in the UK. Of her writing, the author says: “I have never written with children or, indeed, anyone else in mind, butalways for myself. Any story I have written has been a story I would havewanted to read myself.”

PAGEANTS OF DESPAIRby Dennis Hamley$9.95 • Paper • 175 pp. • 978-1-58988-028-3

After unknown assailants attack his mother, Peter is sentby train to stay with his grandparents. On that ride anuncanny figure leads him back in time to the 14th-century village of Dunfield, where Peter will take partin a mysterious play in which the actors become thecharacters they portray. Peter believes he has beenbrought there to counter an unearthly, menacing influ-ence, but a succession of terrifying experiences leads

him to suspect, instead, that he might be destined to cause the disaster heis trying to avert. He needs courage to face the crisis and intelligence tosolve the mystery. In this tale where ancient pageants morph into horrificrealities, the author draws on the actual medieval Townley Cycle ofMystery Plays—which were performed annually at Wakefield, England—to give Peter’s experience in the imaginary village of Dunfield a vivid true-to-life quality.

“A good deal of background information on the Mystery Plays andextracts from some of the performances crystallise the setting; the atmos-phere of religious superstition and its hold over simple folk are capturedwith a grim reality and a sense of lurking foreboding. [Readers who] allow the tensions of time and mystery to work will share a strange experience in an unfamiliar world.” —Junior Bookshelf

Dennis Hamley lives in Oxford, England. Pageants of Despair, his firstnovel, was originally published in 1974.

CRIES IN THE NEW WILDERNESSby Mikhail N. Epstein / Trans. by Eve Adler$25.95 • Cloth • 236 pp. 978-0-9679675-4-7 $15.95 • Paper • 236 pp. 978-0-9679675-5-4 “The book is full of tragicomic tension andbrings to mind the multivoiced novels ofDostoevsky.” —Ilya Kabakov

FRIEND OF MANKIND AND OTHERSTORIES by Julian Mazor $19.95 • Cloth • 279 pp. 978-1-58988-016-0 “An entertaining take on the battle of thesexes.” —Publishers Weekly

HIS MONKEY WIFEby John Collier / Intro. by Eva Brann$14.95 • Paper • 214 pp. 978-0-9664913-3-3 “A wayward masterpiece.”

—Anthony Burgess

MEMOIRS OF MIDGETby Walter de la Mare $14.95 • Paper • 379 pp. 978-1-58988-0012-2 “This semi-forgotten classic—once regardedby more than one critic as, in EdwardWagenknecht’s words, ‘the most distin-guished novel that has come out of Englandin our time’—is now again available, with afine introduction by Alison Lurie.”

—Michael Dirda, Washington Post

THE DISCOVERY OF SLOWNESSby Sten Nadolny / Fwd. by Carl Honoré$14.95 • Paper • 325 pp.978-1-58988-024-5 “This remarkable, superbly translated novelderives from the life of the real 19th-centuryexplorer John Franklin.”

—Publishers Weekly

THE PARNASA Scene from the Holocaust by Silvano Arieti / Fwd. by Rabbi Harold S.Kushner$14.95 • Paper • 147 pp. 978-0-9664913-0-2 “The psychiatrist’s insight and the story-teller’s skill offer an absorbing tale.”

—Elie Wiesel

THE TREE OF LIFEby Hugh Nissenson / Intro. by Margo Jefferson$14.95 • Paper • 189 pp. 978-0-9664913-2-6 “This book is a work of art and no one whoreads it will ever forget it.”

—David McCullough

AS WE SAW THEM The First Japanese Embassy to the United Statesby Masao Miyoshi / Fwd. by Carol Gluck$15.95 • Paper • 232 pp. 978-1-58988-023-8 “Miyoshi’s masterful account is, by turns,alarming and hilarious as two cultures meetat the court of President James Buchanan.”

—Gore Vidal

LINCOLN’S QUEST FOR UNIONby Charles B. Strozier$18.95 • Paper • 298 pp.978-0-9679675-1-6 “A remarkable book with extraordinaryinsights.” —Doris Kearns Goodwin

AN INVISIBLE COUNTRY by Stephan WackwitzTrans. by Stephen Lehmann$24.95 • Cloth • 253 pp. 978-1-58988-022-1 “Wackwitz’s personal study of his nation’sdark heritage is a rare gem.”

—Publishers Weekly

BOSTON BOYby Nat Hentoff$14.95 • Paper • 212 pp. 978-0-9679675-2-3 “Nat Hentoff knows jazz. And it comesalive in this wonderful, touching memoir.”

—Ken Burns

FAREWELL TO SALONICAby Leon Sciaky$14.95 • Paper • 299 pp. 978-1-58988-002-3 A world of Sephardic Jews, Greek Ortho-dox, and Turkish Muslims in the early1900s.

FOR SOLO VIOLIN by Aldo Zargani / Trans. by Marina Harss$15.95 • Paper • 326 pp. 978-0-9679675-3-0 “A gracefully written, elegiac memoir ofchildhood.” —Los Angeles Times

HOTEL KIDA Times Square Childhood by Stephen Lewis$22.95 • Cloth • 214 pp. 978-0-9679675-8-5$12.95 • Paper • 214 pp. 978-1-58988-018-4 “As luxurious as the lobby in a

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MATTHEW: A Memoir

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MITCHELL & RUFFAn American Profile in Jazzby William Zinsser $14.95 • Paper • 191 pp. 978-0-9664913-4-0“One of the most exciting books aboutAmerica’s original art form that I’ve everread. It’s a revelation.” —Studs Terkel

THE VERB ‘TO BIRD’by Peter Cashwell / Illus. by Grant Silverstein$22.95 • Cloth • 275 pp. 978-1-58988-000-9$14.95 • Paper • 275 pp. 978-1-58988-001-6 “An entertaining and witty meditation onbirding.” —Library Journal

TO A DISTANT ISLAND by James McConkey / Fwd. by Jay Parini$14.95 • Paper • 203 pp. 978-0-9664913-5-7 “A deeply moving, exquisitely writtenbook.” —Washington Post

WHO LOVES YOU LIKE THISby Edith Bruck / Trans. by Thomas Kelso$14.95 • Paper • 135 pp. 978-0-9664913-7-1 “Unforgettable testimony.” —Primo Levi

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MY BUSINESS IS CIRCUMFERENCEPoets on Influence and MasteryEdited by Stephen Berg$24.95 • Paper • 294 pp.978-0-9664913-9-5 Contemporary American poets provide amultifaceted view of the creative process.

OVID’S METAMORPHOSESThe Arthur Golding Translation Edited by John Frederick Nims$22.95 • Paper • 460 pp. 978-0-9664913-1-9 “It is a tour de force of translation, and itdeserves, more than 400 years after its composition, to be read.” —Rain Taxi

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AMERICAN PLACESA Writer’s Pilgrimage to Sixteen ofThis Country’s Most Visited andCherished Sitesby William Zinsser$14.95 • Paper • 193 pp.978-1-58988-034-4“This inspiring guide includes places everyone means to go to some day . . . Mr. Zinsser personalizes each place, giving its history and adding his own keen observations.” —New York Times

THE TELESCOPE IN THE PARLOR by James McConkey$14.95 • Paper • 191 pp.978-1-58988-020-7 “McConkey’s essays reveal a seasoned mindand a soulful spirit.” —Publishers Weekly

SHAKESPEARE’S USE OF THE ARTS OFLANGUAGEby Sister Miriam Joseph$29.95 • Cloth • 423 pp.978-1-58988-025-2“An immensely valuable aid to serious students of the greatest of all writers.”

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