Russell Martin's remarkable first novel brings to mind the wonderful early books of Larry McMurtry, wherein the gorgeous but unforgiving landscape of the American West is evoked as powerfully and majestically as the characters who inhabit it. Ma...
This is the story of one particular little boy trapped in silence, struggling to regain language. And it is the story of every one of us who uses language in much the same way we breathe: effortlessly, intuitively, taking this gift for granted in our...
"This child and I are siblings surely, sisters of stone and bone and the curious accident of birth."--from The Sorrow of Archaeology
One hot Colorado afternoon, physician-turned-archaeologist Sarah MacLeish unearths the skeleton of an An...
On a bright afternoon in February 1910, thirteen-year-old Tommy Dumont witnesses the most stupendous event he has ever seen—the first flight of a powered airplane in Denver history. But only months later, this enterprising son of a wealthy bank...
The Essential Russell Martin is a collection of work by the internationally renowned writer that spans forty years. Collected here are three excerpts from novels and a novella, five articles, and excerpts from seven narrative nonfiction books-all of ...
Christianity=s negative attitude toward sex developed from the need for ancient Judaean and Christian families to flourish. A thorough scientific evaluation of human cultures will be required to replace it....