Wendy Martin

Popular radio talk-show host Lisa Crandall Graham is shocked by the ghoulish birthday message from an anonymous caller that comes only a few weeks after the sudden death of her husband. The call touches off a series of terrifying events in Lisa’s life and wreaks havoc at the San Francisco radio station. The recent arrival of Ross Avery, the autocratic hew station manager. does little to alleviate the suspicion and fear. As a psychologist who counsels others over the air, Lisa knows she must stay calm and not let the psychotic caller interrupt her life. Surprisingly, it’s the aloof Ross Avery himself who helps her realize how vulnerable she is, since she’s the main target of the caller’s rage. Touched by the warm feelings Ross awakens in her, Lisa finds herself drawn to him. But when she decides to turn away from the strength of Ross’s protection. Lisa finds herself alone in a desperate struggle to save her life and her heart…

"Presents a collection of the best short stories by American and Canadian women since 1945."

Presents the travel narratives of four seventeenth- and eighteenth-century American colonists, which relate such experiences as capture by Native Americans and survey of a disputed boundary line. Includes an introduction, explanatory notes, and an extensive selected bibliography. Contains "A Narrative of the Captivity and Restoration of Mrs. Mary Rowlandson" as recommended in the Wheatley edition of CCSS Curriculum Maps for Grade 11.

"An exciting new reference work that illuminates the beliefs, customs, events, material culture, and institutions that made up Emily Dickinson's world, giving users a glance at both Dickinson's life and times and the social history of America in the 19th century"--

Emily Dickinson is best known as an intensely private, even reclusive writer. Yet the way she has been mythologised has meant her work is often misunderstood. This introduction delves behind the myth to present a poet who was deeply engaged with the issues of her day. In a lucid and elegant style, the book places her life and work in the historical context of the Civil War, the suffrage movement, and the rapid industrialisation of the United States. Wendy Martin explores the ways in which Dickinson's personal struggles with romantic love, religious faith, friendship and community shape her poetry. The complex publication history of her works, as well as their reception, is teased out, and a guide to further reading is included. Dickinson emerges not only as one of America's finest poets, but also as a fiercely independent intellect and an original talent writing poetry far ahead of her time.

"This book offers a one-stop reference work covering the Gilded Age and Progressive era that serves teachers and their students. Integrates and aligns material for American literature and social studies curricula. Offers a range of tools to support literary works--analysis, history, document excerpts, and areas for study. Provides historical context for multiple key works of literature on the Gilded Age and Progressive era"-- "The Historical Explorations of Literature series is designed to help students to understand key works of American literature by putting them in the context of history, society, and culture through historical context essays, literary analysis, chronologies, primary source documents, and suggestions further research. Each volume in the series covers four or five canonical works related to a particular area of American literature--significant literary productions of the Jazz Age or the Harlem Renaissance, for example. For each title covered, students will find a brief synopsis of the work; separate essays on the work's historical background and the author's biographical background; an essay on "Why We Read This Work," summarizing the work's enduring value and significance; and a series of thematic "Historical Explorations" that include a selection of related primary documents"--