Fish Or Cut Bait Beware The Curves

Many bibliographers focus on women who write. Lawyer Barnett looks at women who detect, at women as sleuths and at the evolving roles of women in professions and in society. Excellent for all women's studies programs as well as for the mystery hound.

Bruce Murphy's Encyclopedia of Murder and Mystery is a comprehensive guide to the genre of the murder mystery that catalogues thousands of items in a broad range of categories: authors, titles, plots, characters, weapons, methods of killing, movie and theatrical adaptations. What distinguishes this encyclopedia from the others in the field is its critical stance.

The noted artist and AIDS activist shares the story of her life in this memoir that exhibits the grace and honesty that stunned the nation at the 1992 Republican convention. Since her disclosure that she is HIV-positive, Mary has been an inspiration to audiences across the country--whether reflecting on raising her sons, or describing how she converted her terror, grief and anger into a new life mission.