Richard Stevenson

The venerable tanka and her upstart cousin kyokamingle with Kerouac's American pop haiku in five-liner imagistpoems and linked sequences. In Windfall Apples, RichardStevenson mixes east and west with backyard barbecue and ruefulreflection.

Flavour is arguably the most fascinating aspect of eating and drinking. It utilises a complex variety of senses and processes, that incredibly work together to generate a unified, and hopefully pleasurable, experience. The processes involved are not just those involved in tasting at the time of eating, but also memory and learning processes - we obviously shun those foods of which we have a negative memory, and favour those we enjoy. Our understanding of the science of flavour has improved in recent years, benefiting psychology, cuisine, food science, oenology, and dietetics. This book describes what is known about the psychology and biology of flavour. Written by an authority in the field, it is divided into two parts. The first explores what we know about the flavour system; including the role of learning and memory in flavour perception and hedonics; the way in which all the senses that contribute to flavour interact, and our ability to perceive flavour as a whole and as a series of parts. The later chapters examine a range of theoretical issues concerning the flavour system. This includes a look at multisensory processing, and the way in which the mind and brain bind information from discrete sensory systems. It also examines the broader implications of studying flavour for societal problems such as obesity. Written in an accessible style, that assumes little prior knowledge of the field, the book will be valuable for psychologists interested in perception, neuroscientists, food scientists, and dieticians.

Set in London, Calcutta, and Ann Arbor, this story is about a group of friends and their intertwined paths through life. Caroline Grant-beautiful, well off and completely self-assured; Parker Henry, the man who loves her, the football star; Amy Gralowicz-sweet, patient, willing to accept life as it presents itself to her; and Larry Franklin, more inclined to intellectual and spiritual pursuits.

The Mafia, rock and roll, high finance. In a story of the conflict between ages, attitudes and culture, Ellsworth Dodge acquires the contract of Millie Armor, an up and coming young singer. Hiding a part, Millie (who yearns for a simple, quiet life) falls in love with both Dodge and a fellow musician who means her no good. Not that Dodge does either--he is merely the biggest shark in the tank. Dodge, the "fleur de mal of The Desk," emerges unscathed from his involvement with the rock and roll world and the Mob. Does all life start with grand ambitions that ultimately become failed dreams, lost illusions?

Helen Anderson is young, beautiful, wealthy, highly accomplished but with some emotional wounds from childhood which keep her isolated and lonely. One evening she sees a young man being mugged. She rescues him, helps him deal with his subsequent amnesia, loves him and marries him. Then during a trip to England she loses him. The love of her life disappears without a trace. Much later, by sheer chance, she finds him, but he has become someone different, almost unreachable. A moving story of love and fidelity, set in the financial world of Boston and the high-tech industry of Waltham and Route 128.