Lost and found, originally published in 1980, this is a classic work of oral history that provides an extraordinary and moving picture of everyday American lives.

Takes us into the lives of people at pivotal moments when they reach for, and find hope - or when it eludes their grasp. Through these intimate portraits, we learn how to distinguish true hope from false, why everyone deserves to have hope, and whether we should ever give up.

In this series of 19 dialogues with art critic Suzi Gablik, artists, writers and philosophers address the central questions of the meaning and purpose of art in an age of accelerating change and spiritual uncertainty.

This standard text on medical interviewing retains its core of open-ended and more directed interviewing techniques, but the fourth edition is more firmly anchored in the everyday practice of medicine. It contains much new material on the components of the medical history, and many other practical issues.