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It is 1704 and, while the Sun King Louis XIV rules France from the splendour of Versailles, Louisiana, the new and vast colony named in his honour, is home to fewer than two hundred souls. When a demand is sent requesting wives be dispatched for the struggling settlers, Elisabeth is among the girls who leave France to be married to men of whom they know nothing. more...
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"Is imagination merely a talent, such as a good singing voice, the ability to "make things up" or "think things up" or "get ideas"? Or is it, like science, a way of knowing things that can be known in no other way? We have much reason to think that it is a way of knowing things not otherwise knowable.... It is also the power by which we see the place, the predicament, or the story we are in." —From the essay "God, Science, and Imagination" more...
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"Though Freudian therapy has, in general, been superseded by modern psychotherapy methods, practicing clinical psychologist Stokes shows how Freud, over a century ago, ingeniously anticipated modern neurobiological discoveries.... With three appendices, this makes a useful self-help manual for clients and clinicians." —Publishers Weekly
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