Gilbert-Rainer

In 1968, toward the end of a decade that witnessed civil rights protests, the escalation of the war in Vietnam and an expanded notion of artistic practice, Yvonne Rainer presented her evening length w

Presents a collection of the twentieth-century German poet's collected and uncollected works, as well as passages from his novel, "The Notebooks of Malte Laurids Brigge"

This illustrated survey features twenty-two of the most outstanding carved altarpieces from churches in southern Germany, Austria, South Tirol, the Czech Republic and Krakow. An extensive introduction

ZeitgeistThe Roaring Twenties in BerlinIt was the decade of daring Expressionist canvases, of brilliant book design, of the Bauhaus total work of art, of pioneering psychology, of drag balls, cabaret,

In a distinguished career spanning thirty years, Anish Kapoor has created an ambitious vocabulary of form manifested in sculptural installation and site-specific works. Using materials as wide-ranging

Superbly reproduced images of selected sculptures and late drawings by Rodin document his obsession with sexuality, revealing the countless ways he depicted the subject: as a threat and challenge, but

Microbial marvelsErnst Haeckel, the 19th-century pioneer who captured the artistic beauty of the natural worldErnst Haeckel (1834–1919) was a German-born biologist, naturalist, evolutionist, art

This is the first book to present the previously unpublished photographs of the renowned filmmaker Stanley Kubrick (1928-1999), taken between 1945 and 1950 and printed from recently discovered origina

Using this award-winning, entry-level MGI PhotoSuite 4 image editor just got easier with this handy guide. Home users will discover how to enhance images from a digital camera, scanner, or online phot

In his Duino Elegies, Rainer Maria Rilke suggests that animals enjoy direct access to a realm of being—the open—concealed from humans by the workings of consciousness and self-consciousness. In his ow

Long considered the definitive English translation of Rilke’s brilliant and haunting masterworks, A. Poulin’s edition of Duino Elegies and The Sonnets to Orpheus provides an essential introduction to

"It is my overall concern to reveal people as they are engaged in various kinds of activities—alone, with each other, with objects—and to weight the quality of the human body towards that of objects a

Rainer Maria Rilke, Gabriel Garcia Marquez, Emily Dickinson, Albert Camus, Sigmund Freud and the Tao Te Ching are just some of the influences evident in this book which brings poetry to bear on theolo

'There are quantities of human beings, but there are many more faces, for each person has several.' While his old furniture rots in storage, Malte Laurids Brigge lives in a cheap room in Paris, with l

Albertus Seba's "Cabinet of Curiosities" is one of the 18th century's greatest natural history achievements and remains one of the most prized natural history books of all time. Though it was common f

An all-new graphic novel from Pen Center USA Award winner, Gilbert Hernandez! Welcome to Lagrimas, a small south-of-the-border town where young men who consider themselves "loverboys" constantly hit o

A complete introduction to the psychology and science of perfume, with instructions on using and layering scent, and making your own perfumed sprays, oils, and bath and body products.At a time when advertising bombards us with the hard sell for the latest celebrity perfumes, fragrance expert Karen Gilbert shows how to create and blend your very own signature scent. Perfume: The Art and Craft of Fragrance introduces us to the psychology of smell and explains how fragrance can influence our moods and behavior, and gives a brief overview of perfume through the ages. A key chapter teaches you how to train your nose to recognize the five different fragrance families (floral, oriental, citrus, chypre, fougère), and how to identify the top, middle, and base notes of a perfume. Once you have understood the basics of how to build a fragrance, learn how to layer scents by creating perfume oils, sprays, and solids, plus scented bath and body products and home fragrance sprays from the easy step-b

* Winner of the 2013 Pulitzer Prize for General Nonfiction* Nominated for a 2013 Edgar Award * Book of the Year (Non-fiction, 2012) The Boston Globe, Christian Science MonitorFrom

Coming soon! The Spaniard's Innocent Maiden by Greta Gilbert will be available Mar 21, 2017.

Coming soon! Enslaved by the Desert Trader by Greta Gilbert will be available Jul 19, 2016.

A funny, tender, utterly beguiling story about a woman's search for happiness

What does it mean to publish today? In the face of a changing media landscape, institutional upheavals, and discursive shifts in the legal, artistic, and political fields, concepts of ownership, autho

A hard-hitting examination of the many ways college football has been transformed into a money-making spectacle that is hurting higher educationIn the spring of 2013 a study showed that despite huge e

A glorious, sweeping novel of desire, ambition, and the thirst for knowledge, from the # 1 New York Times bestselling author of Eat, Pray, Love and CommittedLook out for Elizabeth Gilbert’s new book,

In this classic text, now in its fourth edition, Gilbert Rist provides a complete and powerful overview of what the idea of development has meant throughout history. He traces it from its origins in t

In this classic text, now in its fourth edition, Gilbert Rist provides a complete and powerful overview of what the idea of development has meant throughout history. He traces it from its origins in t

A famous reclusive writer and his three sons find their bond tested by the weight of long-held secrets and a cumbersome legacy shaped by boarding school, Hollywood, and the elite circles of the publis

The importance of compassion as an antidote to human suffering is a long and venerable history with recent research evidence to support it. Originally developed to help individuals who suffer high lev

Amazon.com. Facebook. FedEx. CNN. They are names recognized around the world today, but just how did these companies grow into global giants? Built for Success now spotlights 16 flourishing corporatio

Amazon.com. Facebook. FedEx. CNN. They are names recognized around the world today, but just how did these companies grow into global giants? Built for Success now spotlights 16 flourishing corporatio

We commonly think of the American Revolution as simply the war for independence from British colonial rule. But, of course, that independence actually applied to only a portion of the American populat

Gathered in this volume readers will find more than fifty years of poems by the incomparable Jack Gilbert, from his Yale Younger Poets prize-winning volume to glorious late poems, including a section

"A look at the origins, leaders, growth, and products of Starbucks, the Seattle-based coffee company that was founded in 1971 and today has more than 12,000 outlets around the world"--Provided by publ

The Mahler Album is the definitive collection of all known photographs of the legendary composer and conductor Gustav Mahler (1860-1911). Mahler broke new ground in both composition and conducting, a

Details the history of the company from the Internet search engine created by two friends to a public corporation earning advertising revenue through its many services, including email, social network

The #1 New York Times bestselling follow-up to Eat, Pray, Love--an intimate and erudite celebration of love. At the end of her memoir Eat, Pray, Love, Elizabeth Gilbert fell in love with Felipe, a Br

Gilbert Strang's highly regarded calculus textbook; ideal both as a course companion and for self-study. Examples of the application of calculus to subjects such as physics, engineering and economics

A soup-to-nuts introduction to small, economical sailing craftTrailer sailers--the smallest, most economical sailboats with sleeping accommodations--are a popular platform for learning the basics of s

Find a small cruising sailboat and restore it to pristine condition on a budget that won't sink your budgetSmall, trailererable cruising sailboats are more popular than ever as mooring spaces dwindle