One of the greatest aesthetic attractions in the ancient world was pantomime dancing, a ballet-style entertainment in which a silent, solo dancer incarnated a series of mythological characters to the
This book offers a fresh and challenging multi-disciplinary interpretation of Aristophanes' Frogs. Drawing on a wide range of literary and anthropological approaches, it seeks to explore how membershi
Le Corbusiers development was inextricably connected to the rise of the centurys popular visual medium: photography. This book traces the many ways in which he used photography to define and dissemina
Introduces some of the different types of homes in which people live, including single-family houses, apartment buildings, mobile homes, and houseboats.
Hailed as “one of the greatest works of 20th century literature” (Boston Globe) and frequently compared to Catch-22, Jaroslav Hasek’s comic masterpiece follows a WWI soldier’s
In The Good Soldier Svejk, celebrated Czech writer and anarchist Jaroslav Hasek combined dazzling wordplay and piercing satire in a hilariously subversive depiction of the futility of war. Good-natu
When the students in Mrs. Torres's class start to plan their class party, they expect that it will feature junk food, but as they learn about which foods are healthy and which are not, they decide to
When Catalina's mother suggests that she take her umbrella out, Catalina feels that she doesn't need it since it isn't raining, until her mother explains to her how weather forecasts can help people b
