This is a unique introduction to Greek tragedy that explores the plays as dramatic artifacts intended for performance and pays special attention to construction, design, staging, and musical compositi
This is a unique introduction to Greek tragedy that explores the plays as dramatic artifacts intended for performance and pays special attention to construction, design, staging, and musical compositi
The paintings of Paul Feiler (1918-2013), the focus of this first survey of the artist's life and career, were inspired by the English landscape, particularly the cliffs and inlets of the coast of sou
'My daughter died on Christmas. Three days after she died, she was born.' Based on Daniel Raeburn's acclaimed New Yorker essay, Vessels is an exquisite portrait of a marriage tested to its very limit
Uses tactics from the world of business and economics to help parents more effectively negotiate with their children, offering advice and case studies of game theory in action.
Uses tactics from the world of business and economics to help parents more effectively negotiate with their children, offering advice and case studies of game theory in action.
When Dan, a writer with a passion for underground comics, and Bekah, a potter dedicated to traditional Japanese ceramics, met, they swiftly fell in love. “Of all the women I’ve ever met,” Dan told a f
A 2015 National Parenting Publications Awards Gold WinnerA Mom's Choice Awards Gold Medal WinnerIn Do Fathers Matter? the award-winning journalist and father of five Paul Raeburn overturns the lingeri
A groundbreaking exploration of fatherhood from the frontiers of psychology, genetics, and neuroscienceWhether they are portrayed as incompetent or simply inconsequential, fathers have long been overl
The paintings, murals, and graphics of Ben Shahn (1898-1969) have made him one of the most heralded American artists of the twentieth century, but during the 1930s he was also among the nation's premi
The paintings, murals, and graphics of Ben Shahn (1898-1969) have made him one of the most heralded American artists of the twentieth century, but during the 1930s he was also among the nation's premi
A visual history of opera describes its modest beginnings as a re-creation of classical Greek drama, to its peak in the seventeenth century, to its modern incarnations, in an account that is complemen
Going beyond the well-known photographs produced in the 1930s under the aegis of the Farm Security Administration, the celebrated works of Alfred Stieglitz, and the photographs displayed by the Museum
During the 1930s, the world of photography was unsettled, exciting, and boisterous. John Raeburn's A Staggering Revolution recreates the energy of the era by surveying photography's rich variety of in
In the tradition of Kay Redfield Jamison’s An Unquiet Mind, Acquainted with the Night is a powerful memoir of one man’s struggle to deal with the adolescent depression and bipolar disorder of his son
As one of today's most renowned cartoonists, Chris Ware is widely considered an artist of genius. Combining innovative comic book art, hand lettering, and graphic design, Ware's work is characterized
Ted is Elizabeth DeVita-Raeburn's older brother, best friend, and the "ringmaster of her days." On a September morning when she is six, she wakes up and Ted is gone. Her parents explain that he went
Despite the backlash against lesbian and gay rights occurring in cities and states across the country, a growing number of corporations are actually expanding protections and benefits for their gay a
