Renowned typographer and poet Robert Bringhurst brings clarity to the art of typography with this masterful style guide. Combining the practical, theoretical, and historical, this edition is completel
Renowned typographer and poet Robert Bringhurst brings clarity to the art of typography with this masterful style guide. Combining the practical, theoretical, and historical, this edition is completel
This anthology, with essays by Riane Eisler, June Singer, and others, considers Goddess myths, current psychological perspectives, and the feminine principle in spirituality today. It offers a worldvi
In this book, Anthony Rudd flouts convention in his approach to the problem of skepticism. He brings Wittgensteinian and analytic philosophy into dialogue with Heidegger's work and the continental tra
From world-renowned Brazilian writer Chico Buarque comes a stylish, imaginative tale of love, loss, and longing, played out across multiple generations of one Brazilian family. At once jubilant and pa
In an unnamed Middle Eastern security state, a young Arab-Indian hacker shields his clients—dissidents, outlaws, Islamists, and other watched groups—from surveillance and tries to stay out of trouble.
From the acclaimed writer Susan Minot, author of Monkeys, Lust & Other Stories, and Folly, and the legendary filmmaker Bernardo Bertolucci, director of Last Tango in Paris, The Last Emperor (winne
Five birds a flamingo, owl, hummingbird, albatross and pelican are explored through rhyme, pictures and pull-out cards to construct into 3D figures. With two spreads dedicated to each bird, adults wil
Alain Gree’s beautiful illustrations from the 1960s and 70s are known throughout the world. With their naivety of form and bold use of color, their charm is undeniable.Numbers features Alain Gree’s st
The new What to Paint series is perfect for intermediate and experienced painters looking for inspiring subjects. Each book has 24 stunning full-page projects, a color palette for each, and informati
The finest and most versatile logbooks for aviators, ASA's logbooks have been "The Standard" of the industry for over 30 years and comply with the FAA's record keeping requirements. Versatile, easy-to
The finest and most verstile logbooks for aviators. ASA's logbooks have been "The Standard" of the industry for over 30 years and comply with the FAA's recordkeeping requirements. With so many options
Wallace (religious studies, U. of California-Santa Barbara) was a Tibetan Buddhist monk for 14 years in India and Switzerland. He combines the findings of western scientists and philosophers on the na
Consider yourself an expert hockey fan? Challenge your NHL knowledge with hundreds of who's, what's, when's, and where's about the greatest game on ice. Score mental goals with multiple-choice and tru
Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan, colleague of Gandhi, Nehru and Tagore, former Ambassador to the Soviet Union and now Vice-President of India, is regarded as the greatest living thinker of the East; the able
Author Jim Harrison has won international acclaim for his masterful body of work, including Returning to Earth, Legends of the Fall and over thirty books of fiction, nonfiction, and poetry. In his mos
With this revised and enlarged edition of The String Player's Guide to Chamber Music, music lovers learn to play well-known works by Mozart, and Beethoven, among others. The book evaluates each piece,
From the producers of the acclaimed Dressing a Galaxy: The Costumes of Star Wars comes an inside look at the secrets behind the saga’s artful models and sculptures. Lorne Peterson, model and sculpture
In Search of Paradise is a survey of the great gardens of the world, presented through photographic images and the descriptions of the garden designer and writer Penelope Hobhouse. Here you will find
Philosopher and essayist Paul Shepard (1925?1996) brought to the environmental literature of the 1960s and ’70s the political passion of the time, but a passion matched with a demand for scholarly pre
Keep your kids happy while traveling with these creative, amusing, DIY postcardsKids love doodling?it’s easy and fun and a perfect way to express how they see the world. With Doodle Postcards, your ki
Based on the results of a survey of children and adults, the author argues that increasing divorce rates and single-mother families are welcome signs of a democratization of the family. 50,000 first p
An eighty-ton whale became trapped in a lagoon near Mowat's home in Burgeo, Newfoundland, in 1967, and Mowat relates how some of the townspeople tried to shoot it with rifles, and how he tried to save
Beatrice is a thirteen-year-old orphan in Kibera, Nairobi - a Kenyan shantytown built on refuse and rubbish and one of the biggest slums in Africa. In this book she describes her life: her walk to sch
It’s winter and little bear doesn’t want to go to sleep. He’d rather play, and he’s sure he won’t get cold outside, no matter how long the winter is, how deep the snow might get, or how hard the storm
The use of a Viewmaster-like object found while scavenging at the dump results in teenaged Tristan seeing surprising images and leads to unforeseen consequences.
Sartre's moral thinking progressed from an abstract, idealistic ethics of authenticity to a more concrete, realistic, and materialistic morality.Much of Sartre's important unpublished work on ethics -
When Bertrand Russell discovered an unresolvable contradiction in Gottlob Frege’s (1848-1925) logical system, the effect was calamitous, embittering Frege and overshadowing his important work in analy
When Bertrand Russell discovered an unresolvable contradiction in Gottlob Frege’s (1848-1925) logical system, the effect was calamitous, embittering Frege and overshadowing his important work in analy
With over sixty million casualties, World War II was the bloodiest conflict in history. In this incisive introduction, esteemed academic Christopher Catherwood covers all the key battles and campaigns
Anna Mason's exceptional floral artwork has won awards from the Royal Horticultural Society, International Artist magazine and seen her elected to the prestigious Society of Botanical Artists. In this
In The Hot Country, Christopher Marlowe Cobb (?Kit”), the swashbuckling early 20th century American newspaper war correspondent travels to Mexico in April and May of 1914, during that country’s civil
Terrorism poses vexing problems for which there are no easy solutions. Philosophy 9/11 explores common ideas about terrorism from different perspectives, and poses new ideas to deepen understanding of
A powerful tradition in philosophy, of which Descartes is an influential proponent, holds that mind is something possessed by each individual human, independently of membership in a culture and societ
These essays present new analyses of the central figures of analytic philosophy -- Frege, Russell, Moore, Wittgenstein, and Carnap -- from the beginnings of the analytic movement into the 1930s. The p
Born in 1901, Paul Weiss has made major contributions to several branches of philosophy, as well as to teaching and scholarly publishing. Alfred North Whitehead remarked: "The danger of philosophical
Kierkegaard said that faith without doubt is simply credulity, the will to believe too readily, especially without adequate evidence, and that ?in Doubt can Faith begin.” All people involved in spirit
Martin Amis, Kazuo Ishiguro, Salman Rushdie, Ian McEwan, and Julian Barnes were relatively unknown names in literature when Granta published its first Best of Young British Novelists list in 1983. Th
