This catalogue of the major exhibition at the Palazzo Grassi in Venice presents a groundbreaking interpretatioin of the birth of modern art. Serge Lemoine, curator of the exhibition and director of th
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Early on the morning of September 11, 2001, Lauren Manning-a wife, the mother of a ten-month-old son, and a senior vice president and partner at Cantor Fitzgerald-came to work, as always, at One World
Cunning, ingenious felines help young women negotiate the world of men and romance as they discover their individual fears, passions, and truths, in a debut collection of short stories, including that
For thousands of years, no book has been more shrouded in mystery than the Zohar, yet no book offers us greater wisdom. The central text of Kabbalah, the Zohar is a commentary on the Bible’s narrative
The Island of Lost Maps tells the story of a curious crime spree: the theft of scores of valuable centuries-old maps from some of the most prominent research libraries in the United States and Canada.
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From the highly acclaimed author of Ninety-Two in the Shade and Nothing but Blue Skies comes this collection of breathtakingly exquisite essays borne of a lifetime spent fishing.The thirty-three essay
The questions and discussion topics that follow are intended to enhance your group’s reading of Travis Hunter’s The Hearts of Men. We hope they will provide new insights and ways of looking at this fu
An unforgettable dual memoir that explores an extraordinary friendship ... and illuminates a generation.It began in 1969, when a group of bored Long Island high school reporters wrote, for a lark, an
On July 26, 1996, the United States Supreme Court nullified the single-sex admissions policy of the Virginia Military Institute, the last all-male military college in America. Capturing the voices of
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First published in 1922, "The Waste Land" is T.S. Eliot's masterpiece, and is not only one of the key works of modernism but also one of the greatest poetic achievements of the twent
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They call themselves The Brethren: three disgraced former judges doing time in a Florida federal prison.??One was sent down for tax evasion.??Another, for skimming bingo profits.??The third, for a car
Discover the gentle art of Infant Massage...In this completely updated version of her renowned classic, Vimala McClure, founder of the International Association of Infant Massage, and its premier prop
The photographs by Annie Leibovitz in Women, taken especially for the book, encompass a broad spectrum of subjects: a rap artist, an astronaut, two Supreme Court justices, farmers, coal miners, movie
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"His monumental work...is the most thorough study of the U-boat campaign available." --Library JournalHitler's U-boat War is an epic sea story about the most arduous and prolonged naval battle in h
Simply, the best! At the opposite end of the spectrum from The New York Times Toughest Crosswords is this new volume of fifty puzzles, which originally appeared in Monday editions of The Times. These
Internationally known architect Adam D. Tihany has created some of the world's best-known restaurant and hotel interiors. His famous integrated design approach -- in which he links architecture, inter
"Cahill is insightful, wry, and highly entertaining as he explores the cultural influences, social expectations, and tricky politics of the day.??He examines the New Testament in this light, yet remai
A Better Way to Better BehaviorKaren Pryor's clear and entertaining explanation of behavioral training methods made Don't Shoot the Dog! a bestselling classic. Now this revised edition presents more o
Presenting simple formulas for everything from shampoo to laundry detergent and furniture polish, a practical handbook offers a range of tips, recipes, and guidelines for promoting a simple, confortab
Like Dürer, Rembrandt and Goya, Anthony van Dyck (1599-1641) made a key contribution to the art of printmaking. He was himself a talented etcher, and prints after his paintings were cut by th
For beginners, intermediates, and advanced flower essence buffs alike, The Flower Remedy Book addresses the single most commonly asked flower essence question: how do you know which essence(s) to take
The third in a series of Rizzoli monographs on Richard Meier, this volume comprehensively documents the numerous and varied works created since 1992 by one of America's most important architects and a
The ever increasing art historical attention being paid to the School of Leonardo lies at the root of this volume published almost sixty years after Suida's classic treatment of the subject. This is t
The third volume in Rizzoli's bestselling monograph series on the eminent modernist presents 24 of his post -1985 masterworks, including the internationally acclaimed Getty Center arts and humanities
Offers more than fifty selections--including tribal myths, animal folklore, and tales of the supernatural--representing the oral traditions of tribes from Nova Scotia to California
The best-selling authors of Men Who??Can't Love and What Smart Women??Know get to the heart of the real??relationship issue of the nineties for both men and??women -- the conflict between commitment a
From one of the most frequently visited restaurants in Savannah, The Lady & Sons, comes this collection of down-home Southern family favorites. Paula H. Deen, the owner and proprieter, has created
Bob Longhi, Maui restaurateur and local character, is also an authority on Italian cuisine. Now, he shares his wit, opinions, and recipes in a one-of-a-kind cookbook. Full-color food photos and hand-t
Ethical questions in medicine have become common topics of discussion during the past twenty years. Bitter disputes have arisen regarding abortion, suicide, human experimentation, as well as the manag
Kahlil Gibran’s masterpiece, The Prophet, is one of the most beloved classics of our time. Published in 1923, it has been translated into more than twenty languages, and the American editions alone ha
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While many field guides and cookbooks have been written on mushrooms, fewer books have been devoted to frogs and toads (certainly field guides and perhaps a cookbook)?but none that we know of has ever
