The autobiography of Michel Laclotte reflects upon his life at the forefront of French cultural life as the chief curator of painting and sculpture at the Musee du Louvre, as well as heading the team
For almost three-quarters of a century, as a critic and curator beginning in the 1930s, and as a practicing architect since the 1940s, Philip Johnson has been at the center of modern architecture's de
Every year brings hundreds of new wristwatch designs, with aesthetic and mechanical changes and improvements, limited edition watches, and new producers, keeping this field exciting for collectors. Fo
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Follows Weinberger from childhood to college, from Harvard Law School to World War II, and from the California State Assembly to the cabinets of three presidents, offering new insight into American po
A definitive study of California's distinctive style of Impressionism. An introductory essay explores the movement's context, its sources abroad, the most influential exhibitions in America, and the c
When navigating the world of health and wellness, we desperately seek nutrition advice from newspapers, magazines, our ?know-it-all” neighbor, our grandmothers’ old wives’ tales, the muscular guy at t
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Based on Geoff Colvin’s bestselling book, Managing the Cycle of Acting-Out Behavior in the Classroom, this practitioner-friendly guide provides special and general education teachers of autistic stude
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After her parents’ deaths and the recession force her out of her home in 1873, Jenny Dousmann heads for the Wild West. She knows that if she can find her brother, Otto, a Civil War veteran, he’ll take
Since 1895, the University of Oklahoma football program has amassed some impressive numbers: seven national championships, 47 consecutive wins, 44 conference championships, 28 bowl wins, five Heisman
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A debut collection of nine stories includes "Bulldozer," in which a Pinkerton agent investigating a string of serial killings finds they are part of an occult ritual designed to appease a supernatural
Gore Vidal meets Philip K. Dick: These stories present electric messiahs, identity constructs, the Beatles, and even nuclear Armageddon as comic foils for Lain's everyman characters. Here is an Americ
Central Market, just off the main square in the city of Lancaster, Pennsylvania, is the oldest continually operating farmer’s market in the US. It absolutely bursts with life every Tuesday, Friday, an
