From acclaimed biographer and cultural historian, author of Balthus and Patron Saints—the first full-scale life of le Corbusier, one of the most influential, admired, and maligned architects of the tw
With more than 450 of the author's own drawings and paintings accompanying the text, Ellis reveals the many wonders of the oceans - abalone, zooxanthellae, and everything in between. We learn about t
During the war, approximately 620,000 soldiers lost their lives. An equivalent proportion of today's population would be six million. This Republic of Suffering explores the impact of this enormous d
From one of the world’s leading experts on reading and dyslexia, the most comprehensive, up-to-date, and practical book yet to help us understand, identify, and overcome the reading problems that plag
The most thrilling of all journeys - the missions of the Apollo astronauts to the surface of the Moon and back - yielded 32,000 extraordinarily beautiful photographs, the record of a unique human ach
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A fascinating, anecdote-filled behind-the-scenes look at more than forty years of the highlights, successes, and day-to-day inner workings—all about productions, the divas, and backstage dramas—of New
In this first-ever coloring book from American Vogue, you are invited into a world of fashion fantasy.Twenty-six archival covers from 1912 to 1932, by ten celebrated illustrators living here and abroa
A magisterial, essential history of the struggle between whites and Native Americans over the fate of the West.With the end of the Civil War, the nation recommenced its expansion onto traditional Indi
From New Yorker staff writer and Harvard historian Jill Lepore, the story of the discovery of Joe Gould's long-lost manuscript, "The Oral History of Our Time," and of the violence, betrayals
Here, brought vividly to life, is an icon of Japanese culture and custom—the geisha in her role as human work of art and perfect woman.A hundred years ago geisha numbered eighty thousand; today there
Sixteen years into his papacy, and on the eve of the millennium, Pope John Paul II brings to an accessible level the great theological concerns of our lives. He goes to the heart of his personal beli
A guide to the newest approach to good health guides readers through intensive stretch workouts, each designed according to flexibility level, that relieve tension, enhance performance, and prevent in
In this, David Burke’s first cookbook, he presents the innovative and inventive cooking that has made him, in the words of one rival, “the most copied chef in New York.”The first non-Frenchman to win
Collects hardcover editions of the author's #1 best-selling Millenium Trilogy into a slipcased boxed set--with each volume unjacketed, bound in full cloth, uniquely stamped and containing maps and ful
The intense relationship between the American people and their surroundings has been the source of a rich artistic tradition. American Visions is a consistently revealing demonstration of the many wa
This opening fold-out contains a general map of Florence to help you visualize the 6 large districts discussed in this guide, and 4 pages of valuable information, handy tips and useful addresses. Disc
Enhanced by endpaper maps, double-page map spreads, and two thousand illustrations, including photographs, drawings, architectural renderings, cityscapes, and more, these innovative travel guides cap
This opening fold-out contains a general map of Berlin to help you visualize the 6 large districts discussed in this guide, and 4 pages of valuable information, handy tips and useful addresses. Disco
This opening fold-out contains a general map of San Francisco to help you visualize the 8 large districts discussed in this guide, and 4 pages of valuable information, handy tips and useful addresses.
