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Biography Book History Literature Store - HOME Biography Book History Literature Store The World's Best Books: Taste, Culture, and the Modern Library by Jay Satterfield, In October 1930, Macy's department store in New York City used the inexpensive book series "The Modern Library of the World's Best Books" as a loss-leader to draw customers into the store. Selling for only nine cents a copy, the small-format, modern classics attracted crowds of buyers. Businessmen, housewives, students, bohemian intellectuals, and others waited in long lines to purchase affordable hardbound copies of works by the likes of ...

Arts Encyclopedia Encyclopedia Literature Reader World - HOME Arts Encyclopedia Encyclopedia Literature Reader World Encyclopedia of Comparative Iconography: Themes Depicted in Works of Art by Helene E. Roberts, The Encyclopedia of Comparative Iconography is a handsomely illustrated, two-volume reference work that compares the uses of iconographic themes from mythology, the Bible and other sacred texts, literature, and popular culture in works of art through various periods, cultures, and genres. Art historians now tend to study narrative themes depicted in works of art in relation to such subjects as gender and sexuality, politics and power, ownership and possession, ceremony and ...

Arts Biography Entertainment Shakespeare William - HOME Arts Biography Entertainment Shakespeare William As You Like It by William Shakespeare, The Bantam Classics makeover continues in Summer 2005--and beyond! With bright new cover art and interiors reset for enhanced readability, the line that makes great literature available, accessible, and affordable, is now better than ever . . . while still delivering authoritative translations, critical biographies, and in-book essays that provide scholarship and entertainment. Nothing Like the Sun: A Story of Shakespeare's Love Life - Nothing Like the Sun: A Story of Shakespeare's Love Life is a fictional biography of William ...

Companion Literature Reader World - HOME Companion Literature Reader World The Oxford Companion to German Literature by Garland Garland, This new edition of Mary and Henry Garland's classic Oxford Companion to German Literature substantially revises and extends its coverage, making an invaluable reference work available to a new generation of readers. Designed to be a reliable and easily accessible source of information on the whole sweep of literature from German-speaking countries from the eighth century onwards, the Companion now comes right up to the mid-1990s, including recent works such as Gunter Grass's controversial novel ...

Genre Literature - HOME Genre Literature The Companion to Southern Literature: Themes, Genres, Places, People, Movements, and Motifs by Joseph M. Flora, There are many competing anthologies of southern literature, but this is the first companion. Neither a survey of masterpieces nor a biographical sourcebook, The Companion to Southern Literature treats every conceivable topic found in southern writing from the pre-Columbian era to the present, referencing specific works of all periods and genres. Read its copious offerings straight through in alphabetical order (Ancestor Worship, Blue-Collar Literature, Caves) or skip randomly at whim (Guilt, The ...

Biography of Francisco Goya - HOME Biography of Francisco Goya Goya by Robert Hughes, Robert Hughes, who has stunned us with comprehensive works on subjects as sweeping and complex as the history of Australia (The Fatal Shore), the modern art movement (The Shock of the New), the nature of American art (American Visions), and the nature of America itself as seen through its art (The Culture of Complaint), now turns his renowned critical eye to one of art history's most compelling, enigmatic, and important figures, Francisco Jose de Goya y Lucientes. With characteristic critical fervor and sure- ...

Claude Monet Short Biography - HOME Claude Monet Short Biography Claude Monet: Sunshine and Waterlilies by True Kelley, X A boy named Steven traces Monet's life from his childhood through his development as an Impressionist artist. Full-color illustrations. Monet--Woman with a Parasol This title is one in a series presenting four masterpieces by four immortal French impressionist painters. Each miniature book faithfully reproduces its title painting on the front cover, and is packaged in a handsome slipcase that doubles as a picture frame. The frame can stand up on a desk or tabletop or be hung ... to display the book cover's striking painting. Each book's interior discusses its title painting, describing the artist's approach to his work, analyzing the picture's fine points, and showing close-up details from the painting. A final two-page spread presents a timeline capsule biography that lists significant events in the painter's life. "Monet--Woman with a Parasol, shows and discusses Claude Monet's techniques as he captures his subject dramatically from a low-angle perspective. This beautiful painting, which dates from 1875, hangs in the National Gallery of ...

Arts Elements Student Visual - HOME Arts Elements Student Visual Visual Effects Cinematography by Zoran Perisic, Visual effects are an important aspect of film creation, with new technologies and techniques being developed every day. Nevertheless, many of the effects we see on screen are not computer generated; they are done inside the camera or with projection, techniques that have been around for many years. Visual Effects Cinematography examines both traditional and modern visual effects techniques, illustrating how the new techniques have built upon the old in a way that is especially valuable to students. This book examines in detail ... the visual effects shot; methods of compositing visual effects elements; types of mattes and methods of generating them; visual effects tools and planning; types of cameras and their corresponding in-camera effects; projectors and projection Over 100 illustrations support the technical information contained within these pages. Understanding Art with CDROM by Lois Fichner-Rathus, Designed to stimulate students' interests in all aspects of the visual arts, UNDERSTANDING ART has significantly impacted the way Art Appreciation courses are taught. One of the top-selling texts for the art appreciation course, UNDERSTANDING ART combines its ...

Music Biographies - HOME Music Biographies Franz Schubert: A Biography by Elizabeth Norman McKay, Franz Schubert (1797-1828) was born in Vienna of immigrant parents. During his short life he produced an astonishing amount of music. Symphonies, chamber music, opera, church music, and songs (more than 600 of them) poured forth in profusion. His 'Trout' Quintet, his 'Unfinished' Symphony, the three last piano sonatas, and above all his song cycles Die Schone Mullerin and Winterreise have come to be universally regarded as belonging to the very greatest works of music. Who was the man who composed ...

Pulitzer Prize Winner Literature - HOME Pulitzer Prize Winner Literature The Executioner's Song (Pulitzer Prize Winner) by Norman Mailer, Winner of the 1980 Pulitzer Prize In what is arguably his greatest book, America's most heroically ambitious writer follows the short, blighted career of Gary Gilmore, an intractably violent product of America's prisons who became notorious for two reasons: first, for robbing two men in 1976, then killing them in cold blood; and, second, after being tried and convicted, for insisting on dying for his crime. To do so, he had to fight a system that seemed ... football game of October 20, 1951, in which player Johnny Bright's jaw was broken." John Steinbeck - John Ernst Steinbeck III (February 27, 1902 ā€“ December 20, 1968) was one of the most famous American writers of the 20th century. A winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1962, he is best known for his novella Of Mice and Men (1937) and his Pulitzer Prize-winning novel The Grapes of Wrath (1939), both of which examine the lives of the working class during the Great Depression. Neustadt International Prize for Literature - The ...

Aeschylus Landmark Literature Oresteia World - HOME Aeschylus Landmark Literature Oresteia World The Norton Book of Classical Literature by Bernard MacGregor Walke Knox, "The literature of the classical world that has survived is a pitiful remnant of what once existed...". So begins Bernard Knox's preface to an anthology that introduces the modern reader to the enormous breadth and rich variety of that "pitiful remnant" - the foundation of Western literature and culture, the inspiration for writers from Dante to Shakespeare to T. S. Eliot. However much - or little - of it we may have read, classical literature has shaped our ...

Art Book Graffiti - HOME Art Book Graffiti Graffiti by Brassai, Brassai became interested in the marginal art form of graffiti in the 1930s, seeing it as a form of outsider art that could open the door to new forms of artistic expression. His atmospheric photographs capture the essence of this unfettered creation. Stark contrasts of black and white alternate with softer shades of grey that meld into one another, smoothing the harsh gouges typical of graffiti. Several of these photographs first appeared in the Surrealist review Minotaure; others were first published in France and Germany in ...

Literature Topic World - HOME Literature Topic World Children's Literature: An Invitation to the World by Diana Mitchell, "Children's Literature: An Invitation to the World" is written and organized in a manner that engages the readers and that will instill confidence in teachers when selecting and using literature in their teaching. Readers are asked to take a world view of literature-what it is; how to recognize one's own; how to recognize an author's-and encouraged to see children's literature through a lens that includes people not like themselves. The book tackles ...

The Historian Craft - ... crafts have played a rich and complex role in the social, cultural, and artistic history of twentieth-century Britain. This all-encompassing book is the first to survey the full range of individual craft disciplines and key practitioners from the pre-World War I years of the Arts and Crafts Movement to the 1990s. Tanya Harrod shows how the crafts movement emerged in response to generalized anxiety about the production, commodification, and consumption of objects in a highly industrialized society. Caught between the more powerful disciplines of fine art, architecture, and design for industry, crafts have defined and redefined themselves throughout the century. The book begins with the craft revival of the early 1900s, tracing the complex legacy of John Ruskin and William Morris. The author then discusses how the Arts and Crafts Movement ...

Arts Event Other Visual - HOME Arts Event Other Visual Visual Arts in the Twentieth Century by Edward Lucie-Smith, Visual Arts in the Twentieth Century offers an exciting new account of the century of art so affected by Modernism. A uniquely structured view of the period and the inclusion of often-overlooked material come together to create a survey that is thorough, insightful, and fresh. Painting, sculpture, photography, the graphic arts, and architecture are treated in decade-by-decade chapters, allowing for an inclusive view of coexisting innovations and trends. Information on historical, social, and intellectual movements ...

In Literature Roman World - HOME In Literature Roman World Empire of Pleasures: Luxury and Indulgence in the Roman World by Andrew Dalby, A geography of luxury runs through the literature of Imperial Rome -- Persica the golden peaches whose Latin name pinpointed Persia as the source of their world-wide migration -- Caecubum, a fine, rare, dry red wine from Campanian vineyards that were once prized, afterwards neglected; these flavors were identified, evaluated and tasted in a single word. Empire of Pleasures presents an evocative survey of the sensory culture of the Roman Empire, showing how the Romans themselves ...

Langston Hughes Biography - HOME Langston Hughes Biography The Collected Poems of Langston Hughes by Langston Hughes, Here, for the first time, is a complete collection of Langston Hughes's poetry - 860 poems that sound the heartbeat of black life in America during five turbulent decades, from the 1920s through the 1960s. The editors, Arnold Rampersad and David Roessel, have aimed to recover all of the poems that Hughes published in his lifetime - in newspapers, magazines, and literary journals, and in his books of verse. They present the poems in the general order in which Hughes wrote them, and also provide illuminating notes and a chronology of the poet's life. Arnold Rampersad, the author of the esteemed two-volume biography of Langston Hughes, has written a perceptive and moving introduction that throws light on Langston Hughes's distinctive voice as a poet and the world in which he lived. A Historical Guide to Langston Hughes by Steven C. Tracy, Langston Hughes has been an inspiration ...

Graphic Arts Encyclopedia - HOME Graphic Arts Encyclopedia The Chambers Encyclopedia: Essential One-Stop Encyclopedia, Over 200,000 Facts and Figures, Fourteen Thematic Sections by Trevor Anderson, Accurate and up-to-date, this all new single-volume encyclopedia takes an innovative approach to the presentation of information. Material is organized by subject into fourteen major thematic sections, and is attractively presented using diagrams, tables, lists, maps and graphics as well as concise, easy-to-read text. An indispensable and wide-ranging source of data, The Chambers Encyclopedia is ideal for use as a comprehensive and practical reference, whether ... of illustrations, line drawings and diagrams. Practical and easy to use. Fully indexed. Unique thematic presentation of information with fourteen major sections covering: Space; Earth; Climate and Environment; Nations of the World; Social Structure; History; Time; Natural History; Human Body, Health and Nutrition; Communication; Science and Technology; Arts and Culture; Sport and Games; Thought and Belief. This is the ideal book for you if: You want information, facts and figures arranged by subject You want accurate, up-to-date information You want a comprehensive single-volume family reference source. How to Draw Comics ...

William Shakespeare Bio - HOME William Shakespeare Bio William Shakespeare: An Illustrated Biography by Anthony Holden, Who was William Shakespeare? How did the son of a glover, who rose to be Mayor, become the greatest poet the world has ever known? In William Shakespeare: The Illustrated Biography -- the first popular biography of Shakespeare in a quarter of a century -- Anthony Holden has sifted fact from legend to create a vivid portrait of the writer recently voted Man of the Millennium. Originally published in 1999, this remarkable volume is now abridged and illustrated with stunning images and ephemera ...

Definition of Literature - HOME Definition of Literature Understanding Contemporary Chicana Literature by Deborah L. Madsen, X Exploring the work of six notable authors, Understanding Contemporary Chicana Literature reveals characteristic themes, images, and stylistic devices that make contemporary Chicana writing a vibrant and innovative part of a burgeoning Latina creativity. Describing Chicana literature as a quest for self-definition, Deborah L. Madsen provides close readings of the poetry, prose, novels, and short fiction of Bernice Zamora, Ana Castillo, Sandra Cisneros, Denise Chavez, Alma Luz Villaneuva, and Lorna Dee Cervantes. Madsen identifies the historical, social, and feminist ties ...

Art Imperfection Of - HOME Art Imperfection Of The New Macroeconomics: Imperfect Markets and Policy Effectiveness This book focuses on the rapidly growing research field of imperfect competition, asymmetric information, and other market imperfections in a macroeconomic context. It brings together leading researchers from the U.S. and Europe to examine the implications for macroeconomic policy of market imperfections in output, labor and financial markets. All the contributions are original, and include several general surveys and expository chapters that synthesize the larger literature, along with some state-of-the-art research at the frontier of the discipline. This is the first volume to focus exclusively on this literature. It should be a valuable resource for graduate students and researchers in macroeconomics. Le Reve: A Small Collection of Imperfect ...

Romanticism in Literature - HOME Romanticism in Literature Literature, Education, and Romanticism: Reading as Social Practice, 1780-1832 by Alan Richardson, In this wide-ranging and richly detailed book Alan Richardson addresses many issues in literary and educational history never before examined together. The result is an unprecedented study of how transformations in schooling and literacy in Britain between 1780 and 1832 helped shape the provision of literature as we know it. In chapters focused on such topics as definitions of childhood, educational methods and institutions, children's literature, female education, and publishing ventures aimed at working- ...

Bible Landmark Literature World - HOME Bible Landmark Literature World The HarperCollins Bible Dictionary by Paul J. Achtemeier, "The HarperCollins Bible Dictionary, Revised Edition," is the most complete, up-to-date, and accessible guide for the study of the "Bible" available today. With more than 3,700 lively, informative and easy-to-use entries, this essential reference book provides all the information you need to fully understand the "Bible." Whether you're a member of the clergy or a student of Scripture, you'll find all the important names, places and subjects that make "Bible" study come to life ... completely updated pronunciation guide. More than a quarter of the articles in this book are new or totally revised from the first edition of the "Bible Dictionary." Each of the 193 contributors to "The HarperCollins Bible Dictionary"; Protestant, Catholic and Jewish affiliates of the Society of Biblical Literature, is a leading authority in his or her field. Each entry presents the nonsectarian, consensus view of those most knowledgeable in the area. Filled with explanations of biblical beliefs and language and insights into the culture and customs of the people who lived in biblical ...

American Book List Literature - HOME American Book List Literature A Resource Guide to Asian American Literature by Sau-Ling Cynthia Wong, An informative and original collection of twenty-five essays, the Resource Guide to Asian American Literature offers background materials for the study of this expanding discipline and suggests strategies and ideas for teaching well-known Asian American works. Each essay contains information about the work (e.g., its publication or production history), its popular and critical reception, a biographical sketch of the author, the historical context, major themes, critical issues, pedagogical topics, a list of comparative ...

Christian Literature World - HOME Christian Literature World The Cambridge History of Early Christian Literature The output of Christian literature between c.100 and c.400 represents one of the most influential periods of textual oeuvres in any religion. Written mainly in Greek, Latin and Syriac, it emanated from all parts of the early Christian world and helped extend its boundaries. This History offers a systematic account of that literature and its setting. The work of individual writers is considered alongside three general essays that survey the social, cultural and doctrinal context within which Christian literature arose. ...

Encyclopedia of Latin American Literature - HOME Encyclopedia of Latin American Literature Encyclopedia of Latin American and Caribbean Literature 1900-2003 Encyclopedia of Latin American and Caribbean Literature 1900-2003 Encyclopedia of Latin American and Caribbean Literature 1900-2003 Encyclopedia of Latin American and Caribbean Literature 1900-2003 Benet's Reader's Encyclopedia of American Literature - Benet's Reader's Encyclopedia of American Literature was published in 1991 by Harper Collins Publishers. It is a hardcover, sturdy binding print source that costs approximately $50. Institute of Latin American Studies - The Institute of Latin American Studies (ILAS) was set up ...

Elements of Literature - HOME Elements of Literature Elements of Literature: Fifth Course : Literature of the United States With Literature of the Americas by Harcourt School Pub, Elements of Literature: Fifth Course : Literature of the United States With Literature of the Americas Elements of Literature: Sixth Course Literature of Britain With World Classics by Harcourt School Pub, Elements of Literature: Sixth Course Literature of Britain With World Classics Classical elements in pop culture - Classical elements have been frequently used in pop culture in genres such as fantasy, literature, film, television, Computer and video games, comic books, and ...

Native American Literature - HOME Native American Literature When Brer Rabbit Meets Coyote by Jonathan Brennan, An exploration of the literature, history, and culture of people of mixed African American and Native American descent, When Brer Rabbit Meets Coyote is the first book to theorize an African-Native American literary tradition. The book prompts a reconsideration of interracial relations in American history and literature. Jonathan Brennan, in a sweeping historical and analytical introduction to this collection of essays, surveys several centuries of literature in the context of the historical and cultural exchange and development of distinct African- ...

Twentieth Century Literary Criticism - HOME Twentieth Century Literary Criticism Twentieth-Century Literary Criticism: Criticism of the Works of Various Topics in Twentieth-Century Literature, Including Literary and Critical Moveme Twentieth-Century Literary Criticism: Criticism of the Works of Various Topics in Twentieth-Century Literature, Including Literary and Critical Moveme Twentieth-Century Literary Criticism: Criticism of the Works of Various Topics in Twentieth-Century Literature, Including Literary and Critical Moveme Twentieth-Century Literary Criticism: Criticism of the Works of Various Topics in Twentieth-Century Literature, Including Literary and Critical Moveme Semiotic literary criticism - Semiotic literary criticism, also called ...

Art Art Early History Medieval Oxford - HOME Art Art Early History Medieval Oxford Dictionary of Women Artists: 2 Volumes by Delia Gaze, From Kauffman to Kollwitz, Ende to Edelson, Abakanowicz to Zurn, from the 10th century to the 20th, from Australia to Eastern Europe, Scandinavia to Latin America, England and France to the United States and Canada, the Dictionary of Women Artists provides information about some 550 painters, sculptors, and photographers as well as women whose work is in the applied arts. The book deals with women who have worked or are working in the Western tradition of art, ...

Arts Entertainment Lucas - HOME Arts Entertainment Lucas Fibonacci and Lucas Numbers: Pure and Applied Mathematics by Thomas Koshy, The first comprehensive survey of mathematics most fascinating number sequences Fibonacci and Lucas numbers have intrigued amateur and professional mathematicians for centuries. This volume represents the first attempt to compile a definitive history and authoritative analysis of these famous integer sequences, complete with a wealth of exciting applications, enlightening examples, and fun exercises that offer numerous opportunities for exploration and experimentation. The author has assembled a myriad of fascinating properties of both Fibonacci and Lucas numbers-as developed by a wide range of sources-and catalogued their applications in a multitude of widely varied disciplines such as art, stock market investing, engineering, and neurophysiology. Most of the engaging and delightful material here is easily accessible to college and even high school students, though advanced material is included to challenge more sophisticated Fibonacci enthusiasts. A historical survey of the development of Fibonacci and Lucas ...

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Current Biography Yearbook 2004 (Current Biography Yearbook) (Hardcover) : Compiles detailed biographical sketches of contemporary leaders in such areas as entertainment, government, ...

A Strong West Wind: A Memoir (Hardcover) : In this memoir set on the high plains of Texas, Pulitzer Prize winner Caldwell transforms into art what it i...