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God—or Gorilla
Engagingly written and deftly argued, God--or Gorilla offers original insights into the role of images in communicating--and miscommunicating--scientific ideas to the lay public.
Fighting the Great War
Despair at Gallipoli. Victory at Vimy Ridge. A European generation lost, an American spirit found. The First World War, the deadly herald of a new era, continues to captivate readers. In this lively book, Michael Neiberg offers a concise history based on the latest research and insights into the soldiers, commanders, battles, and legacies of the Great War. Tracing the war from Verdun to Salonika to Baghdad to German East Africa, Neiberg illuminates the global nature of the conflict. More than four years of mindless slaughter in the trenches on the western front, World War I was the first fought in three dimensions: in the air, at sea, and through mechanized ground warfare. New weapons system...
New Orleans Architecture
"This volume focuses on the Bayou Road, which was lined with the country seats and residences of the city's earliest settlers."--The publisher.
Mediated Cosmopolitanism
Media power in the global era has to do with how people understand the world, their place in it, and their relation to the others who populate it. Making connections with distant places and people is the work of cosmopolitan imagination, which involves seeing the world through the eyes of others. In this book, Robertson engages with the growing literature on cosmopolitanism to address these issues, combining theoretical debates with an innovative empirical portal. Based on the analysis of over 2000 news reports broadcast on national and global channels and interviews with journalists and audience members, Mediated Cosmopolitanism illustrates that the same everyday stories about the world can...
Illustrated Letters
Throughout the 19th & early 20th centuries, artists & writers often created colorful illustrated letters. Drawing on years of research, this unique book examines this lost art form-& reproduces striking letters by 60 notable correspondents, including 36 missives that have never before been published.
Behind The Lines
'Quite simply, this is one of the greatest, most riveting books of war letters I have ever read.' Stephen E. Ambrose on War Letters In 2001 Andrew Carroll authored the US top ten bestseller, War Letters - a unique compilation of extraordinary correspondence from American soldiers serving in US conflicts throughout history. Following the publication of this landmark work Andrew was inundated with letters from soldiers all around the world (to date he has a staggering 75,000 letters). Inspired by these messages he embarked on a quest to discover other previously unpublished letters written during conflicts around the globe. For three years Andrew travelled the world zealously collecting letter...
Belles Lettres
Belles Lettres compiles the original manuscripts of more than 100 famous French writers from the 13th to the 20th century, and in doing so offers a comprehensive look at the country's major literary and intellectual movements. Scholars and dilettantes alike will delight in the rationalism of René Descartes, symbolist verse of Charles Baudelaire, crystalline prose of Marcel Proust, romantic intrigue of Colette, and stark existentialism of Jean-Paul Sartre. Because many of the manuscripts are rare, this volume provides the first English translation of several of the works. Reproduced in full-color spreads, the excerpts, letters, and diary entries are accompanied by translations and analyses, as well as profiles and portraits of the authors.
Violet Cove
VIOLET COVE IS THE STUNNING DEBUT NOVEL OF LOVE, OBSESSION, AND LIFE AFTER DEATH FROM THE MACABRE STORYTELLER ANN REILLET. July 1913: A servant in the employ of Mrs. John Austin leaves a poison-laden beverage on the kitchen counter, but it is not Mrs. Austin who drinks the tea. The servant can do nothing but watch as her mistress is accused of murder. Tormented by self-pity, she takes her own life but death has a servitude of its own. July 1930: A broke and desperate actor is looking forward to the company of his wealthy mistress, but she winds up missing and presumed dead. After watching the very last of his money go up in smoke and colorful shades of bursting fireworks, the actor takes a r...
