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From the first recorded encounters with the native inhabitants of the Canary Islands in 1341 to Columbus' explorations in 1492 and Cabral's discovery of Brazil in 1500, western Europeans struggled to make sense of the existence of the people they met. This book explores the social lives of the inhabitants.

Accompanying the first US museum exhibition devoted to contemporary art from Pakistan, this catalogue provides a look at the trends in Pakistani art. It covers a range of subjects and media, from installation and video art to sculpture, drawing, and paintings in the 'contemporary miniature' tradition.

The colonists who settled the backcountry in eighteenth-century New England were recruited from the social fringe, people who were desperate for land, autonomy, and respectability. This title offers voice to the settlers, proprietors, and officials of the small colonial settlements that became Granby, Connecticut, and Ashfield, Massachusetts.

What would it be like to be privy to the mind of one of the twentieth century's greatest thinkers? The author conducted a long series of interviews between 1970 and 1974 with Jean-Paul Sartre. This title presents a portrait of this world's most famous intellectual.

Tobit is the story of a righteous, devout, and charitable man who - blind and miserable - sends his son, Tobiah, to collect on an old loan. This book draws upon an analysis of the book's grammar and philology, literary forms and context, religious and social situation, and historical context, and offers the commentary available on Tobit.

The diverse works of architect Nicholas Hawksmoor ranged from small architectural details to ambitious urban plans. This book presents a fresh view of Hawksmoor's built and planned work. It explains why his buildings look the way they do, what contemporary events influenced his work, and how such ancient buildings as Solomon's temple inspired him.

Presents over 200 selected original artworks from the collection Betsy Beinecke Shirley bequeathed to the Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library of Yale University. This volume offers to study the reading lives of children throughout American history. It invites reader to recollect images from the treasured books of his or her own childhood.

The Empire State Building literally cannot be seen in its totality, from any perspective. This book encourages us to look beneath the strong physical presence of the building, to become aware of its evolving layers of meaning, and to see how the building lives within a unique imaginative space in the landscape of the American consciousness.

Henry VIII's reformation remains among the most crucial yet misunderstood events in English history. This work presents the king as neither confused nor a pawn in the hands of manipulative factions. Henry, a monarch who ruled as well as reigned, is revealed instead as the determining mover of religious policy throughout this momentous period.

Presents in their broad, historical context the major events that took place in Venice in the 1570s, culminating in a severe outbreak of the plague in which one quarter of the Venetian population perished. This work sheds fresh light on the historical machine that produced the distinct civic and cultural ethos of the city.

Blurring the distinction between high and low, this work asks "What is sport?" In investigating the phenomenon, it considers five different national sports: bullfighting (Spain), car racing (America), cycling (France), hockey (Canada), and soccer (England).

We live in a world that is marked by the twin processes of economic and cultural globalization. This book examines how the cultural component of second- and foreign-language education has been informed by Western notions of cultural assimilation, cultural pluralism, and cultural hybridity.

Although it appears second in the "New Testament", "Mark" is generally recognized as the first Gospel to be written. This work points out, the "Gospel of Mark" can be understood only against the backdrop of the apocalyptic atmosphere of the Jewish rebellions of 66-73 ce, during which the Roman army destroyed the Temple of Jerusalem (70 ce).

Head of the secret police from 1937 to 1938, N I Yezhov was a foremost Soviet leader during these years, second in power only to Stalin himself. Under Yezhov's orders, millions of arrests, imprisonments, deportations, and executions were carried out. This book looks into the life and career of this man who administered Stalin's Great Terror.

This title offers an in-depth exploration of one of Edouard Baldus' most intriguing projects - a series of views of the Chateau de La Faloise. The subject of these views being the owner and family of the country house at leisure in the grounds.

Discusses the issues that divide the community, from concerns about the efficacy of religious practices to questions about who may claim the name of Israelite and under what conditions, to what kind of relations should be maintained with outsiders.

A comprehensive guide to the buildings of Worcestershire: the fine Gothic cathedral of Worcester, the splendid remains of the abbeys and priories at Pershore, Evesham, and Malvern, and the many parish churches with their rich inheritance of Norman work.

Offers a survey of the buildings of Tyneside, from the medieval castle and cathedral at Newcastle to the spectacular buildings spearheading the renaissance of Gateshead on the river's south bank. This book explores both urban centres in a series of walks, including the magnificent 1830s replanning of Newcastle.

Essex is one the largest counties of England, stretching from the suburban fringes of East London to the fishing and sailing ports of Harwich and Maldon and the famous seaside resorts of Clacton, Frinton and Southend. This book talks about its buildings, which encompass rich Roman survivals, powerful Norman architecture, and more.

A classic guide to dramatic writing now revised and expanded for a new generation of playwrights and screenwriters

In this memoir, Alvin Kernan recalls his life as a student, professor, provost and dean during his career in higher education. He recounts experiences at Columbia, Williams, Oxford, Yale and Princeton against a background of what it was like to work and teach in times of turbulent change.

Provides a translation of the dialogues of Plato. This book argues that the particular formulation by Plato had a direct and profound influence on the Founding Fathers and the development of American constitutional law.

Is my workplace safe for my developing baby? When should I tell my employer that I am expecting? How can I handle the discomforts of pregnancy when I need to work? What laws will protect me when I take medical leave? This book provides answers to these and other questions.

During the lifetime of Augustus (from 63 BC to AD 14), Roman civilization spread at a remarkable rate throughout the ancient world, influencing such areas as art and architecture, religion, law, local speech, city design, and leisure and family activities. This book investigates why the adoption of Roman ways was so prevalent during this period.

An insiders' account of the espionage warfare in Berlin from 1945 to the construction of the Berlin Wall in 1961. CIA and KGB intelligence veterans reveal stories of the Berlin tunnel, critical moments of the Berlin crisis, clandestine initiatives, betrayals and defections.

From the perspectives of developmental psychoanalysis, this book makes a case for what the author calls "gender heterodoxy", an original view of the similarities and differences between the sexes. In the process, she illuminates aspects of love, sexuality, aggression and pornography.

The French composer Olivier Messiaen (1908-92) is a musician about whom most remains to be discovered. More than a decade after his death our knowledge of Messiaen is largely conditioned by what he said about himself in lectures and interviews, in his work as a teacher, and in the monumental seven-volume treatise that encompassed the whole of his composing world. But Messiaen's public documents conceal as much as they reveal, seldom explaining why a work was written or what complexities went into its making. The composer was similarly reticent about his private life.This is the first book to explore the world that Messiaen was at pains to keep hidden. Based upon unprecedented access to Messiaen's private archive granted to the authors by the composer's widow, Yvonne Loriod-Messiaen, Peter Hill and Nigel Simeone trace the origins of many of Messiaen's greatest works and place them in the context of his life, from his years at the Paris Conservatoire and his passionate first marriage to Claire Delbos through the immense achievements of his final decades.

A portrayal of the early years of the Christian movement from the perspective of the Romans. This second edition includes a new preface by the author.

This volume is an interdisciplinary introduction to French cultural studies designed for French-language students. The book employs a holistic approach, integrating French with texts and images that might be studied in fine art, anthropology, sociology, or history.