Product Description: “Women are not supposed to write; yet I write.” –Marceline Desbordes-ValmoreIn 1817, at the late age of thirty-three,Marceline Desbordes, the actress and Romantic poet–the only woman counted by Paul Verlaine among his poètes maudits, or “accursed poets,” a group that included Victor Hugo, Charles Baudelaire, and Alfred de Vigny–marries Prosper Valmore, a fellow actor who brings love and stability to her tumultuous life...read more

Product Description: A look at the thought of the great French playwright and novelist.

Just and Colombe are brother and sister, heirs to the Clamorgan estate. A scheming aunt and shortage of suitable interpreters, however, means the children soon find themselves aboard a ship bound for the Bay of Rio. As they embark on this journey, they encounter a world marked by uneasy alliances and illness, by double-dealings, lies, and spies.

Product Description: Paul Durand-Ruel (1831-1922) is widely credited as the dealer who "made" the professional careers of Renoir, Degas, Manet, Monet, Sisley, Pissarro, Puvis de Chavannes, and other painters of fin-de-siècle Paris. Driven by the conviction that the work of the Impressionists was an artistic revelation, he led the fight against critical opinion and brought these artists to the public...read more

Product Description: An illustrated history of 170 years of Arctic exploration and its effects on indigenous peoples.Ultima Thule is the terrible and yet fantastic story of European and American exploration in the polar north. Based on excerpts from the explorers' logs counterbalanced by Inuit testimony, it brings to life both sides of the clash that arose when white men arrived in the Far North, dreaming of conquest and believing that they brought with them a civilization superior to that of the indigenous peoples they found...read more

Product Description: A look at the thought of the great French playwright and novelist.

Product Description: Gaze toward the Nile from the desert hills of Mukattam, and the vast city of Cairo unfolds before you, with its monumental architecture, teeming populace, and thousands of years of rich history. The extraordinary tapestry of Cairo's past and present comes vividly to life in this magisterial study by André Raymond, arguably the premier social historian of the Arab world...read more

The sequel to The Abyssinian finds Jean-Baptiste Poncet in Persia practicing medicine for the Shah and trying to rescue his wife and daughter from inside the walls of a city under attack. Reprint. 11,500 first printing.

Product Description: Thoughout the ages, women's breasts have been subjected to the endless whims of fashion. From the ancient Greeks to Mae West and Madonna, this light-hearted book charts the changing shapes of female beauty. The elegant and amusing images - including fashion drawings, paintings, photographs, and film stills - illustrate the often surprising history of the garments women have worn for support - and seduction...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

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Product Description: Focusing on the avant-garde artist and photographer Man Ray (1890-1976), this is one of a series of illustrated monographs which offer introductions to modern art and artists. Each book presents a profile of the artist and analysis of his distinctive style...read more

Accompanied by color photographs and illustrations, tells the story of the author's expeditions around the top of the world, including his experiences with nomadic reindeer breeders, Lapps on the Kola Penninsula, and the Sekani Indians in the Alaskan Rocky Mountains (view table of contents)