This study of America's great industrialist focuses on his virulent anti-Semitism, its roots, and its effects--which included his sponsorship of the pamphlet THE PROTOCOLS OF THE ELDERS OF ZION.
Meticulously researched and entertainingly written, this will make readers, regardless of their politics, proud of America's intellectual heritage over the past 400 years.
The genius of Thomas Edison is widely acknowledged, and Edison himself has become an almost mythical figure. But how much do we really know about the man who considered deriving rubber from a goldenrod plant as opposed to the genius who gave us electric light? In this text, Neil Baldwin gives a complex portrait of the inventor - both myth and man ...
The definitive biography of one of the most influential surrealists and a quintessential modernist. Figure-painter, sculptor, photographer, filmmaker, and collagist, Ray was born Emmanuel Radnitsky in Brooklyn. This book traces his American upbringing and his departure for Europe plus his work in painting, sculpture, photography, and filmmaking. ...
From the acclaimed biographer of poet William Carlos Williams and artist Man Ray comes an illuminating biography of America's most famous inventor. Edison's life, times, and personality are as fascinating and complex as the feats of science and engineering that made him famous. 50 photos.
Few images hold an active claim on the imaginations of countless generations, but the Plumed Serpent, or Quetzalcoatl, has endured through 5,000 years of Mesoamerican history. Visualized as part bird and part snake and also in human form, this benevolent god remained a potent symbol of creation from the time of the ancient Olmec to the Mexican ...
A guide to reading "A Separate Peace" with a critical and appreciative mind. Includes background on the author's life and times, sample tests, term paper suggestions, and a reading list.
A collection of essays by and interviews with America's finest writers about their working lives, this book has been published to commemorate the 45th anniversary of the National Book Awards. Includes 10 pages of photos.
Nadie minimamente interesado por los fascinantes misterios del pasado mitico de Mexico deberia perderse Leyendas de la Serpiente Emplumada. Neil Baldwin ha reunido el saber de los arqueologos y lo ha hecho accesible a nosotros, los aficionados.
}Man Ray is the quintessential modernist figurepainter, sculptor, objectmaker, and collagist; photographer, printmaker, and filmmaker; poet, essayist, and philosopher. One of the most important and enigmatic of the Surrealists who transformed the Paris art world during the ferment of the 1920s and beyond. Man Ray was a bundle of contradictionsa ...
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