Over 100 poems--by famous as well as lesser-known poets--paired with color reproductions from the likes of Edward Hopper, Winslow Homer, and Frederic Remington, as well as documentary photographs.
This exceptionally cohesive casebook earned its best-selling status by introducing and adhering to rigorous conceptual structure for the study of all aspects of Employment Discrimination. Its hallmark is its integration of the statutes and developing precedents with a wide array of theoretical perspectives The Sixth Edition seamlessly incorporates ...
Combines 100 poems and nearly ninety images to celebrate love in all its many forms, offering verse from such poets as Shakespeare, Dickinson, and Seamus Heaney, and art by such notables as O'Keeffe, Picasso, Monet, and Michelangelo.
With her trademark titillating humour, Dr Ruth Westheimer explores how art and verse can enhance desire. The selections, compiled by editor Charles Sullivan, couple Ginsberg with Hockney, Donne with Lichtenstein, Sappho with O'Keeffe. And as in the best relationships, each unconventional match exposes new, surprising aspects of both partners. ...
California is the nation's great vineyard, supplying grapes for most of the wine produced in the United States. The state is home to more than 700 wineries, and California's premier wines are recognized throughout the world. But until now there has been no comprehensive guide to California wine and winemaking. Charles L. Sullivan's "A Companion to ...
The authors make their book accessible and teachable by: - organizing the book around the theme of private ordering -- the rights and duties that flow between parties in an agreement -- and the laws that balance contractual freedoms and market forces with countervailing social interests - comprehensively covering varied topics taught in the ...
Though the United States is the world leader in science and technology, many of its citizens display a shocking ignorance regarding basic scientific facts. Recent surveys have revealed that only about half of Americans realise that humans have never lived side by side with dinosaurs, and about the same number reject the idea that humans developed ...
In Dancing in the Wind, poetic voices such as Dylan Thomas, Robert Burns, Shakespeare, the Brownings, Seamus Heaney, and A.E. Housman are matched with masterworks of painting, drawing, and sculpture by John Singer Sargent, Whistler, Turner, Constable, David Hockney, and William Blake, among other well-known artists. The result is a memorable and ...
A collection of poetry and art which evokes the many facets of Ireland. Ireland's beauty, history, people and hopes for the future are captured in 150 poems and more than 100 works of art - both well-known and unfamiliar and dating from the 9th century to the present.
This book recounts many of this century's most phenomenal scientific breakthroughs, told in an accessible format by some of the world's best scientific minds and authors, including Richard Restak, Stephen S. Hall, Carole Douglas, Dava Sobel, and Arthur C. Clarke. Over 325 color photos, computer images, diagrams & art.
The many facets of the Hispanic-American experience are explored in this vital and colorful anthology--the first of its kind. A brilliant selection of poems, texts, and art--by classic, well-known, and sometimes relatively new writersand artists--captures the spirit, vitality, and diversity of a rich literary and historical tradition.
The "Statistical Abstract of the United States, "published since 1878, is the standard summary of statistics on the social, political, and economic organization of the United States. It is designed to serve as a convenient volume for statistical reference and as a guide to other statistical publications and sources. The latter function is served ...
A collection of poetry about such creatures as the Sphinx, the Loch Ness Monster, and other unworldly animals by such authors as Aesop, Lewis Carroll, and Rudyard Kipling. Each poem is paired with a painting, photograph, drawing, or sculpture.
Napa Valley has been recognized as the premier wine producing area of California since the 1870's.This new fully updated and revised edition explains how Napa acquired this unique reputation. The soils, climate, grape and human resources that have built this panorama of viticultural excellence over 160 years are explored in detail.The author has ...
This volume brings together over 100 poems, quotations and prose passages, matching them with paintings, drawings, photographs and sculptures. The combinations convey a broad range of thoughts and feelings experienced by fathers and their children and reflect the many different faces of fatherhood.
Poems, splendid works of art, and historical photographs are brought together in this beautiful volume for young readers. This anthology of the best in art and poetry will be a treasured addition to every family library. 80 illustrations.
The Zinfandel grape - currently producing big, rich, luscious styles of red wine - has a large, loyal, even fanatical following in California and around the world. The grape, grown predominantly in California, has acquired an almost mythic status - in part because of the caliber of its wines and its remarkable versatility, and in part because of ...
Sullivan retells 60 popular folk tales from many different cultural, regional and historical sources within a detailed collage of 150 colorful, watercolor illustrations.
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