'There are no unsacred places,' the poet Wendell Berry has written. 'There are only sacred places and desecrated places.' What might it mean to behold the world with such depth and feeling that it is no longer possible to imagine it as something separate from ourselves, or to live without regard fo[...]
In Under Blue Cup, Rosalind Krauss explores the relation of aesthetic mediums to memory--her own memory having been severely tested by a ruptured aneurysm that temporarily washed away much of her short-term memory. (The title, Under Blue Cup, comes from the legend on a flash card she used as a mnemo[...]
A person with synesthesia might feel the flavor of food on her fingertips, sense the letter "J" as shimmering magenta or the number "5" as emerald green, hear and taste her husband's voice as buttery golden brown. Synesthetes rarely talk about their peculiar sensory gift--believing either that every[...]
Stephen E. Ambrose is the acknowledged dean of the historians of World War II in Europe. The very young men who flew the B-24s over Germany in World War II against terrible odds were an exceptional band of brothers, and, in "The Wild Blue, " Ambrose recounts their unique brand of heroism, skill, dar[...]
Stephen Ambrose is the acknowledged dean of the historians of World War II in Europe. In three highly acclaimed, bestselling volumes, he has told the story of the bravery, steadfastness, and ingenuity of the ordinary young men, the citizen soldiers, who fought the enemy to a standstill -- the band o[...]
This title describes how the United States Air Force recruited, trained and then chose the few who would undertake the most demanding and dangerous jobs in WWII. These were the boys turned pilots, bombardiers, navigators and gunners of the B24s, who suffered 50 per cent casualties.[...]
Japan's jazz community - both musicians and audience - has been begrudgingly recognised for its talent, knowledge, and level of appreciation. Underpinning this tentative admiration, however, has been a tacit agreement that, for cultural reasons, Japanese jazz 'can't swing'. In "Blue Nippon", E. Tayl[...]
More Americans were killed during the years 1861-1865 than any other date in history. Men shattered, women lost, families broken. In Shades of Blue and Gray, editor Steve Berman offers readers tales of the supernatural - ghost stories that range from the haunts of the battlefield to revenants on the[...]
Weddings CollectionEight billionaire grooms and breathtaking bridesHIS RUNAWAY BRIDE by Liz FieldingWillow and Mike can't decide who's more relieved when each jilts the other at the altar! Having got cold feet, they've now decided to pursue their dream jobs rather than marry....THE BRIDE WORE BLUE J[...]
Colors of the cards according to the first edition from 1909. Backside: Blue Rosy Cross The blue backside and a beautiful rosy-cross refer to the membership of A.E. Waite and Pamela Colman Smith in the rosy crucian order of the Golden Dawn . This edition consists of a folding tuckbox with an instruc[...]
Colors of the cards according to the first edition from 1909. Backside: Blue Rosy Cross The blue backside and a beautiful rosy-cross refer to the membership of A.E. Waite and Pamela Colman Smith in the rosy crucian order of the Golden Dawn . This edition consists of a folding tuckbox with an instruc[...]
Colors of the cards according to the first edition from 1909. Backside: Blue Rosy Cross The blue backside and a beautiful rosy-cross refer to the membership of A.E. Waite and Pamela Colman Smith in the rosy crucian order of the Golden Dawn . This edition consists of a folding tuckbox with an instruc[...]