Two hundred and fifty years ago, a young architect by the name of John Carr began a glittering career by designing a grandstand at York Racecourse in England. This was not merely York's first grandstand, nor was it only the first grandstand of any thoroughbred racecourse, but in the modern sense of [...]

The frightening truth about the modern food system.
The bestselling author of "The End of Oil" turns his attention to food and finds that the system we've entrusted with meeting one of our most basic needs is dramatically failing us. With his trademark comprehensive global approach, Paul Robert[...]

"Pianist Paul Roberts probes the sources of Debussy's inspiration in the artistic and literary ferment of Paris at the turn of the century. This is a first extensive study of Debussy's piano music in many years, richly illustrated with works of art that fired the composer's imagination."--BOOK JACKE[...]

Who were the Magi and why did they travel hundreds of miles to worship a newborn child? These are mysteries that have endured and remained unsolved for centuries, in part because nativity accounts and descriptions of the Magi vary dramatically - from the Bible itself to the Arabic Nativity Gospel. I[...]