The Gadfly was published in 1897, and its original publishers feared a hostile public reaction to its theme of revolution. Instead, it quickly became a classic of socialism, one of the very first politically aware novels. A story of love and conspiracy, it was based in part on the early life of Sidn[...]

With more than 200 of her best images reproduced in stunning tritone, including many never published before and others not seen since they appeared in the pages of the legendary "Harper's Bazaar" of the 1950s, "Lillian Bassman: Women" offers a retrospective view of an extraordinary career in photogr[...]

Fall 2016 Library Journal Editors' Pick In my reckless and undiscouraged youth, Lillian Boxfish writes, I worked in a walnut-paneled office thirteen floors above West Thirty-Fifth Street She took 1930s New York by storm, working her way up writing copy for R.H. Macy s to become the highest paid adv[...]

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Includes cutaways, floorplans and reconstructions of the must-see sites, and street-by-street maps of all the cities and towns of Vietnam and Angkor Wat. This title helps you discover everything region-by-region; from local festivals and markets to day trips around the countryside.[...]

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It s the last day of 1984, and 85-year-old Lillian Boxfish is about to take a walk. As she traverses a grittier Manhattan, a city anxious after an attack by a still-at-large subway vigilante, she encounters bartenders, bodega clerks, chauffeurs, security guards, bohe[...]

Archaeologist Maggie Lauder has personal reasons for proving Farnaby Island is the Avalon of Arthurian legend. But when she opens a tomb in a medieval chantry chapel, her plans go awry.The story Jean Fairbairn planned to write is shadowed by a contemporary investigation. Her husband, ex-cop Alasdair[...]

In any relationship stage, whether a first date or long-term marriage, a woman wants to know how to identify if a man is a dysfunctional nightmare. In "Toxic Men", Communications and Body Language expert Dr. Lillian Glass shows readers various skills that will help them both avoid and deal with thes[...]

Now in its eighth edition, "Torres' Patient Care in Imaging Technology" is trusted to develop the knowledge and skills that enable students to become safe and sensitive practitioners in every aspect of patient care. The text is designed to present key concepts effectively for beginning students as w[...]