When nineteenth-century Londoners looked at each other, what did they see, and how did they want to be seen? Sharrona Pearl reveals the way that physiognomy, the study of facial features and their relationship to character, shaped the way that people understood one another and presented themselves. [...]

Humans possess the most expressive faces in the animal kingdom. Adam Wilkins presents evidence ranging from the fossil record to recent findings of genetics, molecular biology, and developmental biology to reconstruct the fascinating story of how the human face evolved. Beginning with the first vert[...]

Illustrated in full color. Whose face is that on the cover? That's right--it's red-hot Elmo! Toddlers will learn to link facial expressions to emotions as they take a close-up look at some of the funniest, fuzziest monster faces on Sesame Street! Look at Zoe's happy face, she has a yummy lollipop. E[...]

"Faces of the State" is a penetrating study of the production of a state-revering political culture in the public life of 1990s Turkey. In this new contribution to the anthropology of the state, Yael Navaro-Yashin brings recent poststructuralist and psychoanalytic theory to bear on the study of the [...]

Presents instructional drawing books which have a visual and practical approach. This series explains how to use pencil, pen and ink, Conte and charcoal. It covers a comprehensive range of popular subjects and each title contains sections on materials, composition, perspective and different drawing [...]

In rich and visual language Dali portrays the intrigues and love affairs of a group of eccentric aristocrats, who, in their luxury and extravagance, symbolize decadent Europe in the 1930s. The story of their tangled lives, up to the closing days of World War II, constitutes a dramatic vehicle for Da[...]

You Don't Have to Enlist in the Mommy Wars Motherhood is filled with uncertainty and soul-breaking questions. And there is not one "right" answer despite what the mommy wars tell your heart. You need a coach, someone to come alongside you. Barbara Rainey, cofounder of FamilyLife, says, "Dannah helps[...]