Amid the carnage of the 100 Years' War, the bloodiest conflict in medieval warfare, a young English archer confronts his destiny.[...]
FRANCE: 1356. Ten years ago, the greatest army in Christendom was slaughtered at Crecy when Thomas Blackstone and his fellow archers stood their ground and rained death on the steel-clad might of French chivalry. Blackstone left that squalid field a knight. Now, Blackstone commands a war band and ha[...]
With an introduction by Lindy West, when three American men discover a community of women, living in perfect isolation in the Amazon, they decide there simply must be men somewhere. How could these women survive without man's knowledge, experience and strength, not to mention reproductive power? But[...]
'"But they look - why, this is a CIVILIZED country!" I protested. "There must be men."'Charlotte Perkins Gilman's 1915 utopian novel Herland was a ground breaking work, in which she created an imaginary community populated entirely by women. An early feminist, writing the pioneering The Yellow Wallp[...]
One brave boy, one escaped chimpanzee, one adventure of a lifetime... When nine-year-old Beanie discovers a scared and hungry chimpanzee in a deserted house, he vows to protect him. But where did the chimp come from, and who are the sinister men pursuing him? MONKEY & ME is a heart-warming story [...]
This title presents a delightful variety of entries related to or arising from over thirty years of taiji and related practices. This is his second book of his meditations and it is well worth the investment - More than a personal journal of daily meditations, '101 Reflections' is instructional as w[...]
Tai Chi is fast becoming the most popular 'alternative' exercise in the world-and for good reason. Tai Chi will improve your health, reduce stress, and help you develop an increased awareness of the working of your physical body, mind and of the vital energy that nourishes and sustains Life. Whateve[...]
What makes us admire a sparsely populated photograph of two bicycles by Augusto Cantamessa? Or the striking visual effect displayed by a Depression-era Walker Evans picture of a man smoking and staring out past the lens? The beauty of a great photograph lies in its lines and their power to confront [...]
Keltainen seinäpaperi ja muita kirjoituksia tuo esiin yhdysvaltalaisen feministin ja kirjailijan Charlotte Perkins Gilmanin (1860-1935) monipuolisuuden kirjoittajana. Teokseen on koottu hänen julkaisemiaan esseitä, mielipidekirjoituksia, novelleja, tarinoita ja runoja eri lähteistä. Niissä Gil[...]