In this addition to the well-received Paideia series, two respected New Testament scholars offer a practical commentary on James and Jude that is conversant with contemporary scholarship, draws on ancient backgrounds, and attends to the theological nature of the texts. This commentary, like each in [...]
Exiled in London, the Hungarian artist Janos Lavin disappears one day, into thin air. His journal offers his friend John the only clues to where he has gone, and why. John Berger's first novel is a passionate exploration of the artistic process, and a gripping detective story.[...]
A haunting, evocative recounting of her life as a slave in North Carolina, and her final escape and emancipation, Jacobs' narrative, written between 1853 and 1858 and published in 1861, is one of the most important books ever written documenting the traumas and horrors of slavery in the antebellum S[...]
A guide to John Brett (1831-1902) that investigates the painter who was seen as the leader of the Pre-Raphaelite landscape school. It offers information on his early works, including "The Val d'Aosta" and "The Stonebreaker", and on his later, coastal and marine paintings. It discusses Brett's friend[...]