Northup's account provides extensive details on the slave markets in Washington, D.C. and New Orleans, and describes at length cotton and sugar cultivation and slave treatment on major plantations in Louisiana.The work was published eight ...

This impressive volume not only serves as a reference for quotations but also as a window into the diverse world of human expression. James Rev.

Nearly 300 letters reveal Chopin as both man and artist and illuminate his fascinating world — Europe of the 1830s and 1840s. "Delightful gossip . . . merry rather than malicious . . . engagingly witty." — Books. Preface. Index.

The book shows how Kurosawa attempted to symbolize on film a course of national development for post-war Japan, and it traces the ways that he tied his social visions to a dynamic system of visual and narrative forms.

The Official Guide to Schools Offering the International Baccalaureate Primary Years, Middle Years, Diploma and Career-related Programmes.

This is one of the most significant military books of the twentieth century.

The book interrogates the very meaning of popular cinema in Italy to give a sense of its complexity and specificity in Italian cinema, from early to contemporary cinema.

A popular, up-to-date, comprehensive introduction to the Gospel of John made accessible for the educated lay person.

Nostalgic photographs of Sanibel and Captiva.