ISBN: 0674049187 | 2014 | | 640 pages |
The way we create and organize knowledge is the theme of From the Tree to the Labyrinth, a major achievement by one of the world's foremost thinkers on language and interpretation. Umberto Eco...
This book's unwieldy title is misleading. The volume offers a history of punk music, with the focus narrowed to the New York scene, especially as it revolved around the legendary music club CBGBs (short for Country, Blue Grass, and Blues). Heylin's...
Aiming “to offer a comprehensive view of how an author’s work fits within the context of the author’s life, historical events, and the literary world,this title includes some 500 writers. Authors traditionally studied in literature classes as...
Antoni Gaudí i Cornet (25 June 1852 – 10 June 1926) was a Spanish Catalan architect from Reus and the best known practitioner of Catalan Modernism. Gaudí's works reflect an individualized and distinctive style. Most are located in Barcelona,...
Eugene Henri Paul Gauguin ( 7 June 1848 – 8 May 1903) was a leading French Post-Impressionist artist who was not well appreciated until after his death. Gauguin was later recognized for his experimental use of colors and synthetist...