Just as the 20th century dawned with an unparalleled optimism regarding the moral, social and scientific progress of humanity, it ended with an unshakeable confidence in the promises of technology and the power of free-market economics to deliver...
"I just did it, and I probably made more mistakes than the average person who makes a first film. I didn’t really have any help, and I wouldn’t take any help. I had to do it on my own. Once I made my first film I considered myself a film-maker....
History on a grand scale-an enchanting masterpiece that explores the making of one of the world's most vibrant civilizations
A People's Tragedy, wrote Eric Hobsbawm, did "more to help us understand the Russian Revolution than any other book I know."...
Dispelling myths, answering questions, and stimulating thoughtful avenues for further inquiry, this highly absorbing reference provides a wealth of specific information about over 200 North American Indian groups in Canada and the United States....
Translation from Russian language into English language: Владимир Владимирович Залесский “Никола Тесла. Что писать о Тесле? Кто и что пишут о Николе Тесле....
On Photography is a 1977 collection of essays by Susan Sontag. It originally appeared as a series of essays in the New York Review of Books between 1973 and 1977.
Contents
In the book, Sontag expresses her views on the history and...
An entirely new publication, the Oxford Illustrated Encyclopedia of the Arts is the most comprehensive single-volume encyclopedia of the arts available. It is the ideal reference book for anyone wanting ready answers to questions about...
Paris. The name alone conjures images of chestnut-lined boulevards, sidewalk cafés, breathtaking façades around every corner—in short, an exquisite romanticism that has captured the American imagination for as long as there have been...