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Claudius the God by Robert Graves; Barry Unsworth (Foreword by)
Category: Fiction | Series: Penguin Modern Classics Ser.
Read in the style of a secret diary, this famous sequel toI, Claudiusgives a wry and human view of the Roman world, bringing to life some of the most scandalous and violent times in history.Claudius has survived the murderous intrigues of his predecessors to become, reluctantly, Emperor of Rome. He reco ...Show more
Compact Disc (Object Lessons) by Robert Barry
Category: Science & Natural History | Series: Object Lessons Ser.
Object Lessons is a series of short, beautifully designed books about the hidden lives of ordinary things. The story of the compact disc is also the story of the end of physical media. It is the story of how the quest for perfection laid the grounds for the death of a great industry. For in the passage ...Show more
Henry Thoreau: A Life of the Mind by Robert D. Richardson Jr.; Barry Moser (Designed by, Illustrator)
Category: Biography Memoir
The two years Thoreau spent at Walden Pond and the night he spent in the Concord jail are among the most familiar features of the American intellectual landscape. In this new biography, based on a reexamination of Thoreau's manuscripts and on a retracing of his trips, Robert Richardson offers a view of ...Show more
Kidnapped by Robert Louis Stevenson; Margot Livesey (Introduction by); Barry Menikoff (Editor)
Category: Classics | Series: Modern Library Classics Ser.
This is a biography of Joseph Paxton, horticulturist to the Duke and Duchess of Devonshire, architect of the Crystal Palace at the Great Exhibition of 1851 and a great unsung heroe of the Victorian Age.
Mind Golf - The Troubled Genius of Moe Norman by Robert Ragland Young; Neil Young (Foreword by); Barry Morrow (Foreword by)
Category: Sport
This may be the most unusual golf book ever written. At one of a series of clinics that former USPGA teacher of the year Craig Shankland staged, he asked Moe Norman in front of about 300 people, "What's it like to hit perfect shots, Moe?" Moe paused and looked at the audience. Then, in jest, said, "You ...Show more
Mr. Willowby's Christmas Tree by Robert Barry (Illustrator)
Category: Picture Books
Give the gift of holiday spirit with this classic picture book that celebrates how one Christmas tree brings joy to a whole forest of critters Christmas is here and Mr. Willowby's tree has arrived. There's just one big problem: The tree is too tall for his parlor He cuts off the top so it will fit, an ...Show more
Navajo and Pueblo Jewelry Design - 1870-1945 by Paula A. Baxter; Barry Katzen (Photographer); Robert Bauver (Foreword by)
Category: Craft
This richly illustrated study of Southwestern Indian jewelry-design history is a must-have for collectors, jewelry designers, and students and scholars of Native American arts. Southwestern Indian jewelry inspires admiration and creativity through its beauty, mastery, and meaning. Delve into this fascin ...Show more
The Music of the Future by Robert Barry
Category: Film
Charles Fourier imagined a whole society structured by music. Hector Berlioz wrote science fiction. Hugo Gernsback looked forward to telematic operas. John Cage imagined an infinite sound palette. But where are today's musical futurists? The Music of the Future is not a book of predictions or speculatio ...Show more
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