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This is, without doubt, probably one of the best introductions to anthropology produced in recent years. Firstly, style: the author is witty and uncondescending. He treats the reader with respect. Secondly, content: the book is a work of synthesis but it is, simultaneosly, a work of great originality. Kuper links social anthropology to evolutionary anthropology in important and subtle ways. Recent trends in cultural anthropology - in particular the postmodern variety - have presented human beings in such a rarified way you would wonder sometimes if the planet itself was necessary for their existence. Culture has been conceived by this misguided trend as some kind of evanescent noosphere with no connection with materiality. Kuper is a wonderful antidote to this. On the other hand, his work is equally a powerful critique of the misguided trend known as `sociobiology'. In short, a wonderful subtle journey between the Scylla of biological reductionism and the Charbadis of idealist relativism. I very strongly recommend this book to all: specialists and general reader alike. It is yet another text in what is turning into something of renaissance of `Social' anthropology (one thinks of the work of Carrithers and Ingold as well.

Da Vinci's anatomical drawing is not simply scientific record. It is a great man's comtemplation on humanity through the very basics of physical form. To back up this kind of inquiry, you need a god to in your soul or you have to be the god youself. Without this spiritual aspect, scientific research would turn into something crudely utilitarian or cruelly inhumane as we all have noticed in so many cases in the modern world.

Da Vince is not some mad scientist who messed up with corpses secretly as in a Frenkenstein movie. But do we ever noticed their difference in this country, the supposed most advance country in technology and science? This book would make you think.

This is a beautifully produced, 112-page perfect-bound catalog of a 1991 retrospective exhibition at the Serpentine Gallery in London. More than 44 color reproductions, with essays by Marina Warner, Whitney Chadwick, and Edward James, plus Carrington's short story "The Debutante." Now one of Mexico's best-known artists, Leonora Carrington was one of the premier women surrealist painters. If you are a fan of Remedios Varo's work, you'll appreciate Leonora Carrington.

The letters of Mary Baker Eddy to Augusta E. Stetson, C.S.D., written between 1889 and 1909, are reproduced from the Manuscript Collection in The Huntington Library, San Marino, California. This priceless collection of letters, written over a period of twenty years, breathes the spirit of genuine Christian Science, and reveals Mary Baker Eddy's love for her "best beloved" student, Augusta E. Stetson. Original publication of Emma Publishing Society. Burgundy cloth; color portrait; 113 pages; Emma Publishing Society, 1990.

Lighthouses Of The Great Lakes is a simply fantastic showcase of historic lighthouses of the Great Lakes region. Full color photographs by Daniel E. Dempster of virtually every structure combined with Todd R. Berger's informative text revealing remarkable true stories behind each fill this amazing tour through history. A treat for lighthouse aficionados, and a joy to page through for virtually everyone else, Lighthouses Of The Great Lakes is the next best thing to driving for hours to see each great, life-saving lighthouse personally.

Gallery program of Light Work, Syracuse NY, showcasing the photographs of Ambrogi and Middlebrook, January 12 - March 15, 1993, manipulated photographs, showing nudity and in Middlebrook's case, black issues. Photos include silver gelatin, Fujichrome. Great deal, recommended.

The late Prof. Cooper was my kind of tourist set loose in a car in England.

He avoids the M roads and the A roads with single digits. He gives clear directions. He has an eye for the peculiar, the unique, the unsettling. But most of all, he's an enthusiast. He's read the greats and an astonishing quantity of not so great.

He knew his Dickens and Kipling, although I wish he was still alive so I could tip him to something he didn't know about Kipling's sojourn in Rottingdean, Sussex, and its tangible connexion to today: Kipling's familiarity with England's first family of traditional songs, the Copper family. An American who hears Kipling's poetry in the settings of Peter Bellamy will have good reason to reappraise Kipling.

I'm leaving for Kent this week. After reading Cooper, I'll only be bringing him and Ordinance maps along. I won't need anything else.

Literary St. Louis: A Guide features fifty authors who lived and worked in St. Louis in a guidebook that is ideal for visitors or city residents wanting to explore the diverse literary history of this fascinating region. Enhanced throughout with photographs, maps, illustrations, and colorful anecdotes, the reader is treated to a St. Louis Literary Chronology, commentaries by literary luminaries ranging from Mark Twain to Tennessee Williams, a locations list, bibliography, and a very useful index. If you are planning a trip to St. Louis, Missouri, then William Gass and Lorin Cuoco's Literary St. Louis: A Guide offers a unique, fun and informative approach to sightseeing and historical surveys.

This beautiful book is a full color adaptation from the disney movie of the same name. The illustrations captured my child's attention and made for great story time. Timeless tale of good vs. evil. A great read for any generation!

Surprised nobody has commented on this item yet. Having lived in rome many years, I am suffering from the traditional guidebook fatigue, and lately, to kill boredom, if I find a new guidebook by someone entering the guidebook market, I usually browse it and in a couple of hours quickly find a list of factual errors. But this one is different. First of all, was impressed by the original photographs. Curators are usually very protective of their collections, specially from commercial photographers. It is obvious that the author had many friends that got her in (... and that is explained in the acknowledgments). Then, the factual linkages between the many historical facts. Shows that it has been very throughly researched (.. and again aknowledged in the help by American Academy folks et al). The quality of the paper is very good. The list of these little-known museums very well chosen. Most likely the contact info on how to arrange the tours is probably obsolete by now, but that is the nature of Italian offices and bureaucracies. Was disappointed that the book did not include the appartment of Via Tasso 145, that is known as Museo della Liberazione, but I can see how seeing the rooms where people were tortured by the Nazis can be not appropriate for everyone.