Introduction: 28 books

Where do design principles come from? Are they abstract "rules" established by professionals or do they have roots in human experience? And if we encounter these visual phenomena in our everyday lives, how do designers use them to attract our attention, orient our behavior, and create compelling...

This work focuses exclusively on Rabindranath Tagore's sermons/addresses and miscellaneous prose writings in Bengali. With a substantive introduction by Amiya P. Sen identifying various stages in the evolution of Tagore's religious thoughts, beginning from about the 1880s, the book includes representative...

This edition features a linked Table of Contents and Notes CONTENTS Introduction I. Babyhood Baptism. — Physiognomy. — Introduction to the World. — First Actions. — Various. II. Childhood Asseveration. — Challenge. — Fortune. — Friendship. — Mythology. — Punishment. — Sport....

This edition features • illustrations • a linked Table of Contents, Footnotes, and Index CONTENTS Introduction CHAPTER I The Archives CHAPTER II History of the Bastille CHAPTER III Life in the Bastille CHAPTER IV The Man in the Iron Mask CHAPTER V Men of Letters in the Bastille I. VOLTAIRE II....

• illustrations • a linked Table of Contents, Footnotes, and Index CONTENTS Introduction I On the Trail of Adventure II The Building of the "Snark" III On the High Seas IV A Pacific Paradise V Molokai, the Leper Island VI The Long Traverse VII In the Marquesas VIII The Society...

Who is Hillary Clinton? is a fascinating time-lapse depiction of the leading Democratic presidential candidate as seen from the left. But it is also much more than that. A carefully-edited anthology of The Nation’s coverage of Clinton’s career, it’s a rigorous and painstaking study...

Noam Chomsky visited India in 1996 and 2001 and spoke on a wide range of subjects, from democracy and corporate propaganda to the nature of the world order and the role of intellectuals in society. He captivated audiences with his lucid challenge of dominant political analyses, the engaging style...

We’ve been living in 1984 since 1941. That was the year the Justice Department first authorized the wiretapping of Americans. “We shudder to think of what its agents will do with this new authorization,” The Nation warned in an editorial that year. Ever since then, our writers have investigated,...

This edition features • illustrations • a linked Table of Contents, Footnotes, and Index CONTENTS INTRODUCTION. Chapter I. The Origin Chapter II. The Spread of the Klan Chapter III. The Transformation Chapter IV. The Decline Chapter V. Disbandment APPENDICES. Appendix I. Prescript...

This edition features  • illustrations  • a linked Table of Contents, Footnotes, and Index   CONTENTS Introduction     Foreword     I    The Plan     II    Preparations     III  ...

This edition features a linked Table of Contents CONTENTS AUTHOR'S PREFACE INTRODUCTION HOMER AESCHYLUS SOPHOCLES EURIPIDES ARISTOPHANES HERODOTUS THUCYDIDES PLATO DEMOSTHENES

Excerpt INTRODUCTION. The circumstance of an English army penetrating into Central Asia, through countries which had not been traversed by European troops since Alexander the Great led his victorious army from the Hellespont to the Jaxartes and Indus, is so strong a feature in our military...

CONTENTS (abridged list) INTRODUCTION CHAPTER I MR. BELLOC AND THE PUBLIC A CASE FOR LEGISLATION AD HOC CHAPTER II MR. BELLOC THE MAN ... CHAPTER XIII THE TRAVELLER CHAPTER XIV MR. BELLOC AND THE FUTURE

This edition features  • illustrations  • a linked Table of Contents   CONTENTS Introduction      Notes      Letter I      Letter II      Letter III      Letter IV      Letter V   ...