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Paris and her remarkable women
by Lorraine Liscio.
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126 p. : ill. (mostly col.) ; 18 cm.
This book evokes Paris from the MIddle Ages through the twentieth century by tracing sixteen exceptional women whose lives intersected with Paris in remarkable ways and whose eventual fame depended on the city itself. Their stories bring to life medieval culture, Enlightenment ideas, the court of Louis XiV, the chaos of the Revolution, the nineteenth-century art scene, and twentieth-century breakthroughs in science and fashion. The sites associated with each of these women are located in the central parts of Paris that most visitors explore. When visiting Notre Dame, the reader will see the tragic figures of Abélard and Héloise in its shadows, and know to look for the enigmatic sculpture of Genevieve on the cathedral's facade. Elisabeth Vigée Le Brun's paintings in the Louvre and Camille Claudel's sculptures in the Rodin Museum will be all the more fascinating after readers have learned of the controversy they provoked. Even those women whom most people thought they knew may prove surprising. Who would have guessed at the relation between Coco Chanel's convent-school origins and her fashions? What are we to make of Emilie du Chatelet's fame as Voltaire's mistress when he touts her as a "great man whose only fault was being a woman"?
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Paulo Coelho : a warrior's life : the authorized biography
Fernando Morais.
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457 p., [16] p. of plates : ill. ; 24 cm.
Traces the noted author's roots in Brazil to his time as a musician and pop lyricist to his wild days of rock and roll to the publication of his novel "The Alchemist."
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Planisphere : new poems
John Ashbery.
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143 p. ; 24 cm.
BreathlikeJust as the day could use another hour, I need another idea. Not a concept or a slogan. Something more like a rut made thousands of years ago by one of the first wheels as it rolled along. It never came back to see what it had done, and the rut just stayed there, not thinking of itself or calling attention to itself in any way. Sun baked it. Water stood, or rather sat in it. Wind covered it with dust, then blew it away. Always it was available to itself when it wished to be, which wasn't often.Then there was a cup and ball theory I told you about. A lot of people had left the coast. Squirt conditions obtained. I forgot I overwhelmed you once upon a time, between everybody's sound sleep and waking afterward, trying to piece together what had happened. The rut glimmered through centuries of snow and after. I suppose it was trying to make some point but we never found out about that, having come to know each other years later when our interest in zoning had revived again.
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The program : the brain-smart approach to the healthiest you : the life-changing 12-week method
Kelly Traver and Betty Kelly Sargent.
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xiii, 385 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.
WHY ISTHE PROGRAMDIFFERENT FROM EVERY OTHER HEALTH, DIET, AND FITNESS METHOD? BECAUSE IT WORKS.Dr. Kelly Traver understands that the human brain resists change. Only when we learn the secrets of how to get our brain to work for us, not against us, can we make healthy, permanent lifestyle changes. She teaches us what those secrets are and shows us how to use them in this mind-expanding and waistline-shrinking system for getting into shape and staying that way.By combining cutting-edge discoveries in neuroscience with the latest information in medicine, nutrition, and fitness, Dr. Traver developed The Program and initially tested it on her patients, who ranged in age from 20 to 81. Her results were astounding. •Among those who were overweight, the average weight loss was 19 pounds. •Among those who were diabetic, 80 percent achieved a reduction in their blood sugars. •Among those with high blood pressure, 87 percent returned their blood pressure to normal. •Some 80 percent of the smokers success-fully kicked the habit.In the course of twelve short weeks, readers can achieve similar success by following Dr. Traver's simple, straightforward instructions for working with the stubbornly change-resistant brain so that it not only accepts new, healthy lifestyle habits but actually embraces them. Google, Target, and Stanford University have already adopted Dr. Traver's system to achieve better health for their employees. You are in the driver's seat of your health. By personalizing The Program's powerful tools you can learn to change your body and your life, simply by understanding and working with your brain.
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Ratio : the simple codes behind the craft of everyday cooking
Michael Ruhlman.
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xxv, 244 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Cooking with ratios will unchain you from recipes and set you free. With thirty-three ratios and suggestions for enticing variations, "Ratio" is the truth ofcooking: basic preparations that teach us how the fundamental ingredients of the kitchen -- water, flour, butter and oils, milk and cream, and eggs -- work. Change the ratio and bread dough becomes pasta dough, cakes become muffins become popovers become crepes.
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Raymond Carver : a writer's life
by Carol Sklenicka.
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xi, 578 p., [16] p. of plates : ill. ; 24 cm.
A profile of the late short-story master analyzes the myths and controversies attributed to his character and covers his struggles with alcohol, the role of a zealous editor in shaping his first collections, and his ability to portray the challenges of ordinary people.
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The red book = Liber novus
C.G. Jung ; edited by Sonu Shamdasani ; preface by Ulrich Hoerni ; translated by Mark Kyburz, John Peck, and Sonu Shamdasani.
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xii, 371 p. : col. ill., facsims. ; 40 cm.
The most influential unpublished work in the history of psychology.When Carl Jung embarked on an extended self-exploration he called his "confrontation with the unconscious," the heart of it was The Red Book, a large, illuminated volume he created between 1914 and 1930. Here he developed his principle theories --of the archetypes, the collective unconscious, and the process of individuation -- that transformed psychotherapy from a practice concerned with treatment of the sick into a means for higher development of the personality. While Jung considered The Red Book to be his most important work, only a handful of people have ever seen it. Now, in a complete facsimile and translation, it is available to scholars and the general public. It is an astonishing example of calligraphy and art on a par with The Book of Kells and the illuminated manuscripts of William Blake. This publication of The Red Book is a watershed that will cast new light on the making of modern psychology.
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Residential energy : cost savings and comfort for existing buildings
John Krigger and Chris Dorsi ; illustrations, Bob Starkey ... [et al.] ; editors, Mary Coster and Margaret Regan.
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315, (3) p. : illus. ; 28 cm. + 1 CD-ROM (sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.)
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Respect the spindle : spin infinite yarns with one amazing tool
Abby Franquemont.
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135 p. : col. ill. ; 23 cm.
Why would modern spinners choose to make yarn with a prehistoric tool? Abby Franquemont explores one of the world's most productive, versatile, and convenient devices and teaches readers to make yarn using it.
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Rewilding the world : dispatches from the conservation revolution
Caroline Fraser.
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400 p. : maps ; 24 cm.
A gripping account of the environmental crusade to save the worldâs most endangered species and landscapesâthe last best hope for preserving our natural home Scientists worldwide are warning of the looming extinction of thousands of species, from tigers and polar bears to rare flowers, birds, and insects. If the destruction continues, a third of all plants and animals could disappear by 2050âand with them earthâs life-support ecosystems that provide our food, water, medicine, and natural defenses against climate change. Now Caroline Fraser offers the first definitive account of a visionary campaign to confront this crisis: rewilding. Breathtaking in scope and ambition, rewilding aims to save species by restoring habitats, reviving migration corridors, and brokering peace between people and predators. Traveling with wildlife biologists and conservationists, Fraser reports on the vast projects that are turning Europeâs former Iron Curtain into a greenbelt, creating trans-frontier Peace Parks to renew elephant routes throughout Africa, and linking protected areas from the Yukon to Mexico and beyond. An inspiring story of scientific discovery and grassroots action, Rewilding the World offers hope for a richer, wilder future.
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Secret London
Andrew Duncan.
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192 p. : col. ill., maps ; cm.
Aimed at visitors and Londoners alike, this fully updated edition of Secret London unlocks the city's most fascinating secrets -both above and below ground. Celebrated historian Andrew Duncan strips away bricks, mortar and tarmac to uncover parts of the capital that even born and bred Londoners may never have seen. Below ground, he guides readers through an extraordinary honeycomb of structures -from the government's vast system of offices and tunnels under Whitehall and through abandoned Underground stations to Clerkenwell's amazing network of subterranean prison cells. Above ground, he leads the way through narrow alleyways and cobbled mews, revealing unexpected treasures and describing rarely seen interiors and special collections.
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Seven : the number for happiness, love and success
Jacqueline Leo.
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vii, 261 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.
In Seven, Jacqueline Leo explains the many valuable ways the number 7 can be a tool to define time, synthesize ideas and keep one's mind and memory performing at top speed. Leo explores the powerful utility of 7 throughout cultures and the ages. Why are there 7 wonders of the world, 7 seas, 7 ages of man, 7 levels of hell, 7 primary colours, 7 whole notes of the musical scale and 7 days of the week? And why, when asked to choose a number between 1 and 10, do most people choose 7? Leo and Burger celebrate the special qualities of the number seven by delving into its mathematical, scientific, psychological and religious significance. Most importantly, they show readers how they can use 7 to simplify their lives to enhance their happiness, sustain their love, and win at life.
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