Few of us have a choice in how we die. We can eat healthfully, exercise, appreciate the good days, and hope for the best. But Christine W. Hartmann’s mother, Irmgard Hartmann, decides to take matters into her own hands and carefully... Read More

Seashells reveal as much about their former owners as abandoned homes do about theirs. Some clues may be garnered by the shell shape. But to the layperson, the creators of these remnants remain a mystery. Despite a few of the hardier... Read More

“H.D.,” in this context, stands not for high-definition television, but for Hilda Doolittle (1886-1961); that is, H.D. the poet, who was associated with Imagism, a literary movement often said to espouse crisp visual objectivity.... Read More

Perhaps, hundreds of years from now, People magazine cover images of Brad and Angelina will be collected in books as beautiful as this one. Maybe a particular image—say, of the couple cooing over their twins—will become an icon,... Read More

Having vaporized a class bully, Calvin says to Hobbes, “my ethicator machine must have had a built-in moral compromise spectral release phantasmatron!” About a world no less fantastic than Calvin’s, a world in which power-elites... Read More

A tranquil and protected life in the ivory tower is rarely enjoyed by faculty and never experienced by university presidents. Wachman, in his engaging memoir, mentions that being president of Temple University, Philadelphia’s large... Read More

Princess Passion: Born to royalty in a land with monarchic mystique … raised in fortune, her life a quiet reflection of grace … married amid unprecedented worldwide adulation … killed tragically, a possible victim of the media she... Read More

This thorough and concise manual which will help guide readers through every possible aspect of the job is an important tool for building professionals foremen project managers and everyone in between. While supposedly geared toward... Read More