Writing and Art of the Great Master

Edited by H. Anna Suh

An all-new, jewel-like, reader-friendly format gives new life to this relaunch of an international best-seller!

Leonardo da Vinci—artist, inventor, and prototypical Renaissance man—is a perennial source of fascination because of his astonishing intellect and boundless curiosity about the natural and man-made world. During his life he created numerous works of art and kept voluminous notebooks that detailed his artistic and intellectual pursuits.

The collection of writings and art in this magnificent book are drawn from his notebooks. The book organizes his wide range of interests into subjects such as human figures, light and shade, perspective and visual perception, anatomy, botany and landscape, geography, the physical sciences and astronomy, architecture, sculpture, and inventions. Nearly every piece of writing throughout the book is keyed to the piece of artwork it describes.

The writing and art is selected by art historian H. Anna Suh, who provides fascinating commentary and insight into the material, making Leonardo’s Notebooks an exquisite single volume compendium celebrating his enduring genius.

H. Anna Suh has a master’s degree in art and archaeology from Princeton University. She was on the curatorial staff of the Metropolitan Museum of Art and has worked on projects for scholarly publications at the Met, New York University’s Institute of Fine Arts, the Princeton University Art Museum, and Harvard University. She lives in New York City.

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The Culture, Politics, and Personalities that Shaped the Decade

Edited with commentary by Clyde Haberman

There is no better record of events then The New York Times, and now, The Times of the Seventies captures the history, culture, and personalities of the decade through hundreds of hand-selected articles and compelling original commentary in this unique and fascinating book.

The New York Times: The Times of the Seventies is a brilliant time capsule containing all of the greatest, most important, and most memorable moments and events from the decade.

Organized by sections such as national news, business, science & health, sports, arts & entertainment, life & style, the articles include coverage of historic events like the Watergate scandal, the end of the Vietnam War, the 1973 oil crisis, and the Iranian Revolution of 1979; cultural highlights like the break-up of the Beatles, the rise of disco, reviews of movies like Star Wars, The Godfather, Jaws, and Saturday Night Fever, and features on musicians like Jimi Hendrix, Janis Joplin, the Bee Gees, and Patti Smith; plus pieces on influential personalities such as Gloria Steinem, Bobby Fischer, and Farrah Fawcett and pivotal political figures like Richard Nixon, Pol Pot, and Augusto Pinochet.

The stories are written by the great Times writers, including Murray Schumach, Nan Robertson, Craig Claiborne, Mimi Sheraton, Meyer Berger, R.W. Apple, Jr., John Rockwell, Clive Barnes, and John Russell. Editor Clyde Haberman has selected each and every article and guides readers through the stories, putting the events into historical context and exploring the impact these events and individuals eventually had on the future. Also included are hundreds of color photographs from the Times and other sources.

The New York Times is regarded as the world’s preeminent newspaper. Its news coverage is known for its exceptional depth and breadth, with reporting bureaus throughout the United States and in 26 foreign countries. Winner of 106 Pulitzer Prizes, the Times has the largest circulation of any seven-day newspaper in the U.S.

Clyde Haberman is an American journalist who is currently a columnist for The New York Times. He has worked for the Times since 1977. Haberman’s assignments at the Times have included staff editor of the Week in Review section; Metro reporter; City Hall bureau chief; and, from 1982 to 1995, foreign correspondent in Tokyo, Rome, and Jerusalem. He lives in New York.

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A Book Plus a Stereoscopic Viewer and 35 3D Photos of Men in Battle, 1914–1918

See The Great War in 3D and experience first hand stories as told from the soldiers’ perspectives

This innovative package comprises a sturdy metal stereoscopic viewer, 35 stereoscopic photographs of some of the most compelling moments captured on film during World War I, and a 176-page paperback book that provides a brief history of war photography and an overview of the war from 1914 through the Treaty of Versailles. The book covers the European campaigns and naval battles, focusing mainly on the lives of the soldiers. Chapters also cover Christmas on the battlefront; comics from British cartoonist Bruce Bairnsfather, who served during the war; excerpts from letters of POWs; and life in the trenches.

Detailed descriptions of the scenes depicted in each stereographic photograph are included on the back of each card, so the viewer will understand exactly what he or she is seeing.

This collection of rarely seen images and engrossing descriptions of the pagaent and the horrors of war, along with the clever, upscale and unique packaging make The Great War in 3D a true collector’s item.

Jean-Pierre Verney is a world-renowned French historian, author, and collector of World War I memorabilia. He is the author of La Première Guerre Mondiale (2006) and Récit de Guerre 1914–1918 (2012) and is a major contributor to the popular graphic novel series Putain deGuerre. He lives in France.

Michael Stephenson is an editor and military historian and the author of numerous books, including The Last Full Measure: How Soldiers Die in Battle and Patriot Battles: How the War of Independence Was Fought. He lives in New York.

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