Louis Vuitton: A Perfume Atlas
The book focuses on profiling the raw materials involved in the manufacture of perfumes. Continue reading Louis Vuitton: A Perfume Atlas
Category: history
History Fridays: Russia at War, 1941 – 1945: A History, by Alexander Werth
Russia at War by Alexander Werth is a heart-rending epic about the Great Patriotic War, a chronicle of a tragic cataclysm. Continue reading History Fridays: Russia at War, 1941 – 1945: A History, by Alexander Werth
How to Detonate the Novel: A Rough Guide to the Later Fiction of Louis Armand
Form follows destruction. Continue reading How to Detonate the Novel: A Rough Guide to the Later Fiction of Louis Armand
Commonplace Book: Ezra Pound on Poetry and Mathematics
“Poetry is a sort of inspired mathematics.” — EP Continue reading Commonplace Book: Ezra Pound on Poetry and Mathematics
Translation Tuesdays: Birth Canal, by Dias Novita Wuri
In four interrelated stories, Birth Canal by Dias Novita Wuri explores the torturous relations between men and women. Continue reading Translation Tuesdays: Birth Canal, by Dias Novita Wuri
Biography Mondays: Karl Marx: Greatness and Illusion, by Gareth Stedman Jones
Karl Marx: Greatness and Illusion is an indispensable volume, an epic about a man and his times. Continue reading Biography Mondays: Karl Marx: Greatness and Illusion, by Gareth Stedman Jones
Translation Tuesdays: Mater 2-10, by Hwang Sok-yong
Mater 2-10, by Hwang Sok-yong, chronicles Jino’s sit-in, weaving together Korean history and Jino’s family history into a multi-generational saga. Continue reading Translation Tuesdays: Mater 2-10, by Hwang Sok-yong
Photography Fridays: L.A. Babe: The Real Women of Los Angeles 1975 – 1988, by Moshe Brakha
“Paris had Brassaï. And Berlin had Newton. But Moshe had L.A., babe.” Continue reading Photography Fridays: L.A. Babe: The Real Women of Los Angeles 1975 – 1988, by Moshe Brakha
Translation Tuesdays: The Bridge on the Drina, by Ivo Adrić
A series dedicated to literature in translation whether classic or contemporary. Originally published in 1945 as Na Drini Ĉuprija Translated from the Serbo-Croat by Lovett F. Edwards A Signet Classic from 1967 Yugoslavian literature, much like the nation forged in … Continue reading Translation Tuesdays: The Bridge on the Drina, by Ivo Adrić
The Rise and Reign of the Mammals, by Steve Brusatte @ nyjb
“The Rise and Reign of the Mammals is an important book, full of fascinating mammals and the dramatic history of mammal paleontology.” Continue reading The Rise and Reign of the Mammals, by Steve Brusatte @ nyjb
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