Soldier (DVD)

Rules of Engagement (DVD)

William Friedkin unleashes his flare for tense action and gripping suspense in RULES OF ENGAGEMENT, an exciting military legal thriller that examines the moral gray area of combat experience and reflects on the ethos of the American military in the l...

Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown DVD

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Delicate Leaves Party Platter Set (Thailand)

Serve up appetizers on this Delicate Leaves party platter set. An 11-inch plate, complexly shaped in the form of a leaf, holds a matching 5-inch bowl at its center. Both are glazed in a beautiful crackled celadon finish with delicate dark green veins.

Tale of Genji

THE TALE OF GENJI, the world`s first novel, was written around A.D. 1000 and has often been called Japan`s greatest literary achievement. The author of this story of a Japanese prince and his many lovers was Shikibu Murasaki, the brilliant young gove...

Secret Knowledge

David Hockney delves into the question of how and why artists have used various gadgets--including mirrors and prisms and the camera lucida--to assist their art. Hockney finds evidence that artists have relied on such crutches since the 15th century,...

Brutal Imagination

Exactly who would the fictional African-American male perpetrator of the 1994 crime involving the death-by-drowning of Susan Smith`s two young sons be? The first section of this seventh collection by Eady, a previous recipient of the Academy of Ameri...

James Joyce

Edna O`Brien`s life of Joyce (which she distinguishes from a biography ) emphasizes his exile, his marriage, and the magic of his language. A lifelong admirer of Joyce and his work, O`Brien has written an accessible and informative study of the writ...

Half a Life

HALF A LIFE, another of Nobel laureate V. S. Naipaul`s highly autobiographical novels, is about Willie Chandran, who leaves his Indian family behind as he finds success in England as a writer. The trouble is that this new, assimilated life begins to ...

Savage Beauty

Edna St. Vincent Millay (1892-1950) was something of Jazz Age celebrity, even outside the literary scene. Here, Milford, who was a Pulitzer Prize finalist, documents the poet`s amazing climb from poverty to Lost Generation darling. A New York Times N...

The No-Spin Zone

The popular broadcaster--and best-selling author--pulls no punches in his comments on the famous guests and the issues raised by their visits to his program. Visits from George W. Bush, Senator John McCain, Dan Rather, Al Sharpton, and others are cov...