For many years the worlds most successful wine magazine published on their last page a monthly Wine Legend. These were and, in some cases, still are the most sought after wines around the world from specific vineyards and vintages. Names that can bring a shiver to the back of a wine lovers neck and be spoken about in hushed tones. Chateau ......
Charts a new wave of feminist and queer media activism in post-millennial China Digital Masquerade offers a trenchant and singular analysis of the convergence of digital media, feminist and queer culture, and rights consciousness in China. Jia Tan examines the formation of what she calls "rights feminism," or the emergence of rights ......
There's "western", and then there's "Western" - and where history becomes myth is an evocative question, one of several questions posed by Josh Garrett-Davis in What Is a Western? Region, Genre, Imagination. Part cultural criticism, part history, and wholly entertaining, this series of essays on specific films, books, music, and other cultural ......
The great painter Henri Matisse was also a great book illustrator. A pioneering member of the Fauves, a supreme colorist, a remarkable draftsman, and a creative genius: this is the Matisse known and admired by everyone with even a passing interest in modern art. But few know Matisse as an artist who designed and illustrated his own books. ......
Twentieth-Century Postcard Art from Chicago to Cairo
At the outset of the twentieth century the debut of the American picture postcard incited widespread enthusiasm for collecting and sending postcard art that lasted decades. In Picturing Illinois, John A. Jakle and Keith A. Sculle examine a diverse set of 200 vintage Illinois picture postcards revealing what locals considered captivating, ......
Nostalgic Decorating and Celebrating All Throughout the House
Bring the magic of a very vintage Christmas to every room in your home. Creating your own vision of holiday decorating and celebrating is personal and meaningful. Author Bob Richter cultivates a "Christmas Consciousness" that he keeps all year long on visits to auctions and flea markets, collecting elements of holiday decor that are rich in ......
Quirky Characters, Roadside Oddities & Other Offbeat Stuff
The definitive collection of Ohio's odd, wacky, and most offbeat people, places, and things, for Ohio residents and anyone else who enjoys local humor and trivia with a twist.
An undisputed and unmistakable automotive icon now celebrating its seventh glorious decade, the first ever Porsche 911 rolled off the production line in Stuttgart in 1963 and, more than a million cars later, has unfailingly kept faith in its classic design. The alleged mechanical heresy of its rear-engine layout, allied with its achingly endless ......
An in-depth study of a Woodland period archaeological site that was occupied for over 1,000 yearsThis volume explores how native peoples of the Southeastern United States cooperated to form large and permanent early villages using the site of Crystal River on Florida's Gulf Coast as a case study. Crystal River was once among the most celebrated ......
