age ~48
from San Marcos, CA
When American authors John Dos Passos and Ernest Hemingway went to Spain in 1937 to witness the Spanish Civil War firsthand, the devastation they encountered was far from impersonal: As Spain was unraveling thread by thread, so was the relationship between these two literary titans. They had arrived...
Author
Stephen Koch
Binding
Paperback
Pages
320
Publisher
Counterpoint
ISBN #
158243798X
EAN Code
9781582437989
ISBN #
2
Inspired by Luis Coto, José María Velasco, Toulouse-Lautrec and Edvard Munch, the painter, volcanologist and teacher Gerardo Murillo, aka Dr. Atl (1875–1964) infused Mexican landscape painting with a surprising, unique modernity. His roiling, animated landscapes were prompted in part by his fondness...
Author
Andres Blaisten
Binding
Hardcover
Pages
384
Publisher
Turner
ISBN #
8493947806
EAN Code
9788493947804
ISBN #
9
Astronomers, Scribes, and Priests examines evidence for cultural interchange among the intellectual powerbrokers in Postclassic Mesoamerica, specifically those centered in the northern Maya lowlands and the central Mexican highlands. Contributors to the volume’s thirteen chapters bring an interdisci...
Binding
Hardcover
Pages
300
Publisher
Dumbarton Oaks Research Library and Collection
ISBN #
088402346X
EAN Code
9780884023463
ISBN #
6
"[A] pungent mix of literary biography, history and international political thriller.... A story steeped in intrigue, duplicity and nefarious figures, all told with...imagination and bold interpretation." (Baltimore Sun) When John Dos Passos and Ernest Hemingway went to Spain to witness the Spanish ...
Author
Stephen Koch
Binding
Paperback
Pages
320
Publisher
Counterpoint
ISBN #
1582432813
EAN Code
9781582432816
ISBN #
1