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In this illustrated volume, John Beldon Scott traces the history of the Turin Shroud, focusing especially on the black marble and structure Guarini designed to house and exhibit it. Exploring the mystique of this enigmatic relic, this work also investigates its display and purpose.

Includes thirty articles on communicable illness published in the pages of "Scientific American" magazine since 1993. This book includes sections devoted to viral infections, infectious disease, the immune system, and global management and treatment issues.

Regina Schwartz examines the story of Cain and Abel, as she sees it; that is, emblematic of a tragic biblical influence over Western secular notions of identity - notions often violently exclusionary, negatively defining "us" against "them" in ethnic, religious, racial, nationalistic terms.

In the former Eastern Bloc countries, one aspect of the transition to democracy has been the establishment of constitutional justice and the rule of law. This text chronicles and analyzes the rise of constitutional courts in this changing region.

Throughout the Great Depression and WWII, Lincoln was invoked as a reminder of America's strength and wisdom. This book reveals that those years represent the apogee of Lincoln's prestige. It documents the decline of Lincoln's public standing, asking throughout whether there is any path back from the post-heroic era.

Covering nearly three-quarters of our planet, the world's oceans are a vast and unique ecosystem from which all life on Earth originated. This book features articles that investigate the origins of the world's oceans, the diversity of life in the water, the state of global fisheries, the dangers of natural disasters, and the perils oceans face.

While other writers contemplated the events of the 1968 Chicago riots from the safety of their hotel rooms, the author was in the city streets, being threatened by police, choking on tear gas, and listening to all the rage, fear, and confusion around him. This book presents his account of the contradictions and chaos of convention week.

Drawing on Philip Johnsons correspondence, personal photographs, and speeches, and on interviews with his friends and contemporaries, this biography presents information and discussion of the architect's family, travels and friends, as well as his many buildings and spaces.

Susan Schulten tells a story of Americans beginning to see the world around them, tracing U.S. attitudes towards world geography from the end of 19th century exploration to the dawn of the Cold War. The work discusses the study of geography and its place in culture and politics

In this pamphlet, James Elkins surveys the last fifty years of art criticism, proposing some interesting explanations for the changes in writing about art, from passionate to academic.

In this pamphlet, anthropologist Magnus Fiskesjo uncovers the ritual of the Thanksgiving Turkey Pardon, and the political meaning of an act of mercy.

If politics as practiced is talk, then how does a political figure--especially an American President--talk politics? If someone can be all style and no substance, is there any actual political substance to style? "Talking Politics" looks at the alpha and omega of presidential image, its highs--Lincoln at Gettysburg--and lows--"W" at any microphone--demystifying the spun mists of political "message" on which an institution like the American presidency has always depended.

This systematic analysis of the Stoic school, concentrates on Zeno's "Republic". Using textual evidence, the author examines the Stoic ideals that initiated the natural law tradition of Western political thought.

Written in the intense political and intellectual tumult of the early years of the Weimar Republic, this book develops the distinctive theory of sovereignty that made Carl Schmitt one of the most significant and controversial political theorists of the twentieth century. Schmitt concludes this book with a critique of liberalism.

This study examines medieval religious culture and the significance of the widespread belief in ghosts, revealing the ways in which the dead and the living related to each other during the Middle Ages. It discusses Augustine's influence on medieval authors, and monastic visions and folklore.

Demonstrates that ethnography is uniquely suited for illuminating the study of politics. This book addresses the central ontological and epistemological issues raised by ethnographic work. It also grapples with the reality that all research is conducted from a first-person perspective.

The relationship between the states and the national government is among the most contested issues in the United States. This title defends the advantages of multiple perspectives in government, arguing that the resulting 'polyphony' creates a system that is more efficient, democratic, and protective of liberties.

Chronicles the author's two years of travel and observation of gorillas in East and Central Africa in the late 1950s, high in the Virunga volcanoes on the Zaire-Rwanda-Uganda border. This edition also features a postscript detailing Schaller's more recent visits with gorillas, current to 2009.

In this magnificent, heart-wrenching book--hailed Best Book of 1993 by the New York Times Book Review and USA Today--acclaimed naturalist and National Book Award winner George B. Schaller documents the plight of the mysterious panda--and urgently calls for the compassion needed to save these gentle animals from extinction. Includes a new Preface for this edition. 27-color plates.

Draws on neuroscience and psychology to understand the way we both perceive and conceive of art, including its resistance to verbal exposition. This book probes the distinction between accepting a tradition and defying it through innovation, which leads to a consideration of the notion of artistic genius.

In 1540 Antonio Lafreri migrated to Rome and began publishing maps and other printed images that depicted major monuments and antiquities in Rome. This volume places these prints in their historical context and examines their publishing history. It traces their journey from the creator and publishers to pilgrims, collectors, and, dealers.