Product Description: When this book first appeared in 1996, it was “Pottery 101,” a basic introduction to the subject. It served as an art book, a history book, and a reference book, but also fun to read, beautiful to look at, and filled with good humor and good sense...read more

Product Description: For almost two thousand years, the pottery made by the Indians of America's Southwest has remained a vital art. Today, more than twenty Pueblos and tribes make pottery within the tradition, each with a distinctive style. Many of those local styles have persisted for hundreds of years...read more

Photographs and text explore the meaning, relevance, and significance of inanimate, ordinary objects that hold special value to the one who appreciates their unique and irreplaceable qualities.

Product Description: This is an innovative reference guide to Japanese combining traditional and function-based grammar in a single volume. Divided into two sections closely linked by extensive cross-references, it covers traditional grammatical categories such as phrase order, nouns, verbs and adjectives, and language functions and notions such as giving and seeking information, expressing likes, dislikes and preferences, describing processes and results...read more

An overview of the cultural history of the desert Southwest, spanning more than 4,000 years, exploring the area's history, peoples, and artistic traditions--with an emphasis on pottery of the region.