Provides concise biographical sketches by key writers and religious leaders of many of the world's most revered religious figures, including the Buddha, Jesus, and Muhammad, in a volume that features the writings of such contributors as Elie Wiesel, Zora Neale Hurston, and Mother Teresa. Original.

Gathering together some of the most contemporary and interesting writing on Cuba, this book attempts to pierce the rhetoric surrounding this rogue nation just ninety miles from American shores to look at the history, cullture, and conflict of Cuba, from Che Guevara to cigars to baseball. Original.

Product Description: Many writers and artists are associated with a particular place - a home that helps them create, a refuge that feeds their work. For Georgia O'Keeffe, it was the spare desert spaces of Abiquiu, New Mexico, that inspired her evocative landscapes and still lifes...read more

The editors gather together a wide-ranging collection of writing about modern Iraq, covering the history, people, and politics of this often misunderstood country. Original.

A thoughtful collection of compelling writing about the Middle East covers all facets of this rapidly unfolding and very violent story, that examines such topics as the founding of Israel in 1948, the Six Day War of 1967, and the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, with contributions by Saul Bellow, Robert Kaplan, Devid Remnick, Karen Armstrong, and others. Original.

An examination of Islam and its complexities collects the essential sacred texts of seven major traditions as well as contributions by noted authorities, in a volume divided into three sections including Muslims, their beliefs, and their ancient and modern conflicts. Original. (view table of contents)

Presents selections from sacred texts from Buddhism, Christianity, Judaism, Islam, Hinduism, Sufism, and Taoism

Twenty-five portraits of modern revolutionary figures highlight progressive leaders who were willing to sacrifice their lives to stand up to oppression, including Che Guevara, Nelson Mandela, Malcolm X, Aung San Suu Kyi, and many others. Original. (view table of contents)

A wide array of compassionate commentators tackle the subject of breaking up in stories, essays, and poetry, including Diane Ackerman, Thomas Moore, Lord Byron, Raymond Carver, Gabriel Garcia Marquez, John Gray, and many others. Original.

A celebratory collection of stories, essays, poems, and sayings about the nature of friendship in all of its many varieties offers a perfect gift idea and includes the words of Walt Whitman, Jack London, and many others.

Fifty duotone photographs and entertaining essays celebrate fifty notable romances of the twentieth century, with images by Annie Leibovitz, Cecil Beaton, and other notable photographers and writings by Dylan Thomas, Katharine Hepburn, Jimmy Carter, and John Gregory Dunne, among others. 40,000 first printing. (view table of contents)