Product Description: "Cahiers Parisiens"/"Parisian Notebooks" publish selected papers drawn from the various advanced-level activities at the University of Chicago's Center in Paris. Topics treated in each issue reflect the disciplinary diversity of conferences and lectures organized at the Center during a given academic year, such as "Forms of Empire," "Ekphrasis in the Age of Cervantes," and "Foucault: New Deployments...read more

Product Description: Although Charlemagne held a strong position in defining France's national identity for more than ten centuries, he was swiftly rejected as a national hero from the 1870s onwards for being too German and has never really regained his rightful place in France's history...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

Product Description: The iPhone is revolutionizing photography. Never before has a camera been so portable yet powerful, so versatile and ubiquitous. Yet, as this book shows, this amazing device has untapped potential for taking jaw-droppingly detailed, sharp, professional-quality images...read more

Provides a fascinating selection of profiles of leading marathon runners, including Frank Shorter, Bill Rodgers, Grete Waitz, and others