Product Description: At the pinnacle of Abstract Expressionism, then 24-year-old Jasper Johns covered an entire canvas with a painted version of the American flag, and altered postwar American art forever. In just one work, a work which hung on the wall both like any other flag and like any other abstract painting, Johns had summed up the positions of Abstract Expressionism and European Concrete Art, and had pointed the way for both geometric hard-edge painting and American Pop Art...read more

Product Description: Prized for over a millennium by Chinese literati, scholars' rocks--stones sculpted by the elements into richly detailed miniature landscapes--have long been objects of contemplation, inspiration and ever-changing beauty. This succinct, elegantly designed volume offers a meditation by the noted artist and collector Richard Rosenbaum on the philosophy and spirit of Chinese natural art, from scholars' rocks to similarly-fashioned objects in wood, metal and ceramic--as well as such reverse manifestations as works sculpted to replicate natural art...read more

Soldiers and other military personnel are depicted carrying flags associated with American history, accompanied by text describing conflicts from the French and Indian War to the Persian Gulf War and the history of the flags

Having left oppressive czarist Russia in search of better living conditions, Benjamin and his family endure the difficult journey and land at Ellis Island to start a new life in America

Recreates a Brooklyn Dodgers baseball game played against their rivals the New York Giants in 1946

A once-beautiful synagogue on a crowded street in a big city is abandoned and becomes a factory when the original neighborhood inhabitants become more prosperous and move away; but as time goes by young Jewish families rediscover the area, move in, and restore to beauty the old synagogue.A once-beautiful synagogue on a crowded street in a big city is abandoned and becomes a factory when the original neighborhood inhabitants become more prosperous and move away; but as time goes by young Jewish families rediscover the area, move in, and restore to beauty the old synagogue

Advice for running in a school election, with tips on such aspects as conducting a campaign, making promises, and delivering a speech.

A young boy living in 1930s Brooklyn thinks about what he could be when he grows up, such as a fruit man, coal truck driver, or seltzer man

Explains how icebergs are formed from glaciers, move into the ocean, create hazards to ships, and melt away

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The author describes his sister's wedding, including the preparations, the ceremony in the synagogue, the actions of the rabbi, and the celebration afterward

From amphibians to zeppelins, presents an alphabet of aircraft and people important in the history of aviation

The author's bar mitzvah is recaptured with all the tradition of this celebration, forty-four years later

Recounts the first airplane crossings of the Atlantic, the aerial survey of Alaska, a flight to the South Pole, Wiley Post's circumnavigation of the world, aviation races, and the development of early commercial and military aircraft

An illustrated history of airplanes from the days of the early aviators through the beginning of World War II. Discusses the pilots, their uniforms, famous planes, blimps, insignias, air races and circuses, passenger service, and many other related topics.Beginning with da Vinci's amazing sketches, this illustrated history of aviation traces the evolution of aircraft from the first experimental planes, through the early pioneers and historic flights, to Lindbergh's transatlantic flight