Product Description: This work comprises interviews with the writer Louis Calaferte. In it, he reveals the creative process and philosophies of a celebrated writer, one whose work often challenged others because of his brutal honesty and his claim that only experience can be the basis of creativity.

Just and Colombe are brother and sister, heirs to the Clamorgan estate. A scheming aunt and shortage of suitable interpreters, however, means the children soon find themselves aboard a ship bound for the Bay of Rio. As they embark on this journey, they encounter a world marked by uneasy alliances and illness, by double-dealings, lies, and spies.

The sequel to The Abyssinian finds Jean-Baptiste Poncet in Persia practicing medicine for the Shah and trying to rescue his wife and daughter from inside the walls of a city under attack. Reprint. 11,500 first printing.

Product Description: Thoughout the ages, women's breasts have been subjected to the endless whims of fashion. From the ancient Greeks to Mae West and Madonna, this light-hearted book charts the changing shapes of female beauty. The elegant and amusing images - including fashion drawings, paintings, photographs, and film stills - illustrate the often surprising history of the garments women have worn for support - and seduction...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

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Accompanied by color photographs and illustrations, tells the story of the author's expeditions around the top of the world, including his experiences with nomadic reindeer breeders, Lapps on the Kola Penninsula, and the Sekani Indians in the Alaskan Rocky Mountains (view table of contents)