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|  | Mister Johnson by Joyce Cary, Norman Rosten
The last of Cary`s celebrated African novels, this is the story of a young Nigerian clerk--an innocent and a dreamer--and District Officer Harry Rudbeck of the British Colonial Service. Rudbeck decides to build a road, a project that is difficult, unnecessary, and possibly insane, and which points up Cary`s belief that native culture is inevitably corrupted by the values of colonialism. AUTHOR: Joyce Cary, Norman Rosten
PUBLISHER: New Directions Publishing Corporation
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: Art & Architecture 
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 | Mysteries of the Snake Goddess by Ken Lapatin
One of the most famous pieces of ancient Greek art, a gold and ivory statuette of the Snake Goddess, has been described as the most refined and precious relic of Minoan civilization. Alas, as Kenneth Lapatin reveals, not only is the Goddess almost certainly modern, but Minoan civilization as it has been reconstructed is largely an invention of the early twentieth century. The Goddess?s ivory and gold are of the wrong vintage, and the stories of her origins are even more recent and problematic. What makes this tale fascinating, however, is not the forgery but the motivations behind it. Sir Arthur Evans, the legendary excavator of Knossos, romanticized a sophisticated prehistoric society, and restorers working for him obligingly supplied its artifacts. Their creations formed the basis for further theories, which led to further deceptions. Evans hailed Minoan culture as ?at once the starting-point and the earliest stage in the highway of European civilization,? yet its icons were largely fashioned by modern rather than ancient Cretans to suit the desires of scholars, museums, and the art market. This astonishing book reads like a mystery, but it is also a major work of intellectual investigation, shedding light on the ways in which the past is reinvented to suit the needs of the present. AUTHOR: Ken Lapatin
PUBLISHER: Houghton Mifflin Company
FORMAT: Hardcover
CATEGORY: Art & Architecture
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 | Steven Spielberg by Susan Goldman Rubin
This biography of film maker Steven Spielberg features interviews with his family and friends. Illustrated with photographs. AUTHOR: Susan Goldman Rubin
PUBLISHER: Abrams, Harry N. Incorporated
FORMAT: Hardcover
CATEGORY: Art & Architecture
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 | What Should I Do with My Life? by Po Bronson
Noted author Bronson poses this question to men and women from all walks of life; their responses, and Bronson`s own musings on the answers, make up this compendium that tackles one of life`s great mysteries. WHAT SHOULD I DO WITH MY LIFE? uses the occasion to further explore what success means today and how its attendant fears and anxieties influence what we choose to do with our lives. AUTHOR: Po Bronson
PUBLISHER: Simon & Schuster Audio
FORMAT: Audio
CATEGORY: Audio Books
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 | Mr. Peters' Connections by Arthur Miller
Produced in May 1998 in New York and starring Peter Falk, Mr. Peters` Connections takes place, in Miller`s own words, in that suspended state of consciousness when the mind is freed to roam from real memories to conjectures, from trivialities to tragic insights, from terror of death to glorying in one`s being alive. Within the confines of his mind, Mr. Peters interacts with the living members of his family and his long-deceased brother and lover, as well as the imaginary Adele, a black bag lady, who is a figment of Peters` imagination and one of Miller`s most original characters. A work of rare honesty and dignity (Fintan O`Toole, New York Daily News), Mr. Peters` Connections uncoils with ferocious, life-affirming intensity. AUTHOR: Arthur Miller
PUBLISHER: Penguin Group (USA) Incorporated
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: Art & Architecture
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 | Degas by Andrew Forge, Richard Howard, Robert Gordon
The authors of Abrams' highly successful Monet and The Last Flowers of Manet also created this definitive book on the French Impressionist Edgar Degas. Hilton Kramer (The New York Observer) said, In the wonderfully readable text that Mr. Forge has given us we are put in very intimate touch with the artists's own sensibility. The illustrations--many of them unfamiliar, at least to this reader--are a delight. This is a book not to be missed. People praised the superb, revealing reproductions. AUTHOR: Andrew Forge, Richard Howard, Robert Gordon
PUBLISHER: Abrams, Harry N. Incorporated
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: Art & Architecture
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