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|  | I Never Saw Another Butterfly by Hana Volavkova
Description not available.A selection of children's poems and drawings reflecting their surroundings in Terezain Concentration Camp in Czechoslovakia from 1942 to 1944. AUTHOR: Hana Volavkova
PUBLISHER: Knopf Publishing Group
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: Art & Architecture 
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 | Crime Movies by Carlos Clarens
In this history of the genre Carlos Clarens gives us a mini-history of crime American-style. From New York`s Biograph Studios, where raw violence was introduced to celluloid immortality, to today`s multi-million-dollar celebrations of blood and power, Crime Movies shows us the whole picture: the unchanging cast of characters (the gangster hero, swaggering, charming, suspicious; the stoolpigeon or strikebreaker; the moll); the stars (James Cagney, Spencer Tracy, George Raft, Edward G. Robinson, Humphrey Bogart, Richard Widmark); the censorship battles, political pressure, and public outcry. AUTHOR: Carlos Clarens
PUBLISHER: Da Capo Press, Incorporated
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: Art & Architecture
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 | The Stencilled Home by Helen Morris
This sourcebook for home decoration focuses on the craft of stencilling, showcasing the author's own carefully stencilled home, in which each room has its own distinct theme, and offering stencilling suggestions to both beginning and advanced home decorators. The book is illustrated with 135 photographs and includes a stencil template. AUTHOR: Helen Morris
PUBLISHER: Overlook Press, The
FORMAT: Other
CATEGORY: Art & Architecture
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 | Off the Wall at Sardi's by Alex Gard, Don Bevan, Richard Baratz, Thomas E. West, Vincent Sardi
No other restaurant says Broadway quite like Sardi`s. In Off the Wall at Sardi`s, featuring 250 color reproductions of the best of the world-famous Sardi`s caricatures, Vincent Sardi tells the star-studded tale of how the restaurant became the place for Broadway and Hollywood legends to dine and dally. AUTHOR: Alex Gard, Don Bevan, Richard Baratz, Thomas E. West, Vincent Sardi
PUBLISHER: Applause Theatre Book Publishers
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: Art & Architecture
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 | Measure for Measure by Brian Gibbons, Davis Harding, J. M. Nosworthy, J. W. Lever, Jane Coles
Written in 1604 when James I--a king particularly concerned with the religious aspects of his leadership--was fresh on the throne, MEASURE FOR MEASURE is a reflection of its time. In it, a sovereign's role in the legislation of morality is explored, as two extreme poles of government are navigated--the Duke's over-leniency as the play opens, and his deputy's rigid judgement that precipitates the tragicomedy. When the Duke realizes that his rule is too lax, he appoints his deputy Angelo to reinforce authority. However, forgiveness, a Christian virtue and therefore an implied virtue of the play's Christian government, is not a characteristic of Angelo, who, reviving an old morality law, condemns Claudio to death for impregnating Juliet. The dilemma of the drama is presented when Claudio's sister Isabella leaves the cloister of the convent to plead for Claudio's freedom. Scandalously, Angelo agrees to free Claudio if Isabella will sleep with him. An estranged wife, a bed trick, and a subplot concerning a pimp present further complications, but ultimately lighten the atmosphere to lead a tragic drama toward a comic resolution. Shakespeare drew on many sources that were themselves inspired by a real 16th-century event in which an Italian man who was condemned to death was promised freedom after his wife accepted a sexual proposition from the judge in exchange. The first records of performance point to December 26, 1604. The next documentation recalls a performance one hundred years later. Though records certainly get destroyed, such scant evidence indeed suggests poor public reception of the play. MEASURE FOR MEASURE was the last of Shakespeare's comedies, and intense tragic material surfaces in it that is fully developed in the plays to come, including OTHELLO, KING LEAR, and MACBETH. AUTHOR: Brian Gibbons, Davis Harding, J. M. Nosworthy, J. W. Lever, Jane Coles
PUBLISHER: Pocket Books
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: Art & Architecture
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 | Yona Friedman by Helene Fentener Van Vlissingen, Sabine Lebesque
Since the 1950s, Hungarian-French architect, painter, writer, and decorator Yona Friedman (b, 1923) has worked on conceptual plans for urban housing alternatives and third world building development. He came to prominence in 1958 for his manifesto, l`Architecture Mobile, and later for his Ville Spatiale (Spatial Town) -- a housing system built off the ground based on a three-dimensional grid. His integrated socio-economic conception of architecture addressed both housing solutions for existing metropolitan areas and also for urbanizing third world cities. Friedman was also commissioned by UNESCO to design visual instructions for unskilled laborers to build structures solidly and efficiently with simple materials and techniques. This is the first monograph on his work. AUTHOR: Helene Fentener Van Vlissingen, Sabine Lebesque
PUBLISHER: NAi Uitgevers/Publishers
FORMAT: Hardcover
CATEGORY: Art & Architecture
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