Written with Vonnegut''s trademark rueful humor, the pieces range from a visceral nonfiction recollection of the destruction of Dresden during World War II-a piece that is as timely today as it was then-to a painfully funny story about three priv..
This wry tale follows bumbling bureaucrat Walter F. Starbuck from Harvard to the Nixon White House to the penitentiary as Watergate’s least known co-conspirator. But the humor turns dark when Vonnegut shines his spotlight on the cold hearts and calculate..
Mr. Selden's Map of China: Decoding the Secrets of a Vanished Cartographer Publisher: St Martins Pr Publish Date: 10/22/2013 Language: ENGLISH Pages: 211 Weight: 1.64 ISBN-13: 9781620401439 Dewey: 912/.16472
This charming book puts a new twist on the phenomenon by showcasing female Buddhist deities in a delightfully unusual format. Designed to resemble a Tibetan temple, the book presents stunning three-dimensional renderings of traditional thangka paintings. I..
