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  The Sistine Secrets -...

  Benjamin Blech, Roy Doliner

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  A New York Times bestseller, The Sistine Secrets exposes the shocking revelations found in Michelangelo’s Sistine Chapel artwork. 
   
  The cleaning of the Sistine Chapel frescoes removed layer after layer of centuries of accumulated tarnish and darkness. Rabbi Benjamin Blech and scholar Roy Doliner’s The Sistine Secrets endeavors to remove the centuries of prejudice, censorship, and ignorance that blind us to the truth about one of the world’s most famous and beloved art treasures.  
   
  For hidden in plain sight within his masterpiece, Michelangelo shared his personal beliefs about brotherhood, acceptance, and individual thought among other ideals that the Church would have found blasphemous. 
   
  “It’s hard to believe that the Sistine Chapel—decorated by Michelangelo, one of civilization’s greatest artists, studied by legions of art historians, and seen by tens of millions of visitors—could reveal secrets of such enormous magnitude. And yet it all rings true. This book of astounding revelations is built on careful scholarship, lucid exposition, and it is, above all, compelling reading.” —New York Times bestselling author Jonathan Harr 
   
  “Like the best art historians, the authors give us a fresh context for the times, never hesitating to make contemporary parallels. . . . This is a stimulating exploration that makes familiar masterpieces seem strange and new.” —Los Angeles Times 
   
  “The journey of analysis of the complex images rewards the reader with many profound insights about the artwork and the complex nature of Michelangelo’s ideas. . . . Fascinating and engaging.” —The Jewish Press 
   
  *Some images that appear in the print edition of this book are unavailable in the electronic edition due to rights reasons*

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  The Upstart Crow

  Vincent Dowling

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  The story of Susanna, daughter of William Shakespeare. In conversation at the Globe Theatre, she meets Richard Burbage, a close friend and colleague of Will and learns the stories that give her understanding of her relationship with her estranged father.

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  Atomic Ranch - Design Ideas for...

  Michelle Gringeri-Brown

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  An in-depth exploration of midcentury residential architecture in America, with extensive photos and design tips included. 
   
  Post-World War II ranches (1946–1970) range from the decidedly modern gable-roofed Joseph Eichler tracts in the San Francisco Bay area and butterfly wing houses in Palm Springs, Florida, to the unassuming brick or stucco L-shaped ranches and split-levels so common throughout the United States. In this book Michelle Gringeri-Brown and Jim Brown, founders and publishers of the popular quarterly Atomic Ranch magazine, extol the virtues of the tract, split-level, rambler home and its many unique qualities: private front facades, open floor plans, secluded bedroom wings, walls of glass, and an easy-living style.  
   
  From updated homes with high-end Italian kitchens, terrazzo floors, and modern furniture to affordable homeowner renovations with eclectic thrift-store furnishings, Atomic Ranch presents twenty-five homes showcasing inspiring examples of stylish living through beautiful color photographs, including before and after shots, design-tip sidebars, and a thorough resource index. Atomic Ranch reveals:Hallmarks of the ranch styleInspiring original ranch homesRanch house transformations and makeoversPreservation of mid-century neighborhoodsAdding personality to a ranch homeYards and landscapingA helpful resource section and index

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  The Grandeur That Was Rome -...

  Jennifer Tobin

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  Common perceptions of Ancient Rome are plentiful, whether they take the form of crazy emperors hosting lavish feasts, scenes of chariot races and gladiatorial combat, or processions of conquering armies. But that is only half the story. In this enlightening lecture series, Professor Jennifer Tobin presents a sweeping portrait of Rome, including the lofty developments of senatorial government, historical writing, stunning art and architecture—and even the origins of long-lived customs such as the Roman tradition of carrying a bride over the threshold.

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  A Unicorn in a World of Donkeys...

  Mia Michaels

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  An empowerment manifesto for creatives, misfits, innovators, and disruptors from the star of So You Think You Can Dance and creator of Broadway's Finding Neverland 
  A Unicorn in a World of Donkeys offers a playbook for living a creative and authentic life. Using her own story as a launching spot, and creative quizzes, charts, and lists to engage the reader in an interactive journey, Mia Michaels explores the experience of the unicorn in a world of donkeys, a world where fitting in, pleasing others, following rules, and maintaining norms—no matter how messed up those norms are—is the only acceptable path. She acknowledges the struggles of the unicorn life—loneliness, ridicule, being misunderstood and undervalued—and goes on encourage readers to reframe the unicorn life the way she has, as essential to a life of brilliance.

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  The Passion of David Lynch -...

  Martha P. Nochimson

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  “This is the best book on David Lynch that has yet been published. Nochimson’s book is essential reading for anyone interested in contemporary cinema.” —Brian Henderson, former chair of the Department of Media Study, State University of New York at Buffalo   Filmmaker David Lynch asserts that when he is directing, ninety percent of the time he doesn’t know what he is doing. To understand Lynch’s films, Martha Nochimson believes, requires a similar method of being open to the subconscious, of resisting the logical reductiveness of language. In this innovative book, she draws on these strategies to offer close readings of Lynch’s films, informed by unprecedented, in-depth interviews with Lynch himself.   Nochimson begins with a look at Lynch’s visual influences—Jackson Pollock, Francis Bacon, and Edward Hopper—and his links to Alfred Hitchcock and Orson Welles, then moves into the heart of her study, in-depth analyses of Lynch’s films and television productions. These include Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me, Wild at Heart, Twin Peaks, Blue Velvet, Dune, The Elephant Man, Eraserhead, The Grandmother, The Alphabet, and Lynch’s most recent, Lost Highway.   Nochimson’s interpretations explode previous misconceptions of Lynch as a deviant filmmaker and misogynist. Instead, she shows how he subverts traditional Hollywood gender roles to offer an optimistic view that love and human connection are really possible.  “Nochimson deftly deploys a mixture of feminist criticism, the Bakhtinian notion of the carnivalesque, and an intriguing blend of Jungian and Freudian concepts to make one of our most complex filmmakers seem quite accessible after all.” —J. P. Telotte, Film Quarterly

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