The first anthology ever to present the entire range of ancient Greek and Roman stories--from myths and fairy tales to jokes Captured centaurs and satyrs, talking animals, people who suddenly change sex, men who give birth, the temporarily insane and the permanently thick-witted, delicate sensualists, incompetent seers, a woman who remembers too much, a man who cannot laugh--these are just some of the colorful characters who feature in the unforgettable...

They can kill you but they can't eat you is the raw and personal story of one woman's American dream - of her dazzling, difficult, inspiring fight to the very top of the male ladder of success. A college dropout from a family in turmoil - a woman with no money, no connections, nothing but guts and ambition - Dawn Steel rose through the ranks to become president of Columbia Pictures in 1987, the first woman to run a major motion picture studio. This...

"Winner of the American Book Award, this book represents, as Mayumi Tsutakawa puts it in the introduction, 'a fine diversity of Asian American women who may claim their native soil in Oakland or Tucson or Manila or New Delhi. These writers and artists, many of them young or publishing for the first time, are breaking down a barrier to make a statement. Wherever they live, in an Asian ghetto or as the only Asian family in a suburban subdivision or...

An annual publication that profiles important marketing campaigns of the 20th century.

"Num ambiente histórico muito rico, Danielle Steel oferece-nos uma comovente história de amor e guerra, de gestos de lealdade e gestos de traição, das vidas de três gerações de mulheres e dos seus percursos de sobrevivência e luto, ligadas por uma indomável devoção cujos ecos atravessam o tempo. O verão de 1915, em plena Primeira Guerra Mundial, foi um tempo simultaneamente de prosperidade e desconforto para a família Wittgenstein. Mas...

This collection contains photographs, books, moving images, audio cassettes, and ephemera from several projects that Olive Pierce worked on during her 50-year career as a documentary photographer. The photographs include the following: 1. Portraits taken during the 1960s, featuring the environs in and around Vinalhaven in Midcoast Maine. 2. Cambridge City Council Meetings (1970-1972), features images of politicians, police, witnesses, experts, and...

Series revolving around Rachel, Monica, Phoebe, Joey, Chandler and Ross--six friends living in New York City.