What does it mean to say that we live in a secular age? Almost everyone would agree that we--in the West, at least--largely do. And clearly the place of religion in our societies has changed profoundly in the last few centuries. In what will be a defining 
This book mainly introduces the painting arts of 3 ancient Chinese painting masters: Gu Kaizhi, Wu Daozi and Yan Liben, some other important paintings arts are also concerned, including Mogao Grottoes of Dunhuang, Landscape painting, scholar painting, and 
A landmark assessment of Turkish culpability in the Armenian genocide, the first history of its kind by a Turkish historian; In 1915, under the cover of a world war, some one million Armenians were killed through starvation, forced marches, forced exile, 
Mariam is only fifteen when she is sent to Kabul to marry Rasheed. Nearly two decades later, a friendship grows between Mariam and a local teenager, Laila, as strong as the ties between mother and daughter. When the Taliban take over, life becomes a despe 
"Kis is one of the handful of incontestably major writers of the second half of the century . . . Danilo Kis preserves the honor of literature."—Partisan Review Composed of seven dark tales, A Tomb for Boris Davidovich presents variations on the theme of 
This book is not a serious contribution to travel-literature. [The author has] made no attempt to interpret the way of life in the lands [he has] visited or even to describe the beauties of nature and the works of art to be found there. [His] intention is |
