A fascinating biography of the Renaissance artist and inventor, and gallery of paintings and drawings.[...]

Muchos de los que han leido el exito de libreria del New York Times El Codigo Da Vinci tienen preguntas que surgen al leer sobre los siete codigos, expresos o implicitos en el libro de Dan Brown. En el libro Descubra los misterios del Codigo Da Vinci, el doctor Darrell Bock, responde a las declaraci[...]

Provides a brief illustrated history of Leonardo da Vinci for the teenage market with emphasis on his artistic contributions and his scientific inventions. Includes a frank discussion of the three great challenges that drove his desire to succeed: his illegitimate birth, his left-handness, and his p[...]

Written in Portuguese, by a Portuguese-born, South African author, this novel relates the story of a web of intrigue in the lives of a group of friends, whose lives are thrown into disarray following a murder.[...]

Brazilian anthropologist Manuela Carneiro da Cunha examines here the complex meaning--and anthropological implications--of the word "culture" for indigenous peoples. Caneiro da Cunha explores the contradictions inherent in the interface between Western and traditional understandings of knowledge and[...]

This book traces the history of early seventeenth-century Portuguese Sephardic traders who settled in two communities on Senegal's Petit Cote.[...]

*Case Studies in Abnormal Psychology, Ninth Edition takes mental disorders from the realm of theory into the complex reality of human lives. *Strong coverage of cultural, ethnic, gender, and women's issues.[...]