Modern Painters is the definitive international source for analysis of contemporary art and culture – from painting and sculpture to photography, film, architecture, design and performance. Visually dynamic artwork with fresh, incisive writing that is above all accessible.
Latin Alive: The Survival of Latin in English and Romance Languages
In Latin Alive, Joseph Solodow tells the story of how Latin developed into modern French, Spanish, and Italian, and deeply affected English as well. Offering a gripping narrative of language change, Solodow charts Latin's course from classical times to the modern era, with focus on the first millennium of the Common Era. Though the Romance languages evolved directly from Latin, Solodow shows how every important feature of Latin's evolution is also reflected in English.
Although cyberspace is considered a modern way to communicate, in many ways it is also the Wild West. The Internet is filled with online dangers—from those who want to infect computers with destructive viruses to criminals who want to steal money, ruin reputations, or cause personal harm. Living with the Internet and Online Dangers highlights the risks and problems that come with modern Web technology, as well as what teens can do to protect themselves. Written in straightforward language, this new resource is loaded with helpful sidebars, a glossary, index, and appendixes. Reading level: Grades 6-12
Bad Year Economics explores the role of risk and uncertainty in human economics within an interdisciplinary and cross-cultural framework. Drawing on archaeology, anthropology, and ancient and modern history, the contributors range widely in time and space across hunting, farming and pastoralism, across ancient states, empires, and modern nation states. The aim, however, is a common one: to analyse in each case the structure of variability - particularly with regard to food supply - and review the range of responses offered by individual human communities.
