The Great Houses Of Paris is an exquisitely illustrated history of the grand town houses known as "Hotel Particuliers." They are considered to be the equivilent of the Italian Palazzi. This work examines their rise and near fall from the Middle Ages, through the Second Empire. All of them are now Historic Residences. Size was not a crucial criterion for these sumptous town houses to be designated "Hotel Particulier," but, rather an owner's rank and wealth. This work is most successful in tracing the social and political history in which these mansions survived. Indeed, many notables graced the grand salons, such as Thomas Jefferson, And Madame De Pompadour, and with this book we can get a glimpse into the past and how these people lived. Today, few of these grand houses remain in private hands, and many have been turned into luxurary apartments.

Overall, A highly important work that makes a first-rate contribution to the history of Architecture.

This is a tremendous, large book -- about 12 inches by 15. A thoughtful introduction places Monet within the context of the artistic world, followed by 47 two-page spreads in chronological order -- on the right hand side of each a fine color reproduction and on the left a few paragraphs that are well-written, with information about Monet's life at the time and insightful remarks about the techniques used as well as the picture's significance to Monet and to the art world.

I learned a lot reading this book, and not just about Monet. I also came to appreciate the artist even more than I had before, and feel better able to articulate why he was important. I loved this book and will seek out more in the series or by this author.

Highly recommended.

I was lucky enough to study with one of Mme. Marcus former students (a graduate of Julliard and a Carniege Hall Almuni), and the book really helped to capture a side of her I had only heard about. Plus, the interviews are wonderful!! Very insightful!

when Jean Claude Mezieres' and Pierre Christin's comic "Valerian"
was published in France for the first time it was different fromn other comics in the same genre. It featured a strong, female character, Laureline and some great designed aliens, to me "Valerian" is the best sci fi comic and if you have good taste you'll think that too.

This is a very informative Book. Provides useful information for the practising professionals in the field of Civil Engineering and Concrete Technology. Discusses areas of further research on the topic for developing innovative and cost-effective new materials for Building and Construction Sector.

for anyone interested in the subject. The author treats both the
native tradition and the reception of Western mathematics with
the highest scholarship. One of the most significant themes is
the conflict between the combinatoric spirit of Chinese mathematics,
akin to modern group theory and algebra, and the synthetic
Euclidean system introduced by European missionaries.
The initial Chinese puzzlement at what seemed an artificially
contrived structure will amuse those who have endured traditional
geometry and those struggling with Chinese itself.

Compiled and edited by Claude Markovits (Director of Research at the Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, France), A History Of Modern India 1480-1950 is an impressively scholarly and immensely detailed chronological text of the rich and diverse history of India from the Moghuls to the Raj. Discussing such diverse issues of economics, social dynamics, politics, war, societal fragmentation periods, strife between religious communities, and a great deal more, A History of Modern India 1480-1950 is a welcome and strongly recommended contribution to World History collections in general, and India History reference shelves in particular.

HUMAN RIGHTS EDUCATION FOR THE 21st CENTURY is the essential tool for every individual and organization charged with the promotion of human rights awareness and understanding. HUMAN RIGHTS EDUCATION NEWSLETTER, Centre for Global Education, College of Ripon and York St.John.

A good compendium of readings for someoneinterested in the serious study of humanrights. It was used as a textbook in aclass at the University of Maryland.The appendix includes several importanthuman rights documents.

Not to be confused Graphs and Hypergraphs (another of his books), Claude Berge's Hypergraphs focuses solely on the structures also known as "set systems". For the curious, a hypergraph consists of a set V and a set E of subsets of S. A graph is a special case of a hypergraph where each element of E has cardinality two.

Published in 1989, this book has become, by default, the authoritative text on hypergraphs. It does not delve into more advanced, technical results (e.g.: asymptotics, etc...) but instead covers all the fundamental material related to hypergraphs (e.g.: Helly property, Konig property, Kruskal-Katona, etc...). Since hypergraphs are usually not part of standard curricula, this book has definitely carved out its own niche. Practically every paper which mentions hypergraphs (written since 1989) references it.

This book appears to be written for practicing mathematicians (or sufficiently sophisticated students) who have stumbled upon a combinatorial problem and are in need of some basic (though non-obvious) results. Thus, in many cases, results are presented somewhat tersely and with little context or motivation with the implicit assumption that the reader already knows what hypergraphs are good for and is skillful enough to navigate the densely packed theorems.