An anthology of portraits from one of the longest-running documentary project in film history, which has followed children who started school in August 1961 for almost five decades. Children of Golzow (part 8 in the series) draws on filming up to 1980, creating a social panorama of growing up in the GDR.

Shy, awkward Bastian is amazed to discover that he has become a character in the mysterious book he is reading and that he has an important mission to fulfill.

A sweeping narrative history of the events leading to 9/11, a groundbreaking look at the people and ideas, the terrorist plans and the Western intelligence failures that culminated in the assault on America. Lawrence Wright's remarkable book is based on five years of research and hundreds of interviews that he conducted in Egypt, Saudi Arabia, Pakistan, Afghanistan, Sudan, England, France, Germany, Spain, and the United States. The Looming Tower achieves...

This book provides an exhaustively researched history of black families in America from the days of slavery until just after the Civil War.

In Winterlust, a farmer painstakingly photographs five thousand snowflakes, each one dramatically different from the next. Indigenous peoples thrive on frozen terrain, where famous explorers perish. Icicles reach deep underwater, then explode. Rooms warmed by crackling fires fill with scents of cinnamon, cloves, and pine. Skis carve into powdery slopes, and iceboats traverse glacial lakes. This lovingly illustrated meditation on winter entwines the...

"This comprehensive work covers the history of the Denby Pottery and its products from 1809, when it was founded, to the present day. It relates the development of the factory, tells the stories of the families who have been associated with it and describes the work of the designers."--Book jacket.