Haiku

HaikuPerhaps no poetic form evokes nature so effectively as the haiku. Made up of just seventeen syllables, it conveys an impression with almost the same immediacy as our own sensesit can be as ephemeral as a breath and as powerful as lightning. This delightful volume presents some 140 haiku by masters of every periodincluding Basho, Buson, Issa, and Shikiarranged according to the kigo (or word linked to a particular season) that each haiku traditionally

Hoefling tackles the most burning questions and longest-held myths surrounding that most ancient of human pastimes—with the science to either back them up or knock them down

again and again

nevertheless

In How Artists See Heroes sixteen works of art show the many different ways a selection of great artists have perceived and expressed the diversity and variety of heroes throughout the ages

Rice brings to life classic ghost stories

Rosenblum’s deep knowledge and remarkable eye are evident in the collection of photography that she and her family built in her lifetime

the world around them

social welfare

and the Ansonia

This inventive book plucks these decorative motifs from the background of paintings by masters like Bronzino

000-year-old civilization

and graphic patterns with the utmost clarity