The manifesto of a new Russian presidential candidate has been found-a disturbing blueprint for returning his country to a military dictatorship. Only one ex-CIA operative is qualified to stop him and life and death fight to save the future of Russia and its people has begun.

Art critic, philosopher, and winner of a National Book Critics Circle Award Arthur Danto delivers a compact, masterful tour of Andy Warhol's personal, artistic, and philosophical transformations. Danto traces the evolution of the pop artist, including his early reception, relationships with artists such as Jasper Johns and Robert Rauschenberg, and the Factory phenomenon. He offers close readings of individual Warhol works, including their social context...

On June 12th 1942, a young girl received a diary for her 13th birthday. The girl in receipt of the diary was Anne Frank. Through her writing, Anne Frank would become an icon.

An icon is a religious image from the fourth century, usually depicting Jesus, Mary or angels The Hollywood star system conveyed the power of their stars in much the same way. Striking portraits for maximum attention Marilyn Monroe was a natural at this from the start. Even in her earlier shots, Marilyn maximises the possibilities of being iconic in the classical sense of the word

"I have a dream"-no words are more widely recognized, or more often repeated, than those called out from the steps of the Lincoln Memorial by Martin Luther King, Jr., in 1963. King's speech, elegantly structured and commanding in tone, has become shorthand not only for his own life but for the entire civil rights movement. In this new exploration of the "I Have a Dream" speech, Eric J. Sundquist places it in the history of American debates about racial...

Beautiful photographs and evocative essays showcase iconic places, events, inventions, and foods that convey the personality of Santa Fe, New Mexico, a very special city different.

ICONS Beautifully illustrated, timeless celebrations of the spirit of place What makes Florida, Florida? Glacier National Park, Glacier National Park? Through beautiful color photographs and short, evocative essays, learn the stories behind fifty of the best-known and beloved iconic places, foods, inventions, buildings, and traditions that reflect the personality of these special places.=

To so many who see its image, the Hollywood sign represents the earthly home of that otherwise ethereal world of fame, stardom, celebrity-the American and worldwide aspiration to be in the limelight, to be, like the Hollywood sign itself, instantly recognizable. How an advertisement erected in 1923, touting the real estate development Hollywoodland, took on a life of its own is a story worthy of a movie itself. Leo Braudy traces the remarkable life...