2014 paperback edition. Bertrand Russell (1872-1970) was a British philosopher, logician, mathematician, historian, social critic and political activist. Russell led the British "revolt against idealism" in the early 20th century, is one of the founders of analytic philosophy, and is widely regarded as one of the 20th century's premier logicians. His work has had a considerable influence on logic, mathematics, set theory, linguistics, artificial intelligence, cognitive science, computer science, philosophy of language, epistemology, and metaphysics. In 1950 Russell was awarded the Nobel Prize...

2014 paperback edition of Leo Tolstoy's controversial indictment of aesthetic theory. Tolstoy contends that much of European art since the Renaissance is not "true" art but "counterfeit" art, marked by being mannered, imitative, sensationalist, and overly intellectual. Few of the most highly regarded masters in the canon of art history are spared Tolstoy's scathing criticisms - Michelangelo, Shakespeare, Bach, Beethoven, Wagner, Baudelaire, Zola, and many others, are derided as insincere, decadent, and obsessed with erotic mania. Even the concept of beauty is exposed as a manipulative,...

2014 paperback edition. Written in 1895, George Bernard Shaw's "Sanity of Art" essay is a response to Max Nordau's 1892 book, "Degeneration," which criticized fin de siecle modernist trends by suggesting its practitioners were irrational, amoral, and possibly even insane with neurasthenia. Eschewing conventional morality, Shaw advocates for the right of individuals to decide for themselves the saneness of the maniacal geniuses cultivating the new aesthetic. Cover illustration by James Abbott McNeill Whistler."

2014 Peruse Press paperback edition. While secretly gathering information behind Confederate lines, a young Union officer meets a southern belle who is involved with smuggling supplies for the rebels. He falls in love with her, creating conflicting situations involving the war . . . and her fiance. Randall Parrish (1858-1923) was an American author whose other best-selling novels include Wolves of the Sea; My Lady of the North; A Sword of the Old Frontier; Bob Hampton of Placer; Historic Illinois; Beth Norvell; The Great Plains; Prisoners of Chance; The Last Voyage of the Donna Isabel; and My...

2014 paperback edition. Best known for his adventure fiction novels, Jack London was also a passionate advocate for the rights of workers and social reform, writing several powerful works dealing with these topics based on his rational observations of the struggles facing the people at the bottom of the social pit, and the issues of labor, capital, and wealth inequality that are still applicable today.

A classic collection of ten short stories about Christmas, and an essay, from the author of "The Man Without a Country," Edward E. Hale. The stories are: They saw a Great Light; Christmas Waits in Boston; Alice's Christmas-tree; Daily Bread; Stand and Wait; The Two Princes; The Story of Oello; Love is the Whole; Christmas and Rome; The Survivor's Story; and the essay The Same Christmas in Old England and New.

The theme of Pressing the Limits is experimental monotype "imprinting" rather than "printmaking." "Imprinting" is more expansive, and opens the door to photographic work. "Imprinting" is also more intriguing, and conceptually seminal to the esoteric processes which are shared by all forms of printmaking. The often used term "printmaking" can tend to create the assumption of limitations, which we are battling against. Artists: Michael Costello: B.F.A. Printmaking, Art Institute of San Francisco. Owner-operator of Hand Graphics printmaking studio, a professional collaborative printmaking studio...