This beautiful book takes George Bird Grinnell's classic work on the Cheyenne Indians and trims it into 240 fully illustrated pages of his most essential writings. Grinnell was the long-time editor of Field & Stream magazine and helped to establish both, the Yellowstone and Glacier National Parks. During his career, he documented several tribes of the old West, including this vivid account of the last of the Cheyenne Indians, who were, forced to live...

Whether you have known Keido Fukushima for decades or are encountering him for the first time through the pages of this intimate portrait, we all have the pleasure of meeting him as if he were an old and dear friend. Samples of his calligraphy provide further glimpses into the heart and mind of a leading Zen master of the modern world. Roshi Fukushima, as the Japanese Zen master is, called is generally sparing with personal details of his life. Even...

Behind the clamorous headlines of militant and political Islam lies a more serene and cultivated form of traditional Islam. Jean-Louis Michon, a UNESCO advisor tasked with preserving the architectural and artistic heritage of Islam, unveils this lesser-known dimension of the world's second largest religion.--From publisher description.