Volume 1 of most complete account of Indian picture writing ever -- with 1,290 illustrations and 54 additional plates (total in set) depicting inscriptions on stone, bone, skins, feathers, quills, shells, earth, copper, wood, fabrics, pottery, and even the human body. Symbols of trade, war, peace, traditions, custom, history, games, more.

Pierre Clastres (1934-1979) was one of the most respected political anthropologists of our time. "Chronicle of the Guayaki Indians" is an account of his first fieldwork in the early 1960s--an encounter with a small, unique, and now vanished Paraguayan tribe. From "Birth" to "The End," Clastres follows the Guayakis in their everyday lives, determined to record every detail of th...(展开全部)

"I was determined not to let the slightest detail escape me."<br /> -- Pierre Clastres<br /> <br /> Pierre Clastres was one of the most respected political anthropologists of our time. Chronicle of the Guayaki Indians is an account of his first fieldwork in the early 1960s--an encounter with a small, unique, and now vanished Paraguayan tribe. From "Birth" to "The End," Clastres...(展开全部)

First published in 1935, "The Crow Indians" offers a concise and accessible introduction to the nineteenth-century world of the Crow Indians. Drawing on interviews with Crow elders in the early twentieth century, Robert H. Lowie showcases many facets of Crow life, including ceremonies, religious beliefs, a rich storytelling tradition, everyday life, the ties of kinship and the ...(展开全部)

本书为公版书，为不受著作权法限制的作家、艺术家及其它人士发布的作品，供广大读者阅读交流。汇聚授权电子版权。

The Picture of Dorian Gray is an 1891 philosophical novel by Irish writer and playwright Oscar Wilde.First published as a serial story in the July 1890 issue of Lippincott's Monthly Magazine,the editors feared the story was indecent,and without Wilde's knowledge,deleted five hundred words before publication.Despite that censorship,The Picture of Dorian Gray offended the moral sensibilities of British book reviewers,some of whom said that Oscar Wilde merited prosecution for violating the laws guarding the public morality.In response,Wilde aggressively defended his novel and art in correspondence with the British press.

在线阅读本书 Enthralled by a portrait of himself, young Dorian Gray makes a Faustian bargain to exchange his soul for eternal youth and beauty. Thus he is able to indulge in his desires, as only the portrait bears the traces of his decadence and becomes a nightmarish picture of his soul. Edited with an Introduction by Robert Mighall Preface by Peter Ackroyd

The Picture of Dorian Gray is an 1891 philosophical novel by Irish writer and playwright Oscar Wilde.First published as a serial story in the July 1890 issue of Lippincott's Monthly Magazine,the editors feared the story was indecent,and without Wilde's knowledge,deleted five hundred words before publication.Despite that censorship,The Picture of Dorian Gray offended the moral sensibilities of British book reviewers,some of whom said that Oscar Wilde merited prosecution for violating the laws guarding the public morality.In response,Wilde aggressively defended his novel and art in correspondence with the British press.

在线阅读本书 Enthralled by a portrait of himself, young Dorian Gray makes a Faustian bargain to exchange his soul for eternal youth and beauty. Thus he is able to indulge in his desires, as only the portrait bears the traces of his decadence and becomes a nightmarish picture of his soul. Edited with an Introduction by Robert Mighall Preface by Peter Ackroyd

本书为公版书，为不受著作权法限制的作家、艺术家及其它人士发布的作品，供广大读者阅读交流。汇聚授权电子版权。