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A comprehensive overview of the career of graphic designer Milton Glaser--including more than five hundred full-color reproductions of his work--accompanied by text by the artist himself.

The four Romanov sisters were the Princess Dianas of their day. They were the most photographed and the most talked about young royals of the early twentieth century. Over the years their tragic end has overshadowed their true selves. The contents of this book, taken from diaries and letters written to their friends and family, show that the girls were intelligent, sensitive, and perceptive witnesses to the dark turmoil within their immediate family and the ominous approach of the Russian Revolution.

Discusses Melville's Battle-Pieces, a book of poems that chronicles the Civil War from John Brown's raid on Harper's Ferry through Lincoln's assassination.

Photographs and memoirs help profile the life and career of legendary jazz musician Louis Armstrong.

Provides a literary analysis of Lorraine Hansberry's "A Raisin in the Sun," and features a variety of primary historical documents and commentary that offer insight into the context in which the play was written.

A collection of thirty primary documents and commentary that provide insight into the historical, social, and cultural contexts of Jamaica Kincaid's 1985 novel "Annie John," with study questions, topics for research papers, and lists of further reading.

Discusses different interpretations of the cultural meanings of "Julius Caesar" based on historical reactions to the play, its language, and its symbolism.

A collection of all the known writings of John Wilkes Booth, consisting of nearly seventy documents including love letters, several statements of his political convictions, a twenty-page manuscript in which he declares his hatred for Abraham Lincoln, and the diary he kept while on the run after Lincoln's assassination.

Studies the major issues that are present in Maya Angelou's autobiography "I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings" and discusses how it reflects many of the challenges that African-Americans have to face.