Patricia A Johnston

TO SAY THAT the MacMillans have achieved financial success would be understating the fact considerably. The MacMillans, with their Cargill cousins, are today the owners of the largest privately held company in the world: Cargill, Inc. An engrossing saga of pluck and daring, love and loss, triumph an...

This cutting-edge volume presents a sweeping view of the evolution of visual culture in the United States through fifteen absorbing case studies by top scholars of American art that explore visual culture’s engagement with social controversy. Written especially for this work in lively and accessible...

A thorough revision of the popular text, Traditio follows the traditional grammatical approach, while providing an introduction to the cultural background of Roman culture. An excellent choice for both the full-year course and for intensive Latin.

September, 2010: Adopting received the Mom's Choice Award gold medal for family-friendly Adoption books.May 28, 2009: Adopting: Sound Choices, Strong Families won the Benjamin Franklin Award presented to the best 2008-published book in the field of Self Help by the Independent Book Publishers Associ...

A child is coming – whether you approve or not it's time to get with the program! If someone you care about – a family member, co-worker, or close friend – has recently announced that their family will be growing through adoption, you may have questions. After all, unless you have personally experi...

A highly original and much-needed collection that explores the impact of Asian and Indian Ocean trade on the art and aesthetic sensibilities of New England port towns in the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries. This diverse, interdisciplinary volume adds to our understanding of visual rep...

During the 1920s and 1930s, Edward Steichen was the most successful photographer in the advertising industry. Although much has been said about Steichen's fine-art photography, his commercial work—which appeared regularly in Vanity Fair, Vogue, Ladies Home Journal, and almost every other popular mag...