Rio de Janeiro's unique lifestyle is diverse and culturally rich, and the city is home to some remarkable modernist and contemporary homes alongside historic colonial gems.

This is the most accessible guide available both for students of literature new to this developing field, and for students of gender studies and readers interested in the interactions of feminism, literary criticism and literature.

Bridging theory and practice, this accessible text provides an introduction to fashion from both cultural studies and fashion studies perspectives, and addresses the growing interaction between the two fields.

This accessibly written book will be of great use to students beginning their explorations of this important writer.

English translations of the author's most important articles.

A short biography of Ange-Jacques Gabriel, the 18th century French architect.

In Riches in Niches: How to Make It BIG in a Small Market, Susan explores the multiple factors that separate the experts from the service professionals who may have identicalif not betterskills, but whom no one has ever heard of.

Neither the increasingly rich Church nor a few powerful persons managed to build up extensive estates. Landowners in Colonial Peru explains how and why rural property became so important.