The Relation of Art to Nature by John W. Beatty is an insightful exploration of the intrinsic connection between the natural world and the artistic process. Beatty, an esteemed American landscape painter and art educator, delves into the philosophical and practical aspects of how nature inspires and informs the creation of art, particularly focusing on painting and sculpture.The book begins by discussing the ways in which artists have historically turned to nature as their primary source o...

Short stories of heroism, sacrifice, Christmas, friendship, loss, tragedy, childbirth,...something for everyone.These are about people in peril, in danger of their lives, their livelihoods.They save others; they save themselves.From pre-history to yesterday, these stories take you from the hunting fields of prehistoric man to Shiloh, from the Pacific to Pointe du Hoc, from Korea to the English Channel, from Bastogne to Appomattox and more.

In the frozen skies of World War Two Europe, two mighty air forces fought in a deadly ballet of sudden death. The Americans attacked with their bombers again and again, dropping their deadly cargoes on factories, cities, homes. The Germans defended with their fighters day after day, charging the deadly guns of the bombers, defending their factories, cities, homes...A Wisconsin farm boy with a flying father learned to pilot airplanes before he could drive a car. Answering the call a...

Brother against Brother: 140 Civil War Memoirs assembles a vast documentary chorus from the American Civil War, illuminating combat, command, captivity, nursing, naval service, campaigning, and the unsettled moral terrain of national rupture. Ranging from terse battlefield recollection and military analysis to reflective autobiography and eyewitness narrative, the volume preserves the varied registers through which participants made meaning of war. Accounts of major operations stand beside...