J. M. W. Turner (1775-1851), the great British landscape painter and one of the most revolutionary influences on Western art since the eighteenth century, left upon his death a rich and varied legacy to Britain's National Gallery. Among his work were more than 19,000 sketch studies that contained a considerable body of erotica. When John Ruskin, Turner's greatest supporter at the time, discovered the erotic works, he—with the help of National Gallery Keeper Ralph Wornum—burned most of the material they found offensive. But through betrayal and theft, some of the erotica has escaped the flames...

This is a true story of discovery and discoverers in what was the northern frontier region of Mexico in the years before the Mexican War. In 1826, the region was claimed by both Mexico and the United States. Neither country knew much about the lands crossed by such rivers as the Guadalupe, Brazos, Nueces, Trinity, and Rio Grande. Jean Louis Berlandier, a French naturalist, was part of a team sent out by the Mexican Boundary Commission to explore the area. His role was to collect specimens of flora and fauna and to record detailed observations of the landscapes and peoples through which the exploring party traveled. His observations were the first compendium of scientific observations of the region to be collected and eventually published.

In his groundbreaking new book, noted expert on teenage and adult masculine behavior Andrew Smiler debunks the myth that teenage boys and young men are barely able to control their sex drives, which may lead to destructive hyper-sexuality, unwanted pregnancy, and sexually transmitted diseases. Dr. Smiler helps us recognize that the majority of boys and men do not fit this stereotype and that boys sexual development is multi-faceted. He also shows how this shift in attitude could help create young men who are more mature, and have better relationships with partners and friends.

As the oldest of four children who come of age in the Sixties, Virgil believes he has grown up in a normal, healthy American family. When tragedy strikes in the Seventies, however, he is forced to question everything he has ever assumed about his family, and to examine the past for answers. This book is for anyone who has ever wondered about the largely hidden undercurrents of family. In prose that is both riveting and unsparing, it explores the way relationships within a family are often complex and evolving, and can exist largely beyond our conscious understanding. It challenges us to consider how much of our past is fixed reality, how much is fictional mythology, and how much is some unknowable combination of both.

Part recipe collection, travel log and memoir this charming read recounts the adventures of Georgia and Elizabeth and their husbands as they tour the land of their immigrant forebearers, eating and gathering recipes and stories as they go. The joy of the journey-the beauty of the land, its people and its food-fills every page, making this an enticing book for anyone interested in travel and pleasures of the table.

Georgia, A New York Story is a sprawling saga of Georgia Shultze-Hogan, an active Drama Therapy teacher and three generations of family, friends, and students who live at, and visit her home. The main thrust of this novel is the intersection of her characters as they struggle to find meaning and fulfillment amidst the vast and sometimes unforgiving island of Manhattan. Each character's tale is distinct: the romanic internet correspondence that leads to an astounding first meeting, a mousey teenager who escapes a life of sexual abuse, and the small wayward boy who finds his true home at Georgia's. And more. How do they survive? With Georgia's love and support and the example of her own journey through life.

Presenting the dual biographies of Boole and Shannon, Nahin examines the history of Boole's innovative ideas, and considers how they led to Shannon's groundbreaking work on electrical relay circuits and information theory. Nahin presents logic problems for readers to solve and talks about the contributions of such key players as Georg Cantor, Tibor Rado, and Marvin Minsky—as well as the crucial role of Alan Turing's "Turing machine"—in the development of mathematical logic and data transmission. Nahin takes readers from fundamental concepts to a deeper and more sophisticated understanding of how a modern digital machine is constructed.

Six centuries from now, the Sol system is governed by the sole remaining corporation, EarthCorp. In exchange for basic needs, citizens of EarthCorp yield up rights that detract from productivity. Rights such as voting, and free worship. Unrepentant voters, Christians, and other undesirables are incarcerated on Penal Station Minotaur, orbiting Jupiter on the tiny moon Pasiphae. Keeping watch is bald, bearded John MacArthur, King John, the warden of the deep-space penitentiary. Most undesirable is Dr. Mordecai Cadmus, genetic engineer, killer, and would-be killer. Like all inmates on Minotaur, Cadmus is serving a life sentence, at least until Admiral Omar Jackson shows up with an unexpected demand. Along with the beautiful telepath Athena Roga, he wants Cadmus, and won't say why. When Cadmus gets loose on the station, MacArthur is trapped in a deadly confrontation with the most ruthless madman the galaxy has ever known. Old feuds awaken, brittle new alliances emerge, and fundamental philosophies are shaken as the Warden races to save his station and protect humanity from the evil genius of Mordecai Cadmus.