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"The eyes are the scouts for the heart." —Gurraut de Borneilh dward Steichen's portrait of Greta Garbo is ray all-time favorite STAR photograph. It became so imprinted on my mind the first time I saw it, at the Museum of Modern Art, that anytime I wish to see it again, I merely close my eyes...

INTRODUCTIONSince Inca legends first told of 'paradise' beyond the Western horizon, the Pacific Islands have held a special fascination for the Western world.Exotic reports fi-om the first European explorers only served to reinforce the 'seductive myth' that here, perhaps, was the Garden of Eden;...

I I 'Ii I \ ' iI ! ' I' I I I, jOn SafariMore than a century after the first safari expedition brought Europeans into direct contact with the wilds of Africa, out of pleasure rather than necessity, the lure of the experience endures. Moreover, the imagery associated with the safari has in itself...

PREFACE This book is by no means a complete account of the fall range of Greek cooldng. It is a personal selection and adaptation of recipes— some classic and some nearly forgotten—from the rich Greek culinary ttadition. This tradition, unfortunately, is disappearing rapidly in Greece, along...

The Balearic Islands are easily overlooked on a Enropean map - you may have to spend a little lime searching for them. Yet these small islands share an impressively strong identity, and each one can also claim a distinctive character of its own. This is due as much to the islanders themselves as...

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INTRODUCTION "The most vital country of the Americas," is how visionary architect Richard Neutra once described Mexico. Mexico has it all. Ancient mythology, indigenous craft and indigenous color, the silence of CathoHc cloisters and convents, the precise geometry of pre-Hispanic cultures, the...