Caught up in the tide of travel and exploration, Alexia drifts further away from the life she left behind in New York City. Hoping to find a thriving local bath scene, she dips into hamams, banyas, saunas, and onsen, finding both disappointment and bliss. This work is an account of one woman's determination to follow her passion.
Dr. Kay Scarpetta is in pursuit of a sniper who leaves no trace except copper fragments. The impossible shots cause instant death. The victims have nothing in common, and ther is no indication where the killer will strike next. Scarpetta tracks the sniper across the country to the Florida coast. Here ...
Here, Richard Sennett examines the relationship between the human body and the urban environment it inhabits, looking at the different attitudes to nudity, burial, sanctuary and urban planning in ancient Greece and Rome, and Medieval and Renaissance Europe.
