Jean-Claude Suarès

Drawing on noted design houses and fashion designers for choice illustrations, Milbank, former head of Sotheby's costume department, weaves together a handsome collection of 175 color and 225 duotone picturesartists' sketches, house photographs, period magazine illustrations, and documents to insightfully discuss contemporary fashions and their designers.

In India, scavenging street dogs are treated as the lowest of the low. Shopkeepers swat them with brooms. Mothers scream at them and whisk their kids out of harm's way. Taxi drivers are happy to run them down. After a little time in India, you can understand why: These wild street dogs can be vicious, and many carry infections and disease, including rabies. "Zelda, The Queen of Paris "is the story of one such slumdog, who with grit and humor won over...

A panoramic history of revolution in China documents the exploitation of the Chinese by both the West and Chinese warlords, dramatic changes in politics and policy, diverse factions, and political leaders.