David Martinez

The Book of Baseball Literacy

A whimsical take on an old-fashioned assembly-line factory, where children take a make-believe piñata factory tour. Meet Mr. P., the owner, and all of his creative and interesting workers, who build piñatas. Learn about each step that goes into making a piñata.

Mr. P’s Fabulous Piñata Factory

Jean-Marc Lalanne

Ackbar Abbas

Jimmy Ngai

First monograph on the Hong Kong filmmaker, an important figure in contemporary cinema regarded as one of the best filmmakers of his generation Wong Kar-wai films the flow of contemporary images from the inside, hones them to an almost dizzying point of seductiveness, but also addresses the damage they do. Individuals are alone, orphaned, unfit for love, unable to exert the slightest influence on reality. His films works like prisms--collecting the luminous reflections of cityscapes and the somber psyches of his characters, diffracting them in the brightly colored facets of a video clip. There remains what is the true measure of any great filmmaker: a perfectly articulated vision of the state of the world, here and today. Directors influenced by Wong include Quentin Tarantino, Sofia Coppola, Tsui Hark and Barry Jenkins. Wong Kar-wai (born 1956) is an award-winning Hong Kong filmmaker and producer. Notable films include Days of Being Wild, Chungking Express, In the Mood for Love, 2046, My Blueberry Nights and The Grandmaster. In May 2018, he was awarded a Doctor of Arts degree by Harvard University.

Wong Kar Wai

David Martinez explores the views and work of Charles Eastman and claims for him a long overdue place in American Indian philisophical thought.

David Martinez

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