Historic Photo: Nagasaki, Japan, 1865.
This photo was taken just as two eras in Japan's history were in chaotic collision.
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Historic Painting: “Giant Steamboats at New Orleans” by Hippolyte Sebron, 1853.
A French painter turns his eyes and brush toward the romantic riverboat era that flourished before the Civil War.
Still no winter: My novel “Life Without Giamotti,” still in print, turned 20 this week!
I still have a soft spot in my heart for my quirky science fiction epic, which has a (very small) cult following.
Interiors: Lobby of the Westin Bonaventure Hotel, Los Angeles.
Where do humans fit in this massive concrete and glass cathedral of commerce?