Stars of World Tennis

Stars of World TennisStars of World Tennis profiles twenty eight of todays top mens and womens tennis players, from the unstoppable Novak Djokovic to comeback queen Naomi Osaka to young phenom Coco Gauff. Young readers will learn about their favorite players life stories, unique styles of play, and defining moments on the court. Packed with colorful photos and key stats, Stars of World Tennis belongs to the Abbeville Sports series, which also includes Stars of World

This lively armchair exploration should appeal to a general readership as well as to botanists

Here are Dürer’s exquisitely detailed animal studies

Naomi Rosenblum (1925–2021) was the leading historian of photography in her lifetime

where photography is normally prohibited

Rosenblum’s deep knowledge and remarkable eye are evident in the collection of photography that she and her family built in her lifetime

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in some ways harnessing their power but also buffeted by it

Horowitz photographs these places with the eye not only of a photographer but of someone who has taken the time to understand their inner workings—an understanding that is extended to the reader through Jim Holtje’s lively and carefully researched text

which includes a bookmark subtly scented with a natural essence

chimpanzees and gorillas

how John Singer Sargent depicted the flowerlike delicacy of two sisters as they light lanterns in a twilit summer garden