New Releases by Catherine E Clark

Paris and the Cliché of History traces the changing historical meanings of photographs of this city during a century marked by urban renovation, war, occupation, liberation, and visual documentation. Challenging the idea that photographs merely document the past, it calls for new methods of reading photos as material objects with histories of their own and sheds insight on the capital''s reduction to an image in the twentieth century.

In a remarkably fresh, sometimes humorous style, wildlife artist Catherine Clark captures the birds around us in her art. These are the avian creatures that populate our backyards, forests, and seashores, from coast to coast, bringing colour and beauty into our lives. The artwork, reproduced in full-colour, shows her keen eye, skilled hand, and deep love of the natural world. Over 200 drawings and paintings are accompanied by observations about the birds and their habits, as well as reflections on the process of creating the paintings. The images represent the artist''s choice of her favourites among the hundreds she has created to illustrate articles on birds and wildlife. They demonstrate not only her unique artistic viewpoint, but commitment to the care and preservation of the world around her. They will bring enjoyment to the reader while inspiring them to take a look out their windows, to stroll in a field, wander in the woods, and, perhaps, to take some small action to save what they see.

Chickadee is a baby songbird who explores beyond the safety of his forest home near a sandy beach and the open ocean. He doesn''t notice that he is getting too far away from safety, and storm comes up and carries Chickadee out over the water, where he eventually falls in. A baby humpback whale comes to his aid.