New Releases by Alex Harris

Published in association with a traveling exhibition opening at the International Center of Photography in 1993. Harris is known for his black and white photos documenting the people and culture of northern New Mexico. To accompany this collection of color photos, he supplies an essay telling of his feelings for the area and the people and discussing his transition to color work. Annotation copyright by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR

Expedition by P. Bindon and K. Akerman to live on Aboriginal food resources in Great Sandy Desert with Gugadaja people.

"The study of steroid metabolism began in the eighteenth century with the demonstration of the presence of several steroids (cholesterol and the bile acids) in the animal organism. The discovery of the steroid hormones and the realization of their wide physiological significance, however, diverted the attention of most workers in the field to the study of those steroids possessing endocrine activity. Only cholesterol, by virtue of the abundance of this sterol in all mammalian tissues and its importance in pathological conditions, continued to be investigated. [...]" --