Against Nature (Huysmans J. -K)(Paperback)

Against Nature (Huysmans J. -K)(Paperback)

Des Esseintes is a neurasthenic aristocrat who has turned his back on the vulgarity of modern life and retreated to an isolated country villa, where he pursues his obsessions with exotic flowers, rare gems and complex perfumes. The original handbook of decadence, this novel enjoys a cult

Cathedral (Huysmans J. K.)(Paperback / softback)

Against Nature: A Rebours (Huysmans Joris Karl)(Paperback)

Resisting the traditional model of nineteenth-century fiction, Joris-Karl Huysman produced in 1884 a novel unlike any other of his time. Against Nature is the story of Des Esseintes, an aesthete who attempts to escape Paris and, along with it, the vulgarity of modern life. As Des Esseintes hides

Against Nature (Huysmans Joris Karl)(Paperback)

The infamous inspiration for the novel which slowly corrupts Oscar Wilde's Dorian Gray is translated by Robert Baldick with an introduction by Patrick McGuinness in Penguin Classics. A wildly original fin-de-si cle novel, Against Nature contains only one character. Des Esseintes is a decadent,

Modern Art (Huysmans J. -K)(Paperback)

First published in 1883, but never before translated into English, this collection of J.-K. Huysmans' art criticism reveals the author of Against Nature to be as combative in his aesthetic opinions as he was in his literary ones. At a time when the Impressionists were still being ridiculed, or

The Life of J.-K. Huysmans (Baldick Robert)(Paperback)

Robert Baldick's Life of J.-K. Huysmans has become not just a standard reference work, to be consulted as regularly as the writing of the author whose life it chronicles, but a work of literature in its own right. First published fifty years ago, Baldick's classic biography presents a compelling

Parisian Sketches (Huysmans J. -K)(Paperback)

First published in 1880, same year as Edgar Degas' 'The Dancing Lesson and Edouard Manet's solo show, these 'Parisian Sketches share the Impressionist fascination with the contemporary life of Paris, the exuberant Paris of the Opera Garnier and the Folies-Bergers. Like the striking images of the

The Damned (La Bas) (Huysmans Joris Karl)(Paperback)

Joris-Karl Huysmans' shocking novel of an innocent's descent into a world of depraved, blasphemous ritualsDurtal, a shy, censorious man, is writing a biography of Gilles de Rais, the monstrous fifteenth-century child-murderer thought to be the original for 'Bluebeard'. Bored and disgusted by the

Utilitarianism: For and Against (Smart J. J.)(Paperback)

Two essays on utilitarianism, written from opposite points of view, by J. J. C. Smart and Bernard Williams. In the first part of the book Professor Smart advocates a modern and sophisticated version of classical utilitarianism; he tries to formulate a consistent and persuasive elaboration of the

Lying about Hitler (Evans Richard J.)(Paperback)

In ruling against the controversial historian David Irving, whose libel suit against the American historian Deborah Lipstadt was tried in April 2000, the High Court in London labeled Irving a falsifier of history. No objective historian, declared the judge, would manipulate the documentary record

Sins Against Nature: Sex and Archives in Colonial New Spain (Tortorici Zeb)(Paperback)

In Sins against Nature Zeb Tortorici explores the prosecution of sex acts in colonial New Spain (present-day Mexico, Guatemala, the US Southwest, and the Philippines) to examine the multiple ways bodies and desires come to be textually recorded and archived. Drawing on the records from over three

Oslo (Rogers J. T.)(Paperback / softback)

A darkly funny political thriller, which sets a deeply personal story against an epic historical landscape. The true story of two maverick Norwegian diplomats who coordinated top secret talks and inspired seemingly impossible friendships. Their quiet heroics led to the groundbreaking Oslo Peace

Hidden Nature: The Startling Insights of Viktor Schauberger (Bartholomew Alick)(Paperback)

Pioneers a new Science of Nature Offers striking new arguments against GM technologies Proposes startling solutions to our energy needs Foreword by David Bellamy Austrian naturalist Viktor Schauberger (1885-1958) was far ahead of his time. From his unusually detailed observations of the natural

Animaladies: Gender, Animals, and Madness (Adams Carol J.)(Paperback)

Do depictions of crazy cat ladies obscure more sinister structural violence against animals hoarded in factory farms? Highlighting the frequent pathologization of animal lovers and animal rights activists, this book examines how the 'madness' of our relationships with animals intersects with the

Against Nature (Barrett Casey)(Mass Market Paperbound)

The Iron Tiger (Higgins Jack)(Paperback)

A pilot's struggle for survival against both nature and man from the international bestselling author of The Eagle Has Landed and The Midnight Bell. Jack Drummond has always flown by his own radar. After getting drummed out of the British Navy, he's made a rough-and-tumble living flying wherever

Mortain 1944: Hitler's Normandy Panzer Offensive (Zaloga Steven J.)(Paperback)

A highly illustrated study of Operation L ttich, the German Panzer counteroffensive against the Normandy bridgehead in August 1944 that backfired, leading to a collapse of the German position in northern France. Fully illustrated with stunning full-color artwork, this book tells the story of

With the Flow (Huysmans Joris Karl)(Paperback)

The lowly, downtrodden Paris civil servant Jean Folantin seeks respite from the boredom and isolation of his life in the small joys of food and the occasional embraces of a prostitute. But whatever he does, wherever he turns in his quest for some pleasure, his dissatisfaction only increases, until

Against the Anthropocene: Visual Culture and Environment Today (Demos T. J.)(Paperback)

A critique of the discourse on the Anthropocene and the creative alternatives to it to be found through the arts, sciences, and humanities.Addressing the current upswing of attention in the sciences, arts, and humanities to the new proposal that we are in a human-driven epoch called the

Peregrine - The Hill of Summer & Diaries: the Complete Works of J. A. Baker (Baker J. A.)(Paperback / softback)

Reissue of J. A. Baker's extraordinary classic of British nature

Environmental Economics and Natural Resource Management (Anderson David A.)(Paperback)

The tools of environmental economics guide policymakers as they weigh development against nature, present against future, and certain benefits against uncertain consequences. The policies and research findings explained in this textbook are relevant to decisions made daily by individuals, firms,

Against the Odds (Baleanu Diana)(Paperback)

Heck's Pictorial Archive of Nature and Science: With Over 5,500 Illustrations (Heck J. G.)(Paperback)

Peregrine: 50th Anniversary Edition - Afterword by Robert Macfarlane (Baker J. A.)(Paperback / softback)

Reissue of J. A. Baker's extraordinary classic of British nature writing, with an exclusive new afterword by Robert