Art Workers: Radical Practice in the Vietnam War Era (Bryan-Wilson Julia)(Paperback)

Art Workers: Radical Practice in the Vietnam War Era (Bryan-Wilson Julia)(Paperback)

During the late 1960s and early 1970s, in response to the political turbulence generated by the Vietnam War, an important group of American artists and critics sought to expand the definition of creative labor by identifying themselves as 'art workers.' In the first book to examine this movement,

Duty Free Art: Art in the Age of Planetary Civil War (Steyerl Hito)(Paperback)

What is the function of art in the era of digital

The Vietnam War (Hall Mitchell)(Paperback)

The Vietnam War examines this conflict from its origins up until North Vietnam's victory in 1975. Historian Mitchell K. Hall's lucid account is an ideal introduction to the key debates surrounding a war that remains controversial and disputed in American scholarship and collective memory.　 The

Fire in the Lake: The Vietnamese and the Americans in Vietnam (Fitzgerald Frances)(Paperback)

Frances FitzGerald's landmark history of Vietnam and the Vietnam War, 'a compassionate and penetrating account of the collision of two societies that remain untranslatable to one another.' (New York Times Book Review) This magisterial work, based on Frances FitzGerald's many years of research and

Palace Cobra: A Fighter Pilot in the Vietnam Air War (Rasimus Ed)(Paperback)

Abolitionism: A Very Short Introduction (Newman Richard S.)(Paperback)

From early slave rebels to radical reformers of the Civil War era and beyond, the struggle to end slavery was a diverse, dynamic, and ramifying social movement. In this succinct narrative, Richard S. Newman examines the key people, themes, and ideas that animated abolitionism in the eighteenth- and

Rangers at War: Lrrps in Vietnam (Stanton Shelby L.)(Paperback)

'Shelby Stanton has emerged as the leading military historian on the war in Southest Asia.'COL. CHARLES B. MacDONALDAuthor of COMPANY COMMANDER and A TIME FOR TRUMPETSOne of the toughest and most challenging jobs in Vietnam was to be a U.S. Army Ranger running Long Range Reconnaissance Patrols. The

Assassin's Creed: Bloodstone Vol. 2 (Dorison Guillaume)(Pevná vazba)

The multi-award winning world of Assassin's Creed visits a new era in the Vietnam War Tomo, one of the youngest members of the Japanese Assassin cell, has uncovered a conspiracy. More of a man of science than a man of action, Tomo investigates further, leading him to follow the footsteps of

Vietnam's American War (Asselin Pierre)(Paperback)

Communist forces in the Vietnam War lost most battles and suffered disproportionally higher casualties than the United States and its allies throughout the conflict. The ground war in South Vietnam and the air war in the North were certainly important in shaping the fates of the victors and losers,

Veterinary Laser Therapy in Small Animal Practice (Stephens Bryan J.)(Paperback)

Laser therapy has become increasingly popular in small animal practice and has many benefits to the patient--including reduced inflammation, faster tissue healing, and less pain--and can be used in a wide variety of conditions including wounds, sprains, and fractures. Aimed at the first opinion

Radical Social Work in Practice: Making a Difference (Ferguson Iain)(Paperback)

Radical social work is a tradition often identified exclusively with the movement which developed in the UK in the 1970s, yet as this much-needed new textbook demonstrates, the relevance of radical approaches to contemporary social work practice have never been stronger. Challenges to a neoliberal

Neon Vernacular: New and Selected Poems (Komunyakaa Yusef)(Paperback)

An award-winning poet's testimony of the war in Vietnam

Armoured Warfare in the Vietnam War (Green Michael)(Paperback)

Historian and collector Michael Green shows in this fascinating and graphically illustrated book that the two wars that engulfed Indochina and North and South Vietnam over 30 years were far more armored in nature than typically thought of. By skillful use of imagery and descriptive text he

Rice Paddy Recon: A Marine Officer's Second Tour in Vietnam, 1968-1970 (Finlayson Andrew R.)(Paperback)

A young U.S. Marine officer recounts his experiences of the Vietnam War over a nineteen month period. He graphically describes what it was like to perform three distinct combat missions: long-range ground reconnaissance in the Annamite Mountains of I Corps, infantry operations in the rice paddies

Deliberate Prose: Selected Essays 1952-1995 (Ginsberg Allen)(Paperback)

Whether criticizing the American government, protesting the war in Vietnam, or denouncing capitalism, Ginsberg gave voice to the moral conscience of the nation. His personal essays on Jean Genet, Andy Warhol, Philip Glass, and others, give us compelling portraits of his fellow artists. And his

Art + Science Now (Wilson Stephen)(Paperback)

In the twenty-first century, some of the most dynamic works of art are being produced not in the studio but in the laboratory, where artists probe cultural, philosophical, and social questions connected with cutting-edge scientific and technological research. Their work ranges across

The Pocket Samurai (Wilson William Scott)(Paperback)

Selected writings from the most influential texts of the samurai era--in a pocket-size edition. The samurai of Japan, who were the country's military elite from medieval times to the end of the nineteenth century, were synonmous with valor, honor, and martial arts prowess. Their strict adherence to

Dental management manual in the post Covid-19 era - from theory to practice (Gisco Aurelio)(Paperback / softback)

What Was the Vietnam War? (O'Connor Jim)(Paperback)

Learn how the United States ended up fighting for twenty years in a remote country on the other side of the world. The Vietnam War was as much a part of the tumultuous Sixties as Flower Power and the Civil Rights Movement. Five US presidents were convinced that American troops could end a war in

Time To Hunt (Hunter Stephen)(Paperback / softback)

Twenty-five years after the end of the Vietnam War, Bob, 'the Nailer' Swagger is back in the warzone. Is it simply revenge, or does it go back further, to a dirty secret buried buried in the extraordinary times of the late sixties when ideologies clashed and America's bitter war was reaching its

Contemporary Painting (Hudson Suzanne)(Paperback)

The twentieth century brought radical changes in art--including the shift from modernism to postmodernism--which were accompanied by fierce debates regarding the place of painting in contemporary culture. Contemporary Painting argues that the medium has not only persisted in the twenty-first

Fashion on the Ration - Style in the Second World War (Summers Julie)(Paperback / softback)

Julie Summers, the bestselling author of Jambusters, lifts the veil on the captivating story of fashion in the Second World War - now available in

Art, Commerce and Colonialism 1600-1800 (Barker Emma)(Paperback)

The book re-examines the field of Renaissance art history by exploring the art of this era in the light of global connections. It considers the movement of objects, ideas and technologies and its significance for European art and material culture, analysing images through the lens of cultural

The Practice of Art: A Classic Victorian Treatise (Harding J. D.)(Paperback)

Originally published in 1845 as The Principles & Practice of Art: With Illustrations Drawn and Engraved by the Author, this enduring guide is the work of an English painter and lithographer. J. D. Harding wrote several popular books on art instruction, and this volume constitutes one of his