Modernism, Space and the City: Outsiders and Affect in Paris, Vienna, Berlin, and London (Thacker Andrew)(Paperback)

Modernism, Space and the City: Outsiders and Affect in Paris, Vienna, Berlin, and London (Thacker Andrew)(Paperback)

Explores the crucial role played by the city in the construction of modernism This innovative book examines the development of modernist writing in four European cities: London, Paris, Berlin and Vienna. Focusing on how literary outsiders represented various spaces in these cities, it draws upon

Public City/Public Sex: Homosexuality, Prostitution, and Urban Culture in Nineteenth-Century Paris (Ross Andrew Israel)(Paperback)

In the 1800s, urban development efforts modernized Paris and encouraged the creation of brothels, boulevards, caf s, dancehalls, and even public urinals. However, complaints also arose regarding an apparent increase in public sexual activity, and the appearance of 'individuals of both sexes with

The Political Orchestra: The Vienna and Berlin Philharmonics During the Third Reich (Trmpi Fritz)(Paperback)

This is a groundbreaking study of the prestigious Berlin and Vienna Philharmonics during the Third Reich. Making extensive use of archival material, including some discussed here for the first time, Fritz Tr mpi offers new insight into the orchestras' place in the larger political constellation

No Outsiders: Everyone Different, Everyone Welcome: Preparing Children for Life in Modern Britain (Moffat Andrew)(Paperback)

The No Outsiders programme promotes an ethos of inclusion and tolerance, and aims to prepare children for life in modern Britain. Expanding the scheme published in the 2015 book, No Outsiders in Our Schools, this book is designed to further support educators as they make the No Outsiders ethos part

City Cycling Europe - Slipcased set of 8 paperback volumes, including Paris, Milan, London, Copenhagen, Berlin, Barcelona, Antwerp & Ghent and Amsterdam (Edwards Andrew)(Paperback / softback)

Thames & Hudson has joined with the sophisticated cycling brand, Rapha Racing, to produce a series of city-cycling guides geared to seeing Europe on two wheels. Each of the eight compact volumes in the boxed set features cycle-friendly neighborhoods in London, Paris, Copenhagen, Barcelona, and

Enemy at the Gate - Habsburgs, Ottomans and the Battle for Europe (Wheatcroft Andrew)(Paperback / softback)

In 1683, two empires - the Ottoman, based in Constantinople, and the Habsburg dynasty in Vienna - came face to face in the culmination of a 250-year power struggle: the Great Siege of

Our Friends in Berlin (Quinn Anthony)(Paperback / softback)

'A gripping espionage thriller' Observer London, 1941. The city is in blackout and an enemy is hiding in plain sight. His mission: to locate the most dangerous Nazi agent in the country. He soon receives a promising lead in Amy Strallen, whose life is a world away from the machinations of Nazi

Modernism and the Machinery of Madness: Psychosis, Technology, and Narrative Worlds (Gaedtke Andrew)(Pevná vazba)

Modernism and the Machinery of Madness demonstrates the emergence of a technological form of paranoia within modernist culture which transformed much of the period's experimental fiction. Gaedtke argues that the works of writers such as Samuel Beckett, Anna Kavan, Wyndham Lewis, Mina Loy, Evelyn

Down and Out in Paris and London - The classic reimagined with cover art by Shepard Fairey (Orwell George)(Paperback / softback)

To be poor and destitute in 1920s Paris and London was to experience life at its lowest ebb. George Orwell, penniless and with nowhere to go, found himself experiencing just this as he wandered the streets of both capitals in search of a job. This book gives an account of the streets and those who

Down and Out in Paris and London (Orwell George)(Paperback / softback)

Rebel Cities - Paris, London and New York in the Age of Revolution (Rapport x Mike)(Paperback / softback)

A brilliant historical narrative of London, Paris and New York in the Age of Revolution, just as they were transforming into the great global cities we know them to be

Making Ancient Cities (Creekmore Andrew T. III)(Paperback)

This volume investigates how the structure and use of space developed and changed in cities, and examines the role of different societal groups in shaping urbanism. Culturally and chronologically diverse case studies provide a basis to examine recent theoretical and methodological shifts in the

Lives Before Us (Conlin Juliet)(Paperback / softback)

It's April 1939 and, with their lives in Berlin and Vienna under threat, Esther and Kitty - two very different women - are forced to make the same brutal choice. Flee Europe, or face the ghetto, incarceration,

Alone in Berlin (Fallada Hans)(Paperback / softback)

Its Berlin, 1940, and the city is filled with fear. At the house on 55 Jablonski Strasse, its various occupants try to live under Nazi rule in their different ways: the bullying Hitler loyalists the Persickes, the retired judge Fromm and the unassuming couple Otto and Anna Quangel. Then the

The Patchwork City: Class, Space, and Politics in Metro Manila (Garrido Marco Z.)(Paperback)

In contemporary Manila, slums and squatter settlements are peppered throughout the city, often pushing right up against the walled enclaves of the privileged, creating the complex geopolitical pattern of Marco Z. Garrido's 'patchwork city.' Garrido documents the fragmentation of Manila into a m

The Invisible Flneuse?: Gender, Public Space and Visual Culture in Nineteenth Century Paris (Meskimmon Marsha)(Paperback)

This collection of essays revisits gender and urban modernity in nineteenth-century Paris in the wake of changes to the fabric of the city and social life. In rethinking the figure of the fl�neur, the contributors apply the most current thinking in literature and urban studies to an examination

City Walks LONDON - fascinating local walks bringing the city to life(Paperback / softback)

Contains 15 fascinating and entertaining walks through London, from Westminster to The City and Clerkenwell to Chelsea, with colour throughout and easy-to-use maps. For tourists, visitors and residents alike, each walk is an enjoyable collection of insightful and intriguing short stories that bring

Down and Out in Paris and London (Orwell George)(Pevná vazba)

Down and Out in Paris and London was George Orwell's first published book. It is at once a very personal account, and a vivid expose of hard lives weighed down by poverty in France and England between the wars.Part of the Macmillan Collector's Library; a series of stunning, clothbound, pocket-sized

Heidegger Among the Sculptors: Body, Space, and the Art of Dwelling (Mitchell Andrew)(Paperback)

In the 1950s and 60s, Martin Heidegger turned to sculpture to rethink the relationship between bodies and space and the role of art in our lives. In his texts on the subject--a catalog contribution for an Ernst Barlach exhibition, a speech at a gallery opening for Bernhard Heiliger, a lecture on

Wild London: Urban Escapes in and Around the City (Hodges Sam)(Paperback)

From the authors of London for Lovers, this is an inspiring and comprehensive guide to London's wild side. From exploring secret gardens, parks, farmers markets and city farms, to discovering the best spots for urban bee-keeping, foraging, open-air swimming and mudlarking, Wild London is packed

Paris - Biography of a City (Jones Colin)(Paperback / softback)

Recreating the ups and downs in the history of Paris and its inhabitants, this book seeks to give a sense of the city as it was lived in and experienced over time. It is intended for habitual Paris obsessives, for first-time visitors, and for those who know the city only by

The Woman in the Moonlight (Morrisroe Patricia)(Paperback)

A stirring and romantic historical novel about nineteenth-century Vienna and the tragedy and dynamic passion that inspired Ludwig van Beethoven's Moonlight Sonata.Vienna, 1800. Countess Julie Guicciardi's life is about to change forever. The spirited eighteen-year-old is taking piano lessons with

In the Dust of This Planet (Thacker Eugene)(Paperback)

'Thacker's discourse on the intersection of horror and philosophy is utterly original and utterly captivating...' Thomas Ligotti, author of The Conspiracy Against the Human Race The world is increasingly unthinkable, a world of planetary disasters, emerging pandemics, and the looming threat of

Down and Out in Paris and London (Orwell George)(Paperback / softback)

Deals with the underworld of society. In this book, the author documents a world of unrelenting drudgery and squalor - sleeping in bug-infested hostels and doss houses of last resort, working as a dishwasher in Paris' vile 'Hotel X', surviving on scraps and cigarette butts, living alongside tramps,