Storming the Gates of Paradise: Landscapes for Politics (Solnit Rebecca)(Paperback)

Storming the Gates of Paradise: Landscapes for Politics (Solnit Rebecca)(Paperback)

Rebecca Solnit has made a vocation of journeying into difficult territory and reporting back, as an environmentalist, antiglobalization activist, and public intellectual. Storming the Gates of Paradise, an anthology of her essential essays from the past ten years, takes the reader from the Pyrenees

A Book of Migrations: Some Passages in Ireland (Solnit Rebecca)(Paperback)

In this acclaimed exploration of the culture of others, Rebecca Solnit travels through Ireland, the land of her long-forgotten maternal ancestors. A Book of Migrations portrays in microcosm a history made of great human tides of invasion, colonization, emigration, nomadism and tourism. Enriched by

Recollections of My Nonexistence: A Memoir (Solnit Rebecca)(Paperback)

Shortlisted for the James Tait Black Prize for BiographyLonglisted for The Orwell Prize for Political Writing An electric portrait of the artist as a young woman that asks how a writer finds her voice in a society that prefers women to be silent In Recollections of My Nonexistence, Rebecca Solnit

Hollow City: The Siege of San Francisco and the Crisis of American Urbanism (Solnit Rebecca)(Paperback)

Acclaimed writer Rebecca Solnit and photographer Susan Schwartzenberg survey San Francisco's transformation through gentrification in the early

The Mother of All Questions (Solnit Rebecca)(Paperback)

In a timely follow-up to her national bestseller Men Explain Things to Me, Rebecca Solnit offers indispensable commentary on women who refuse to be silenced, misogynistic violence, the fragile masculinity of the literary canon, the gender binary, the recent history of rape jokes, and much more. In

Storming the Gates: How the Russian Revolution Changed the World (Becker Richard)(Paperback)

Infinite City: A San Francisco Atlas (Solnit Rebecca)(Paperback)

What makes a place? Infinite City, Rebecca Solnit's brilliant reinvention of the traditional atlas, searches out the answer by examining the many layers of meaning in one place, the San Francisco Bay Area. Aided by artists, writers, cartographers, and twenty-two gorgeous color maps, each of which

Hope In The Dark - Untold Histories, Wild Possibilities (Solnit Rebecca)(Paperback / softback)

This updated edition confirms Solnit's seminal work as a timeless classic on politics and

Whose Story Is This?: Old Conflicts, New Chapters (Solnit Rebecca)(Paperback)

New feminist essays for the #MeToo era from the international best-selling author of Men Explain Things to Me.Who gets to shape the narrative of our times? The current moment is a battle royale over that foundational power, one in which women, people of color, non-straight people are telling other

Wanderlust: A History of Walking (Solnit Rebecca)(Paperback)

A passionate, thought-provoking exploration of walking as a political and cultural activity, from the author of Orwell's Roses Drawing together many histories--of anatomical evolution and city design, of treadmills and labyrinths, of walking clubs and sexual mores--Rebecca Solnit creates a

Nonstop Metropolis: A New York City Atlas (Solnit Rebecca)(Paperback)

Winner of the 2017 Brendan Gill Prize from the Municipal Arts Society of New York 'The maps themselves are things of beauty... a document of its time, of our time.'--Sadie Stein, New York Times 'One is invited to fathom the many New Yorks hidden from history's eye... thoroughly terrific.'--Maria

Unfathomable City: A New Orleans Atlas (Solnit Rebecca)(Paperback)

Like the bestselling Infinite City: A San Francisco Atlas, this book is a brilliant reinvention of the traditional atlas, one that provides a vivid, complex look at the multi-faceted nature of New Orleans, a city replete with contradictions. More than twenty essays assemble a chorus of vibrant

The Fight for Greek Sicily: Society, Politics, and Landscape (Jonasch Melanie)(Paperback)

The island of Sicily was a highly contested area throughout much of its history. Among the first to exert strong influence on its political, cultural, infrastructural, and demographic developments were the two major decentralized civilizations of the first millennium BCE: the Phoenicians and the

Down to Earth: Politics in the New Climatic Regime (LaTour Bruno)(Paperback)

The present ecological mutation has organized the whole political landscape for the last thirty years. This could explain the deadly cocktail of exploding inequalities, massive deregulation, and conversion of the dream of globalization into a nightmare for most people.What holds these three

Mother of All Questions - Further Feminisms (Solnit Rebecca (Y))(Pevná vazba)

A new collection of 'further feminisms' - searing, smart and provocative essays from one of the most important public intellectuals writing

Empire's Endgame: Racism and the British State (Bhattacharyya Gargi)(Paperback)

We are in a moment of profound overlapping crises. The landscape of politics and entitlement is being rapidly and unpredictably remade. As movements against colonial legacies and state violence coincide with the rise of new authoritarian regimes, it is the analytical lens of racism, and the

Smart Landscape - Architecture of the 'Micro Smart Grid' as a Resilience Strategy for Landscape (Garbarini Giulia)(Paperback / softback)

Professional Practice for Landscape Architects (Tennant Rachel)(Paperback)

Professional Practice for Landscape Architects third edition deals with the practical issues of being a successful landscape architect professional.Endorsed by the Landscape Institute, this book is an indispensable guide for licentiate members of the Institute on their Pathway to Chartership. It

Politics of Experience and The Bird of Paradise (Laing R. D.)(Paperback / softback)

Shows how the straitjacket of conformity imposed on us leads to feelings of alienation and a waste of human potential. This title examines schizophrenia and psychotherapy, transcendence and 'us and them' thinking, and illustrates ideas with a case history of a ten-day

Men Explain Things to Me - And Other Essays (Solnit Rebecca (Y))(Pevná vazba)

A collection of essays on feminism, from one of the most important and original public intellectuals writing

Paradise (Gurnah Abdulrazak)(Paperback)

A finalist for the 1994 Booker Prize, England s highest honor for works of fiction, 'Paradise' is at once the story of an African boy s coming of age, a tragic love story, and a tale of the corruption of African tradition by European colonialism.Sold by his father in repayment of a debt,

Devil's Bargain - Steve Bannon, Donald Trump, and the storming of the presidency (Green Joshua)(Paperback / softback)

City of a Thousand Gates (Sacks Rebecca)(Pevná vazba)

'The novel showcases the humanity, tragedy, and complexity of life in the West Bank... The characters' interwoven lives will stay with you long after the book's denouement.' --Entertainment Weekly 'Sacks is an extraordinarily gifted writer whose intelligence, compassion and skill on both the

Marked Women: The Cultural Politics of Cervical Cancer in Venezuela (Martnez Rebecca G.)(Pevná vazba)