The Artistic Activism of Elombe Brath (Aiello Thomas)(Paperback)

The Artistic Activism of Elombe Brath (Aiello Thomas)(Paperback)

In 1963, at the height of the southern civil rights movement, Cecil Brathwaite (1936-2014), under the pseudonym Cecil Elombe Brath, published a satire of Black leaders entitled Color Us Cullud! The American Negro Leadership Official Coloring Book. The book pillories a variety of Black leaders--from

Artistic Anatomy: The Great French Classic on Artistic Anatomy (Dr Richer Paul)(Paperback)

Artistic Anatomy is widely acknowledged to be the greatest book of its kind since the Renaissance. The original French edition, now a rare collector's item, was published in 1889 and was probably used as a resource by Renoir, Braque, Degas, Bazille, and many others. The English-language edition,

Fat Activism (Second Edition): A Radical Social Movement (Cooper Charlotte)(Paperback)

In this new edition of her accessible autoethnography of fat feminist activism in the West, Charlotte Cooper revisits and discusses her activism in the context of recent shifts in the movement. It is part of a new wave of accessible, accountable and rigorous work emerging through Research Justice

The Cinema of Oliver Stone: Art, Authorship and Activism (Scott Ian)(Paperback)

Do Something: Activism for Everyone (Odedra Kajal)(Paperback)

A user's guide to Activism by one of the UK's biggest names in grass-roots campaigning shows in a few simple steps how we can all make a

Organizing Freedom: Black Emancipation Activism in the Civil War Midwest (Harbour Jennifer R.)(Paperback)

Organizing Freedom is a riveting and significant social history of black emancipation activism in Indiana and Illinois during the Civil War era. By enlarging the definition of emancipation to include black activism, author Jennifer R. Harbour details the aggressive, tenacious defiance through which

Selected Poems of Thomas Hardy (Hardy Thomas)(Paperback)

Thomas Hardy abandoned the novel form at the turn of the century, probably after public reaction to Jude the Obscure, but continued to write verse displaying a wide variety of metrical styles and stanza forms and a broad scope of tone and attitude. This definitive volume contains selections from

Digital Protest and Activism in Public Education: Reactions to Neoliberal Restructuring in Israel (Berkovich Izhak)(Paperback)

Digital protest and activism in reaction to the consequences of neoliberalism in public education have become a global phenomenon in the second decade of the 21st century, emerging in countries such as the US, UK, France, and Israel. Teachers, parents, and other stakeholders in education are

The Imitation of Christ (A'Kempis Thomas)(Paperback)

Thomas a Kempis was not a haphazard follower of Jesus. The depth of his masterpiece mirrors the life of a man who did whatever was necessary to imitate his own Savior. A Kempis lived as intentionally as he wrote.We must turn away from the things of this world, we must live sacrificially, we must be

Thomas Cranmer: A Life (MacCulloch Diarmaid)(Paperback)

Thomas Cranmer, the architect of the Anglican Book of Common Prayer, was the archbishop of Canterbury who guided England through the early Reformation--and Henry VIII through the minefields of divorce. This is the first major biography of him for more than three decades, and the first for a century

The Ahuman Manifesto: Activism for the End of the Anthropocene (MacCormack Patricia)(Paperback)

We are in the midst of a growing ecological crisis. Developing technologies and cultural interventions are throwing the status of 'human' into question. It is against this context that Patricia McCormack delivers her expert justification for the 'ahuman'. An alternative to 'posthuman' thought, the

Shape of Things (LaBute Neil)(Paperback / softback)

A startling dissection of cruelty and artistic creation from the author of In the Company of Men and Your Friends and NeighborsIn a modern version of Adam's seduction by Eve, The Shape of Things pits gentle, awkward, overweight Adam against experienced, analytical, amoral Evelyn, a graduate student

The Contingent Object of Contemporary Art (Buskirk Martha)(Paperback)

An exploration of transformations in the nature of the art object and artistic authorship in the last four decades.In this book, Martha Buskirk addresses the interesting fact that since the early 1960s, almost anything can and has been called art. Among other practices, contemporary artists have

The Art of War of the Realms (Harrold Jess)(Paperback)

The War of the Realms is coming, and it promises to be a masterpiece! Celebrate the artistic splendor of the comic book event - and the truly epic run that's brought the Ten Realms to the brink of catastrophic conflict! Feast your eyes on stunning covers, interior pages and behind-the-scenes

Renaissance Art (Nichols Tom)(Paperback)

The fifteenth century saw the evolution of a distinct and powerfully influential European artistic culture. But what does the familiar phrase Renaissance Art actually refer to? Through engaging discussion of timeless works by artists such as Jan van Eyck, Leonardo da Vinci, and Michelangelo, and

Assuming the Ecosexual Position: The Earth as Lover (Sprinkle Annie)(Paperback)

The story of the artistic collaboration between the originators of the ecosex movement, their diverse communities, and the Earth What's sexy about saving the planet? Funny you should ask. Because that is precisely--or, perhaps, broadly--what Annie Sprinkle and Beth Stephens have spent many years

Walking: A Novella (Bernhard Thomas)(Paperback)

Thomas Bernhard is 'one of the masters of contemporary European fiction' (George Steiner); 'one of the century's most gifted writers' (Newsday); 'a virtuoso of rancor and rage' (Bookforum). And although he is favorably compared with Franz Kafka, Samuel Beckett, and Robert Musil, it is only in

Lgbt Activism and the Making of Europe: A Rainbow Europe? (Ayoub Phillip)(Paperback)

This book explores the alleged uniqueness of the European experience, and investigates its ties to a long history of LGBT and queer movements in the region. These movements, the book argues, were inspired by specific ideas about Europe, which they sought to realize on the ground through

The Pleasure of Research (Slager Henk)(Paperback)

The Pleasure of Research delves into topics such as knowledge production, artistic thinking and medium-specificity. The publication begins with a series of curatorial projects by Henk Slager at international art festivals and biennales in such cities as Seoul, Shanghai, New York, Venice, Tbilisi,

Thomas Lawrence: Coming of Age (Wright Amina)(Paperback)

A fascinating record of the early years of Thomas Lawrence: the story of an exceptional young portraitist and future president of the Royal Academy. Like his Renaissance predecessors Raphael, Michelangelo and D rer, the young Thomas Lawrence (1769-1830) was considered to be a boy genius. This

The Way of Chuang Tzu (Merton Thomas)(Paperback)

Working from existing translations, Thomas Merton composed a series of his own versions of the classic sayings of Chuang Tzu, the most spiritual of Chinese philosophers. Chuang Tzu, who wrote in the fourth and third centuries B.C., is the chief authentic historical spokesperson for Taoism and its

The Seven Storey Mountain (Merton Thomas)(Paperback)

The complete and unedited edition of Thomas Merton's famous autobiography, one of the greatest works of spiritual pilgrimage ever written. 'The Seven Storey Mountain is a book one reads with a pencil so as to make it one's own.'Graham Greene 'A remarkable book, a classic of its kind, written in a

The Bayeux Tapestry: The Life Story of a Masterpiece (Hicks Carola)(Paperback)

One of Europe s greatest artistic treasures, the Bayeux Tapestry depicts the events leading up to the Battle of Hastings in 1066. For all its fame, its origins and story are complex and somewhat cloudy. Though many assume it was commissioned by Bishop OdoWilliam s ruthless half-brotherit may also

Edward Thomas (Thomas Edward)(Paperback / softback)

The definitive collection of Edward Thomas's poetic