Topographies of Caribbean Writing, Race, and the British Countryside (Johnson Joanna)(Pevná vazba)

Topographies of Caribbean Writing, Race, and the British Countryside (Johnson Joanna)(Pevná vazba)

Chapter 1 Introduction: Constructing the Countryside.- Chapter 2 Remembrance Rocks.- Chapter 3 Befitting the Landscape.- Chapter 4 Topography Rules.- Chapter 5 Reframing the Landscape.- Chapter 6. Redefinitions: race and rurality.- Chapter 7. Conclusion: Imaginative

The British Navy in the Caribbean (Grainger John D.)(Pevná vazba)

A survey of the activities of the British navy in the Caribbean from the voyages of sixteenth century English adventurers such as John Hawkins and Francis Drake through the great wars of the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries against the Dutch, Spanish and French and Britain's declining role

At the Field's Edge: Adrian Bell and the English Countryside (Hawking Richard)(Pevná vazba)

Adrian Bell was farming and writing during a period when the English countryside underwent its most significant transformation for hundreds of years. His work, spanning sixty years from 1920 to 1980, not only documents this agricultural revolution, but also warns of the effects it will have both

Escape: The Heyday of Caribbean Glamour (Mallea Hermes)(Pevná vazba)

A nostalgic celebration of the glamour of warm-weather destinations in the Caribbean and Florida, from the great estates of ambitious patrons to the most exclusive resorts of the mid-twentieth century. Through iconic photography capturing the cultural mood at the moment when social codes relaxed

Cultural Topographies of the New Berlin (Bauer Karin)(Pevná vazba)

Since Unification and the end of the Cold War, Berlin has witnessed a series of uncommonly intense social, political, and cultural transformations. While positioning itself as a creative center populated by young and cosmopolitan global citizens, the 'New Berlin' is at the same time a rich site of

The Country Diaries: A Year in the British Countryside (Taylor Alan)(Paperback)

The unique beauty of the British countryside has been celebrated down the ages in music, poetry, and art. It has also been celebrated in countless private diaries. This delightful treasury gathers together the very finest - from Rev Gilbert White's journal of life at his famous home in Selborne to

Bland Fanatics - Liberals, Race and Empire (Mishra Pankaj)(Pevná vazba)

One of the most acclaimed essayists writing today on the political hysteria plaguing the

Samuel Johnson: Selected Works (Johnson Samuel)(Pevná vazba)

An anthology of the essential and enduring works of Samuel Johnson Samuel Johnson was eighteenth-century Britain's preeminent man of letters--moral and literary critic, biographer, lexicographer, and poet--and his influence endures to this day. This anthology, designed to make Johnson's essential

The Matter of Black Lives: Writing from the New Yorker (Cobb Jelani)(Pevná vazba)

A collection of the New Yorker's groundbreaking writing on race in America--including work by James Baldwin, Toni Morrison, Ta-Nehisi Coates, Hilton Als, Zadie Smith, and more--with a foreword by Jelani CobbThis latest anthology from the pages of the New Yorker is a bold and telling portrait of

Matter of Black Lives - Writing from the New Yorker (Cobb Jelani)(Pevná vazba)

A collection of the New Yorker's groundbreaking writing on race in America, including work by James Baldwin, Toni Morrison, Ta-Nehisi Coates, Hilton Als, Zadie Smith, and

Rivers and the British Landscape(Pevná vazba)

Provides an analysis of British rivers, exploring the physical formation of rivers; the characteristics of environments; analysis of the social, economic, and cultural uses and associations of rivers; and examination of the problems of river management. This book is illustrated, and includes an

Sandscapes: Writing the British Seaside (Carruthers Jo)(Paperback)

Sandscapes: Writing the British Seaside reflects on the unique topography of sand, sandscapes, and the seaside in British culture and beyond. This book brings together creative and critical writings that explore the ways sand speaks to us of holidays and respite, but also of time and mortality, of

British Romanticism and the Literature of Human Interest (Cheng Mai-Lin)(Pevná vazba)

British Romanticism and the Literature of Human Interest investigates the generic structures of Romantic literature and the negotiation of the status of literature in the period in relation to a new media landscape. This book explores the self-theorization of Romantic literature and argues for its

Anatomica: The Exquisite and Unsettling Art of Human Anatomy (Ebenstein Joanna)(Pevná vazba)

There's a fine line between the horrible and the sublime, and Joanna Ebenstein's Anatomica: The Exquisite and Unsettling Art of Human Anatomy walks it. New York Times Book Review For centuries, humankind has sought to know itself through an understanding of the body, in sickness and in health,

Hit Factories: A Journey Through the Industrial Cities of British Pop (Whitney Karl)(Pevná vazba)

'Insightful and provocative' What HiFi 'An extremely important addition to modern music writing' Irish Times After discovering a derelict record plant on the edge of a northern English city, and hearing that it was once visited by David Bowie, Karl Whitney embarks upon a journey to explore the

The Architecture of British Seaside Piers (Gray Fred)(Pevná vazba)

Of all the architectural delights of British seaside resorts, the most astonishing and idiosyncratic is the seaside pier. Remarkable visual spectacles, piers are architecturally extraordinary in concept and at times outrageous in execution. They brought together the Victorian genius for

Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (Rowling J.K.)(Pevná vazba)

Inclusify: The Power of Uniqueness and Belonging to Build Innovative Teams (Johnson Stefanie K.)(Pevná vazba)

Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (Rowling J.K.)(Pevná vazba)

Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (Rowling J.K.)(Pevná vazba)

Classic American Crime Fiction of the 1920s (Klinger Leslie S.)(Pevná vazba)

American crime writing was reborn in the 1920s. After years of dominance by British authors, new American writers--with fresh ideas about the detective and the mystery--appeared on the scene and rose to heights of popularity not witnessed since the success of the Sherlock Holmes tales in America

Pity the Reader: On Writing with Style (Vonnegut Kurt)(Pevná vazba)

The art and craft of writing by one of the few grandmasters of American literature, a bonanza for writers and readers co-written by Kurt Vonnegut's former student. Here is an entirely new side of Kurt Vonnegut, Vonnegut as a teacher of writing. Of course he's given us glimpses before, with

The Ecology and Silviculture of Oaks (Johnson Paul S.)(Pevná vazba)

This new, updated third edition of The Ecology and Silviculture of Oaks examines the new challenges in sustaining oak forest ecosystems in a changing world. It is essential reading for forest ecologists, silviculturists, environmentalists and wildlife managers. Oak forests are the result of

The Partition of India (Talbot Ian)(Pevná vazba)

The British divided and quit India in 1947. The partition of India and the creation of Pakistan uprooted entire communities and left unspeakable violence in its trail. This volume tells the story of partition through the events that led up to it, the terrors that accompanied it, to migration and