Transformation and Tradition in 1960s British Cinema (Farmer Richard)(Paperback)

Transformation and Tradition in 1960s British Cinema (Farmer Richard)(Paperback)

Half a century on, the fascination with the 1960s continues to generate strong intellectual and emotional responses - both positive and negative - and this is no less true in the arena of film. Making substantial use of a range of new and underexplored archive resources that provide a wealth of new

Dublin Buses (Walter Richard)(Paperback / softback)

In a tour of the fascinating and colourful city, Richard Walter describes the transformation of Dublin Buses with previously unpublished

British Military Aviation - 1960s in Colour (Derry Martin)(Paperback / softback)

Wildlife (Ford Richard)(Paperback / softback)

A masterful novel set in 1960s

British Psychoanalysis: New Perspectives in the Independent Tradition (Kohon Gregorio)(Paperback)

British Queer Cinema(Paperback / softback)

Drawing together a range of essays, this is the history of lesbian, gay and queer representation in British cinema. From the early years of 'Pre-Gay, through the post-war gay liberation, and the 'post-AIDS' queer generations, it provides an historical perspective on queer cinema. It is for students

Islam and Modernity, 15: Transformation of an Intellectual Tradition (Rahman Fazlur)(Paperback)

'As Professor Fazlur Rahman shows in the latest of a series of important contributions to Islamic intellectual history, the characteristic problems of the Muslim modernists-the adaptation to the needs of the contemporary situation of a holy book which draws its specific examples from the conditions

Island - A luxury holiday turns deadly (Laymon Richard)(Paperback / softback)

Breathtaking suspense and vivid moments of terror in this gripping horror novel in the tradition of Stephen King and Dean

Hammer and Beyond: The British Horror Film (Hutchings Peter)(Paperback)

The second edition of Peter Hutchings's landmark work on British horror cinema, featuring later writings by Hutchings and a new introduction by film historian Johnny

It's My Life! 1960s Newcastle(Paperback / softback)

The 1960s was the decade that began in black and white and ended in colour. In Newcastle, as elsewhere, it was a time when everything was possible and everything was changing. From the Club A'Go Go to the new highrise flats people were on the move. This book captures that atmosphere through a mix

Irish Buses in the Mid-1960s: A Return Journey (Newman Richard)(Paperback)

In this, his second album on Irish buses, Richard Newman, not a local but a native of Portsmouth, takes us on a journey through the interesting bus scene of an Ireland very different to today, the Ireland of the mid-1960s. In 1964, Richard had acquired an Ilford Sportsman 35mm camera so he had the

The Rise of the Creative Class (Florida Richard)(Paperback)

World-renowned urbanist Richard Florida's bestselling classic on the transformation of our cities in the twenty-first century -- now updated with a new prefaceIn his modern classic The Rise of the Creative Class, urbanist Richard Florida identifies the emergence of a new social class reshaping the

What Are the Gospels?: A Comparison with Graeco-Roman Biography (Burridge Richard A.)(Paperback)

The publication of Richard Burridge's What Are the Gospels? in 1992 inaugurated a transformation in Gospel studies by overturning the previous consensus about Gospel uniqueness. Burridge argued convincingly for an understanding of the Gospels as biographies, a ubiquitous genre in the Graeco-Roman

Black Film British Cinema II (Nwonka Clive)(Paperback)

The politics of race in British screen culture over the last 30 years vis-a-vis the institutional, textual, cultural and political shifts that have occurred during this period. Black Film British Cinema II considers the politics of blackness in contemporary British cinema and visual practice. This

1960s Childhood (Shepherd Janet)(Paperback)

1960s children grew up in a more permissive and commercial age. They enjoyed a childhood in a welfare state with ever improving health care. New vaccines for children gave them protection from life threatening diseases. The contraceptive pill, and later the 1967 Abortion Act, meant children could

Expressionism in the Cinema (Brill Olaf)(Paperback)

An innovative and wide-ranging collection, Expressionism in Cinema re-canonizes the classical Expressionist aesthetic, extending the critical and historical discussion beyond pre-existing scholarship into comparative and interdisciplinary areas of film research that reach across national

Cinema and the Cultural Cold War (Lee Sangjoon)(Paperback)

Cinema and the Cultural Cold War explores the ways in which postwar Asian cinema was shaped by transnational collaborations and competitions between newly independent and colonial states at the height of Cold War politics. Sangjoon Lee adopts a simultaneously global and regional approach when

Women's Cinema, World Cinema: Projecting Contemporary Feminisms (White Patricia)(Paperback)

In Women's Cinema, World Cinema, Patricia White explores the dynamic intersection of feminism and film in the twenty-first century by highlighting the work of a new generation of women directors from around the world: Samira and Hana Makhmalbaf, Nadine Labaki, Zero Chou, Jasmila Zbanic, and Claudia

Dreamer - An Autobiography (Richard Cliff)(Paperback / softback)

Cliff Richard tells his story, in his own words, in his highly anticipated new autobiography. Achieving a hit in every decade since the 1950s, Cliff Richard stands alone in pop history. Coming of age in 1950s London, he began his music career at Soho's legendary 2i's Cafe, and now he's approaching

Infections and Inequalities: The Modern Plagues (Farmer Paul)(Paperback)

Paul Farmer has battled AIDS in rural Haiti and deadly strains of drug-resistant tuberculosis in the slums of Peru. A physician-anthropologist with more than fifteen years in the field, Farmer writes from the front lines of the war against these modern plagues and shows why, even more than those of

Farmer Duck in Japanese and English (Waddell Martin)(Paperback / softback)

The American Political Tradition: And the Men Who Made It (Hofstadter Richard)(Paperback)

The American Political Tradition is one of the most influential and widely read historical volumes of our time. First published in 1948, its elegance, passion, and iconoclastic erudition laid the groundwork for a totally new understanding of the American past. By writing a 'kind of intellectual

The Descent of Alette (Notley Alice)(Paperback)

The Decent Of Alette is a rich odyssey of transformation in the tradition of The Inferno. Alice Notley presents a feminist epic: a bold journey into the deeper realms. Alette, the narrator, finds herself underground, deep beneath the city, where spirits and people ride endlessly on subways, not

Toy Trains: 1935-1975 (Leggett Bob)(Paperback)

The train set was the ultimate British toy of the 1950s and 1960s. The modeling and accessories could be a bit crude, but the imagination easily made up for what they lacked in detail. Electric train sets had been introduced just before the Second World War, and after a hiatus in production during