Utamaro and the Spectacle of Beauty (Nelson Davis Julie)(Paperback)

Utamaro and the Spectacle of Beauty (Nelson Davis Julie)(Paperback)

Japanese artist Kitagawa Utamaro (1753-1806) was one of the most influential artists working in the genre of ukiyo-e, 'pictures of the floating world,' in late eighteenth-century Japan, and was widely appreciated for his prints of beautiful women. In 1804, at the height of his success, Utamaro

Gruesome Spectacles: Botched Executions and America's Death Penalty (Sarat Austin)(Paperback)

Gruesome Spectacles tells the sobering history of botched, mismanaged, and painful executions in the U.S. from 1890 to the present. Since the book's initial publication in 2014, the cruel and unusual executions of a number of people on death row, including Clayton Lockett in Oklahoma and Joseph

Rethinking the Spectacle: Guy Debord, Radical Democracy, and the Digital Age (Penner Devin)(Paperback)

Spectacle is usually considered a superficial form of politics, which tries to influence viewers by shocking, distracting, emotionally overwhelming, or even deceiving them. It is difficult to see how this type of politics could be reconciled with the democratic requirement of active and informed

The Distance (Vladislavic Ivan)(Paperback)

A boxing bildungsroman - a collage of memories, love, resistance, and the spectacle of Muhammed Ali in Apartheid South Africa. In the spring of 1970, a Pretoria schoolboy, Joe, becomes obsessed with Muhammad Ali. He begins collecting daily newspaper clippings about him, a passion that grows into

Making Monte Carlo: A History of Speculation and Spectacle (Braude Mark)(Paperback)

'A brisk historical tour of the marketing and selling of the small principality of Monaco and its famous city...A well-researched, dramatic rags-to-riches urban tale' (Kirkus Reviews) of Monte Carlo's rise from small principality to prosperous

Society of the Spectacle (Debord Guy)(Paperback / softback)

Soul Of The Sword (Kagawa Julie)(Paperback / softback)

Ellen Oh, author of the Prophecy and Spirit Hunters seriesReturn to Julie Kagawa's beautiful and perilous land of shapeshifters, samurai and demons as Japanese mythology and magic swirl together in the New York Times bestselling author's brand new adventure.THE TIME OF THE WISH APPROACHES...Yumeko

The Art of Cruelty: A Reckoning (Nelson Maggie)(Paperback)

Writing in the tradition of Susan Sontag and Elaine Scarry, Maggie Nelson has emerged as one of our foremost cultural critics with this landmark work about representations of cruelty and violence in art. From Sylvia Plath's poetry to Francis Bacon's paintings, from the Saw franchise to Yoko Ono's

Freddie and the Fairy (Donaldson Julia)(Paperback)

Written by Julia Donaldson, the author of The Gruffalo, and illustrated by Karen George, Freddie and the Fairy is a delightfully witty, rhyming tale with a subtle message about hearing impairments.Freddie wants nothing more than a pet, so when the fairy Bessie-Belle offers to grant his wishes, he

Women, the New York School, and Other True Abstractions (Nelson Maggie)(Paperback)

Maggie Nelson provides the first extended consideration of the roles played by women in and around the New York School of poets, from the 1950s to the present, and offers unprecedented analyses of the work of Barbara Guest, Bernadette Mayer, Alice Notley, Eileen Myles, and abstract painter Joan

Miss Clare Remembers and Emily Davis (Read)(Paperback)

In the English village of Fairacre, the retired schoolteachers Dolly Clare and Emily Davis enjoyed a remarkable friendship, as this moving volume reveals. Childhood playmates in Beech Green, they would remain close throughout their long lives, eventually sharing a cottage in their retirement. They

The Society of the Spectacle (Debord Guy)(Paperback)

Few works of political and cultural theory have been as enduringly provocative as Guy Debord's The Society of the Spectacle. From its publication amid the social upheavals of the 1960s up to the present, the volatile theses of this book have decisively transformed debates on the shape of modernity,

Nelson Mandela - Portrait of an Extraordinary Man (Stengel Richard)(Paperback / softback)

Presents powerful lessons on life and leadership based on the life and work of Nelson Mandela (1918 - 2013), whose fight against apartheid in South Africa has become an enduring example of resistance against injustice and

Prison Letters (Mandela Nelson)(Paperback)

First published to mark the centenary of Nelson Mandela's birth, The Prison Letters of Nelson Mandela sparked celebrations around the globe for one of the 'greatest warriors of all time' (O, The Oprah Magazine). Featuring 94 letters selected from that landmark collection, as well as six new letters

1 Samuel: Looking on the Heart (Davis Dale Ralph)(Paperback)

Davis brings cultural and historical colour to the task of interpretation and adds a pastor's heart for personal application. You will find a point of contact with the lives of Samuel, Saul, Jonathan and David as Davis answers the question 'What does God seek when he looks on the heart?' Davis

Julia Child: The Last Interview: And Other Conversations (Child Julia)(Paperback)

A delightful collection of interviews with the beloved Julia Child--'The French Chef,' author, and television personality who revolutionized home cooking in 20th century America This delightful collection of interviews with 'The French Chef' Julia Child traces her life from her first stab at a

The Greatest Fury: The Battle of New Orleans and the Rebirth of America (Davis William C.)(Paperback)

Julie and Julia: My Year of Cooking Dangerously (Powell Julie)(Paperback)

The bestselling memoir that's irresistible....A kind of Bridget Jones meets The French Chef (Philadelphia Inquirer) that inspired Julie & Julia, the major motion picture directed by Nora Ephron, starring Amy Adams as Julie and Meryl Streep as Julia. Nearing 30 and trapped in a dead-end secretarial

Night Of The Dragon (Kagawa Julie)(Paperback / softback)

Evil and hope clash and burn in the epic and shocking conclusion to the Shadow of the Fox trilogy.'One of my all-time favourite fantasy novels!' Ellen Oh, author of the Prophecy and Spirit Hunters series, on Shadow of the FoxAll is lost.Kitsune shapeshifter Yumeko has given up the final piece of

Nelson: A Dream of Glory (Sugden Dr John)(Paperback / softback)

Nelson: A Dream of Glory is the most comprehensive and thoroughly researched account ever written of Horatio Nelson's rise to international fame. Giving us the private as well as the public man, it combines ground-breaking scholarship with a brilliantly vivid and compelling

Benjamin and the Super Spectacles (Bright Rachel)(Paperback / softback)

The second fantastic tale from the Wonderful World of Walter and Winnie - an enchanting new picture book series from Rachel

Spectacular Science, Technology and Superstition in the Age of Shakespeare (Chiari Sophie)(Paperback)

Explores the interaction between science, literature and spectacle in Shakespeare's era To the readers who ask themselves: 'What is science?', this volume provides an answer from an early modern perspective, whereby science included such various intellectual pursuits as history, poetry, occultism

Nelson - The Sword of Albion (Sugden Dr John)(Paperback / softback)

Concludes the most comprehensive and intimate life of Nelson ever written, one that teems with an array of sailors and civilians, heroes and villains, husbands, wives and lovers. This title features Nelson's famous victories at the battles of the Nile, Copenhagen and Trafalgar as well as his

Kind of Blue - Miles Davis and the Making of a Masterpiece (Kahn Ashley)(Paperback / softback)