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Antonin Artaud: Selected Writings
A revolutionary figure in the literary avant-garde of his time, Antonin Artaud (1896-1948) is now seen to be central to the development of post-modernism. His writings comprise …
The Constitution of Society
Anthony Giddens has been in the forefront of developments in social theory for the past decade. In "The Constitution of Society" he outlines the distinctive position he has evolved …
Disenchanted Night: The Industrialization of Light in the Nineteenth Century
This text tells the story of the development of artificial light in the 19th century. The book reveals the ways that the technology of artificial light helped forge modern …
The Haunted Screen: Expressionism in the German Cinema and the Influence of Max Reinhardt
The Golden Age of German cinema began at the end of the First World War and ended shortly after the coming of sound. From The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari onwards the principal films of …
The Diaries of Paul Klee, 1898-1918
Paul Klee was endowed with a rich and many-sided personality that was continually spilling over into forms of expression other than his painting and that made him one of the most …
Hard Core: Power, Pleasure, and the Frenzy of the Visible, Expanded Edition
In this study, the author moves beyond the impasse of the anti-porn/anti-censorship debate to analyze what hard-core film pornography is and does - as a genre with a history, as a …
Rembrandt: The Painter at Work
Rembrandt's intriguing painting technique stirred the imaginations of art lovers during his lifetime and has done so ever since. In this book, now revised, updated, and with a new …
The Mediterranean and the Mediterranean World in the Age of Philip II: Volume II
This reissue of Fernand Braudel's great work brings the original back in print and looks at the Mediterranean world in the second half of the sixteenth century. The focus of …
Life at the Extremes: The Science of Survival
The challenge of scaling the highest mountain, exploring the deepest ocean, crossing the hottest desert, or swimming in near-freezing water is irresistible to many people. Life at …
Bizarro: The Surreal Saga of America's Secret War on Synthetic Drugs and the Florida Kingpins It Captured
Inside a drug war so screwy that people don't know what's illegal--until it's too late. Bizarro is a page-turning tale of the unprecedented prosecution of Burton Ritchie and Ben …