No Right to Be Idle: The Invention of Disability, 1840s-1930s, Paperback - Sarah F. Rose

Reducere. Contributor(s): Author: Sarah F. RoseDuring the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, Americans with all sorts of disabilities came to be ...

Reducere. From the founding editor of The Idler, the celebrated magazine about the freedom and fine art of doing nothing, comes not simply a book, but an ant...

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Entertaining, witty and philosophcal guide to surviving in our work-obsessed culture. Draws on a host of well-known idlers - including Oscar Wilde,...

The Invention of Tradition - Eric Hobsbawm, Terence Ranger

Publisher: Quercus PublishingAuthor(s): Sarah KnightPublication date: 2019Dimensions: 136 x 214 x 23Cover type: PaperbackRedescopera farmecul lectu...

Reducere. It is 1936 and A. E. Housman is being ferried across the river Styx, glad to be dead at last. The river that flows through Tom Stoppard s ``The Inv...

Reducere. From Paul Auster, author of the forthcoming 4 3 2 1: A Novel his very first book, a moving and personal meditation on fatherhood This debut work by...

Reducere. 2008 Caldecott Medal winnerThe groundbreaking debut novel from bookmaking pioneer, Brian Selznick Orphan, clock keeper, and thief, Hugo lives in th...

Identical twin sisters take turns swapping places over the course of a summer in order to pursue their secret ambitions in Samantha Hastings' Victo...

The Invention of Race in the European Middle Ages - Geraldine Heng

From the celebrated author of the international bestseller The Secret Life of Bees comes an extraordinary novel about two exceptional women. Sarah ...

WINNER OF THE ORWELL PRIZE 2016 How did a country that liberated itself from seventy years of Soviet rule end up as one of the biggest threats to t...

A new account of innovative French poet, novelist, essayist and film writer Blaise Cendrars.Publisher: Reaktion BooksAuthor(s): Eric RobertsonIllus...

Publisher: Polity PressAuthor(s): G BlancNumber of pages: 180Publication date: 2022Dimensions: 137 x 216 x 22Cover type: Paperback / softbackRedesc...

Olympics in Athens 1896. The Invention of the Modern Olympic Games - Michael Llewellyn

Reducere. Caldecott Honor artist Brian Selznick's lavishly illustrated debut novel is a cinematic tour de force not to be missed! ORPHAN, CLOCK KEEPER, AND T...

Reducere. The Invention of the Kaleidoscope is a book of poetic elegies that discuss failures: failures of love, both sexual and spiritual; failures of the b...

DescriptionA historical tour de force that demolishes the myths and taboos that have surrounded Jewish and Israeli history, The Invention of the Je...

A provocative account showing that "China"-and its 5, 000 years of unified history-is a national myth, created only a century ago with a political ...

Publisher: Hodder & StoughtonAuthor(s): David SchneiderPublication date: 2020Dimensions: 153 x 233 x 39Cover type: PaperbackRedescopera farmecul le...

A fascinating cultural history of this most magical of islands Sicily has always acted as a gateway between Europe and the rest of the world. Fough...

Who invented God? When, why, and where? Thomas R mer seeks to answer these questions about the deity of the great monotheisms--Yhwh, God, or Allah-...

Reducere. For nearly thirty years, a scientific revolution has taken place in the religious studies departments of several North American and British univers...

Colour in art - as in life - is both inspiring and uplifting, but where does it come from?

Contributor(s): Author: Jasbir K. PuarIn The Right to Maim Jasbir K. Puar brings her pathbreaking work on the liberal state, sexuality, and biopoli...

Reducere. Say no without being an a**hole and save yourself from burnout with "pep talks and sage advice" from the New York Times bestselling author of The L...

Reducere. ``Does anyone date anymore?`` Today, the authorities tell us that courtship is in crisis. But when Moira Weigel dives into the history of sex and r...

Chuck Palahniuk returns with the chilling tale, in classic Palahniuk tradition, of a father in search of his daughter, a young woman with a secret,...

The latest no-f**ks-given guide from New York Times bestselling author of the international sensations The Life-Changing Magic of Not Giving a F**k...

Lacan and Marx: The Invention of the Symptom provides an incisive commentary on Lacan's reading of Marx, mapping the relations between these two va...

Reducere. A joyful middle grade novel based on the Netflix holiday film Jingle Jangle A Chistmas Journey, starring Phylicia Rashad, Forrest Whitaker, Anika N...

Reducere. A charming portrait of early-20th-century European society through the lens of Lartigue, with 55 unpublished photographsDespite becoming interested...