Nuvolo and Post-War Materiality: 1950-1965, Hardcover - Nuvolo

Italian postwar artist Nuvolo (1926-2008) extended the two-dimensional rectangular format of painting with commonplace textiles and materials such ...

Reducere. It was a time when many in the South were celebrating the centennial of the "Civil War." Schools across the South made special efforts to teach les...

Publisher: Dalrymple and Verdun PublishingAuthor(s): Martin DerryIllustration(s): Illustrations (some col.)Number of pages: 112Publication date: 20...

Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLCAuthor(s): Esra PlumerIllustration(s): 21 bw illus; 21 bw illusNumber of pages: 272Publication date: 2022Dimens...

Introduction1 Elements of Continuity2 After Oxford: The War Years3 Crampton Hodnet: The Continuous Cycle4 Some Tame Gazelle: Continuity and Content...

Reducere. During the 1950s a few painters in the San Francisco Bay Area began to stage personal, dramatic defections from the prevailing style of Abstract Ex...

From acclaimed aviation historian Michael Napier, this is a highly illustrated survey of the air war over Korea. The Korean War holds a unique plac...

Redescopera farmecul lecturii si alege-ti de pe elefant.ro carti in limba engleza scrise de autori consacrati. Iti punem la dispozitie sute de mii ...

Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLCAuthor(s): Sergio MillerIllustration(s): 32-page black and white plate sectionNumber of pages: 528Publication d...

In their own voices, the full story of the women and men who struggled to make American democracy whole With a record number of female candidates i...

DescriptionToday the Korean War of 1950-1953 is overshadowed by later twentieth-century conflicts in Vietnam and the Middle East, yet at the time i...

DescriptionThe 3rd Afghan War in 1919 was the only time that the Afghans invaded British India during Britain's long history of conflict in Afghani...

DescriptionThis lavishly illustrated volume details the design, development and operational history of British tanks from the end of World War II t...

Drawing on a wealth of new evidence from all sides, Triumph Forsaken overturns most of the historical orthodoxy on the Vietnam War. Through the ana...

Reducere. In this second edition of Coming Full Circle: The Process of Decolonization Among Post-1965 Filipino Americans, Professor EJR David writes a new FO...

Alabama Quilts: Wilderness through World War II, 1682-1950 is a look at the quilts of the state from before Alabama was part of the Mississippi Ter...

A narrative history of the Korean War by bestselling author Sir Max Hastings

DescriptionWolfe Frank was Chief Interpreter at the Nuremberg Trials where he was dubbed 'The Voice of Doom.' A playboy turned resistance worker he...

We know a lot about the directors and stars of Italian cinema's heyday, from Roberto Rossellini to Sophia Loren. But what do we know about the Ital...

The bombing campaign that was meant to keep South Vietnam secure, Rolling Thunder became a byword for pointless, ineffective brutality, and was a k...

Reducere. In June 1950 Communist forces poured across the 38th Parallel (the arbitrary, militarily indefensible line of latitude separating the Communist Nor...

A powerful, character-driven narrative of the Korean War from the Pulitzer Prize-winning writer who helped uncover some of its longest-held and dar...

A fresh look at what is going on in the world of Atlantic Canadian art.Materiality and Perception in Contemporary Atlantic Art showcases over forty...

'He built an imposing artistic social history that promises to join those of his great forebears in the long, noble line of the English novel. His ...

A new diplomatic and military history of South Asia's 'Forgotten War' and of its impact on India and Pakistan A compellingly told history of a nast...

Reducere. Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. Hesperides...

A nation cannot be civil without civility.To some, civility cannot be restored until power is regained.A Civil War was a necessary evil, but make n...

DescriptionFrom the forgotten Aberdale, of Llwynypia, Wales, to the ingeniously eccentric Wooler, of north-west London, British Motorcycles 1945-19...

DescriptionWith thousands of copies sold and millions of pages read, The Last War is an edge-of-your-seat thriller that's perfect for fans of Jack ...

Reducere. The Chinese Civil War was one of the key conflicts of the twentieth century. The Communist victory determined Chinese history for several generatio...

Philip Thai chronicles the vicissitudes of smuggling in modern China to demonstrate how defiance helped the state redefine its power. China's War o...

How presidents spark and sustain support for wars remains an enduring and significant problem. Korea was the first limited war the U.S. experienced...

Reducere. The five directors of animation works included in this volume - Kon Satoshi, Hosoda Mamoru, Miyazaki Goro, Yonebayashi Hiromasa, Shinkai Makoto - b...

Post-Cold-War Japanese Animation. Five Directors and Their Visions - Maria Grajdian

Reducere. Turns to the written record to re-examine the building blocks of a nation Picking up where most historians conclude, Chelsea Stieber explores the c...

This book explores an important moment in Italian women's theatre and cultural history: plays written for all-women casts between 1946 and the mid-...

Reducere. The author grew up in Germany during the postwar era, when the United States evolved from a military occupation force to a peacetime cultural power...

Reducere. An argument against war crime trials by a distinguished member of the war cabinets of Lloyd George and Chamberlain.Maurice Hankey 1877-1963], 1st B...

A heartwarming and poignant saga set in wartime London by Pam Evans, the much-loved author of A BRIGHTER DAY TOMORROW and DANCE YOUR TROUBLES AWAY.

A heartwarming and poignant saga set in wartime London by Pam Evans, the much-loved author of A BRIGHTER DAY TOMORROW and DANCE YOUR TROUBLES AWAY.

Publisher: UCL PressIllustration(s): 43 Illustrations, colorPublication date: 2021Dimensions: 156 x 251 x 24Cover type: Paperback / softbackEditor(...

Reducere. The author lays the foundation in his account of his own life as a student during the last years of the "Old U"-a period that came to a natural end...

Welcome to the world of corporate decision-making, workplace gambles, and a myriad of human interactions. This is a story that affirms the traditio...

The Edinburgh Festival is the world's largest arts festival. It has also been the site of numerous 'culture wars' since it began in 1947. This book...

Children of the 1950s have much to look back on with fondness: Muffin the Mule, Andy Pandy, and Dennis the Menace became part of the family for man...

Concepts of Time in Post-War European Music gives a historical and philosophical account of the discussions of the nature of time and music during ...

A history of the post-war era of this iconic British car manufacturer, written by the owners club historian.Illustrations: 100 Illustrations, unspe...

DescriptionThe fifty-ton British Centurion tank, developed during the darkest days of the Second World War, was designed to outgun and outperform t...

In this groundbreaking study, David Brauner explores the representation of Jewishness in a number of works by postwar British and American Jewish w...