On the Eve of the Future: Selected Writings on Film, Hardcover

The German art historian and critic Carl Einstein (1885-1940) was at the forefront of the modernist movement that defined the twentieth century. On...

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Pieter Bruegel the Elder - Fall of the Rebel Angels is the first comprehensive book on one of the most cherished masterpieces of the Royal Museums ...

DescriptionAlthough we remember John James Audubon's years in Louisiana primarily for the art he produced there, his writings reflect the profound ...

Reducere. In a rapidly changing New York, two forces battled for the city's soul: the pro-slavery New Yorkers who kept the illegal slave trade alive and well...

The relationship between people and parish in the late medieval ages illuminated by this study of a remarkable survival from the period.

Manny Farber (1917-2008) was a unique figure among American movie critics. Champion of what he called "termite art" (focused, often eccentric virtu...

James Agee brought to bear all his moral energy, slashing wit, and boundless curiosity in the criticism and journalism that established him as one ...

Publisher: Presidio PressNumber of pages: 288Publication date: 1995Dimensions: 153 x 226 x 22Cover type: Paperback / softbackEditor(s): Daniel Hugh...

Reducere. In the course of making nearly 400 films over the past 50 years, "Stan Brakhage" became synonymous with independent American filmmaking, particular...

Reducere. Throughout his career Stuart Hall engaged with Marxism in varying ways, actively rethinking it to address the political and cultural exigencies of ...

A comprehensive and up-to-date study of the combat and logistics vehicles which formed part of the German contingent that fought in the Spanish Civ...

Publisher: Route PublishingAuthor(s): Michael GrayNumber of pages: 352Publication date: 2021Dimensions: 158 x 222 x 33Cover type: HardbackRedescope...

Reducere. In Selected Writings on Race and Difference, editors Paul Gilroy and Ruth Wilson Gilmore gather more than twenty essays by Stuart Hall that highlig...

Reducere. An icon of transgender activism for three decades, Riki Wilchins is the author of four influential books on genderqueer, trans politics, and queer ...

Reducere. DescriptionOn August 31, 1886, a massive earthquake centered near Charleston, South Carolina, sent shock waves as far north as Maine, down into Flo...

Reducere. A smart, scathing look at the most hell-bent performers of our time: Here are profiles of everyone you'd expect (and a few you wouldn't)-Brian Wils...

Brave New World author Aldous Huxley on enlightenment and the ``ultimate reality.``In this anthology of twenty-six essays and other writings, Huxle...

Reducere. Thomas Berry (1914-2009) was a priest, a 'geologian, ' a historian of religions, and a philosopher. He was an early and significant Catholic voice ...

``Revolutionary love, revolutionary memory and revolutionary analysis are at work in every page written by Mumia Abu-Jamal ... His writings are a w...

Reducere. The Pope Emeritus is starting to speak again, and has decided to make available this collection of his homilies, most previously unpublished, in wh...

This collection enables the reader to engage with the full range of Georg Simmel's dazzling contributions to the study of culture. It opens with hi...

Discusses works by great painters such as Delacroix and Ingres. This title features writings on Poe, Flaubert and Gautier.

Reducere. DescriptionOn October 6, 1973--Yom Kippur, the holiest day of the Jewish calendar--the Arab world launched a bold and ingeniously conceived surpris...

This collection of Stuart Hall's key writings on Marxism surveys the formative questions central to his interpretations of and investments in Marxi...

Reducere. A treatment of the evolution of Christian thought from the birth of Christ, to the Apostles, to the early church, to the great flowering of Christi...

A classic collection of writings on the meditation practice and theory of Dzogchen, the Great Perfection, by the celebrated fourteenth-century scho...

Reducere. "We continue to live within the intellectual shadow cast by Nietzsche." --New York Times Book Review Best known for his seminal works on religion, ...

Reducere. North Dakota is regarded as flyover country, but extraordinary narratives play out on this improbable Great Plains landscape. North Dakota is the h...

DescriptionA part of Harper Perennial's special "Resistance Library" highlighting classic works that illuminate the "Age of Trump" reissued for a t...

Reducere. In Selected Writings on Race and Difference, editors Paul Gilroy and Ruth Wilson Gilmore gather more than twenty essays by Stuart Hall that highlig...

Reducere. The six major treatises presented in this volume amply illustrate Augustine's struggle with the theological problems that Pelagianism raised.

Reducere. "Dream a dream as sweet as you, 'cause on Christmas, dreams come true."Sweet illustrations and easy-to-read rhymes describe a magical Christmas Eve...

This book brings together a broad selection of Siegfried Kracauer's work on media and political communication, much of it previously unavailable in...

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Reducere. "Nāgārjuna on Mindfulness of the Buddha" consists of three extended passages from Bhikshu Dharmamitra's original annotated translations from Sino...

A lively and bold blueprint for moving beyond the "era of institutional failure" by transforming our outmoded political and economic systems to be ...

Reducere. "Nāgārjuna on Mindfulness of the Buddha" consists of three extended passages from Bhikshu Dharmamitra's original annotated translations from Sino...

The Complete Writings and Selected Correspondence of John Dickinson, vol. 1 inaugurates a multivolume documentary edition that will, for the first ...

Presents the recommended Bible readings (references only) for Sundays, weekdays and Principal Festivals worked out for the year between Advent 2018...

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Reducere. Mark Rowlands presents a novel analysis of three epoch-defining environmental problems: climate, extinction, and pestilence. Our climate is changin...

A deeply-reported personal investigation by a Miami journalist into the present and future effects of climate change in the Magic City-a watery har...

An essential anthology of the finest writings on Sean Scully, from Arthur Danto to Colm TóibínThis book collates the writings of some 50 internatio...

Jazz stories have been entwined with cinema since the inception of jazz film genre in the 1920s, giving us origin tales and biopics, spectacles and...

This book collects the writings of the prominent author, the late David Barsum Perley (1901-1979), who devoted his life to the Assyrian cause. He c...

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A gorgeous anthology of poetry, fiction and essays about solitude from your favorite classic authors.Editor(s): Zachary Seager

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DescriptionJustice Anthony Kennedy slipped out of the Supreme Court building on June 27, 2018, and traveled incognito to the White House to inform ...