Return to the Land of the Head Hunters. Edward S. Curtis, the Kwakwaka'wakw, and the Making of Modern Cinema, Hardback - ***

Influential but often neglected in historical accounts, this spectacular melodrama was an intercultural product of Curtis' encounter and collaborat...

Photographer Edward Curtis's 1914 orchestrally scored melodrama In the Land of the Head Hunters was one of the first US films to feature an Indigen...

This book examines the controversial role of the courts in the policymaking process and resolution of public policy conflicts by analyzing the liti...

Reducere. Many Native Americans photographed by Edward S. Curtis (1868-1952) called him Shadow Catcher. But the images he captured were far more powerful tha...

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Celluloid Classicism provides a rich and detailed history of two important modern South Indian cultural forms: Tamil Cinema and Bharatanatyam dance.

Publisher: University of California PressAuthor(s): Peter RichardsonIllustration(s): 16 b-w illustrationsNumber of pages: 296Publication date: 2022...

The Long Century's Long Shadow approaches German Romanticism and Weimar cinema as continuous developments, enlisting both in a narrative of recipro...

Reveals the important role of Muslim Americans in American politics Since the 1950s, and especially in the post-9/11 era, Muslim Americans have pla...

Reducere. Reveals the important role of Muslim Americans in American politics Since the 1950s, and especially in the post-9/11 era, Muslim Americans have pla...

A study of Africa's demographics - its youth and growth - and what they mean for the continent, today and into the future.Publisher: Head of ZeusAu...

A guide to modern times that explores the challenges living in the 21st century can pose to our mental wellbeing.Publisher: The School of Life Pres...

Reducere. This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.This work is ...

The story of the First World War in Africa, an almost forgotten conflict that devastated an area five times the size of Germany and killed more tha...

Ceedra, the main character, wakes up in a room that is strange to her. It turns out to be a hospital room where Ceedra has been for three months in...

Publisher: Thames & Hudson LtdAuthor(s): Linda NochlinIllustration(s): 126 Illustrations, colorNumber of pages: 448Publication date: 2022Dimensions...

The Last Overland is the remarkable story of filmmaker and historian Alex Bescoby's journey to recreate the iconic First Overland expedition made i...

Winner of the Pulitzer PrizeIn this groundbreaking biography of the Japanese emperor Hirohito, Herbert P. Bix offers the first complete, unvarnishe...

The biography of Frank Whittle - RAF pilot, mathematician of genius, inventor of the jet engine and British hero.Illustrations: 25 integrated b&w, ...

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This is a quintessential book for Cinema buffs and particularly those who are passionate about Tamil cinema, which has the distinction of having pl...

First in a medieval historical adventure series featuring knight errant Gerard Fox.Publisher: Head of ZeusAuthor(s): Beth MorrisonIllustration(s): ...

Showcases the evolution of the writer of "Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas" and "Hell's Angels", through his work at the magazine that he helped to p...

In its exploration of puppetry and animation as the performative media of choice for mastering the art of illusion, To Embody the Marvelous engages...

Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLCAuthor(s): Susan (University of Auckland, New Zealand) WatsonNumber of pages: 336Collection: Contemporary Studi...

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A darkly humorous and horrifying history of some of the strangest dictators that Europe has ever seen.Publisher: Head of ZeusAuthor(s): Paul Kenyon...

A reimagining of a turning point in Irish, American and European history. The story of Lord Edward Fitzgerald related by Tony Small - the runaway s...

Publisher: MIT Press LtdAuthor(s): Peter PesicIllustration(s): 143 figuresNumber of pages: 360Publication date: 2022Dimensions: 203 x 231 x 28Cover...

Publisher: Ulysses PressAuthor(s): Lou FlorezNumber of pages: 192Publication date: 2022Dimensions: 132 x 185 x 18Cover type: HardbackRedescopera fa...

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Reducere. A narrative of early capitalism's most famous scandal, a speculative frenzy that nearly bankrupted the British state during the hot summer of 1720 ...

Modern Cabins presents a collection of 35 gorgeous designs that create perfect escapes in stunning settings around the world.Publisher: Images Publ...

Description"Magnificent."--Robert L. Tignor, Princeton University From the early nineteenth century through to the 1960s, the Greeks formed the lar...

William Bennett's moral guide for children, "A Book of Virtues", was a national bestseller. Yet, many continue to associate virtue with a prudish, ...

Reducere. Acclaimed historian Elizabeth Catte, author of What You Are Getting Wrong About Appalachia, returns with a lacerating analysis of the history of st...

DescriptionIn the most wide-ranging history of phenomenology since Herbert Spiegelberg's The Phenomenological Movement over fifty years ago, Baring...

Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLCAuthor(s): Philip BowringNumber of pages: 272Publication date: 2022Dimensions: 165 x 240 x 31Cover type: Hardba...

`Thompson's best work of the past three decades' New York Times Book Review

DescriptionIn the mid-twentieth century, the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS) returned to Nauvoo, Illinois, home to the thriving r...

A gripping and fast-paced narrative, Pulizer Prize winner Michael Hiltzik tells the story of the titanic battle between two giants of the Gilded Ag...

Reducere. Chosen as one of the top history book of the year by The Economist From one of our leading historians, an important new history of the Greek War of...

Reducere. A Special Memoir for a Special Moment in Hollywood History . . .Some Like It Hot occupies a unique place in American culture. This beloved classic ...

Reducere. A Special Memoir for a Special Moment in Hollywood History . . .Some Like It Hot occupies a unique place in American culture. This beloved classic ...

Reducere. ``Does what it sets out to do and serves as a Chinese history text teenagers might actually read.`` --Asian Review of Books on Division to Unificat...

Publisher: Penguin Books LtdAuthor(s): Mark MazowerNumber of pages: 608Publication date: 2021Dimensions: 166 x 240 x 44Cover type: HardbackRedescop...

In 1869, when the final spike was driven into the Transcontinental Railroad, few were prepared for its seismic aftershocks. Once a hodgepodge of sh...

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This account of the life of Benjamin "Bugsy" Siegel follows his beginnings in the Lower East Side of New York to his role in the development of the...